Written by BillyTheKid
At Home Everton Drawn Last Two – AFCB Never Drawn At Everton
Our next game is away on Tuesday night at 7.30 pm on the ‘blue’ side of Merseyside, it will be shown live on TNT Sports. This time, our team and their fans will not be visiting Goodison Park. The game will be played at Everton’s new stadium, which sits right on the banks of the River Mersey. The Hill Dickinson Stadium is situated at Bramley-Moore Dock.
Everton v AFC Bournemouth
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AFCB Win
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David Moye’s Everton (The Toffees) team played their last game at the 133-year-old Goodison Park Stadium against Southampton (The Saints) and the Toffees won 2-0. There was only one scorer that day and it was Illiman Ndiaye who scored the last goal at their old ground.
Their opening game in their new stadium was against another team from the South Coast, Brighton. Illiman Ndiaye, who had scored the last goal at Goodison Park, scored the first goal at their new stadium, and it also ended with the same score of 2-0. Everton have drawn their last two league games at home, but never drawn with AFCB when they played at Goodison Park.
Since our home game against Everton, also on a Tuesday night at 7.30 pm, Everton at home have beaten Nottingham Forest. Drawn 1-1 with both Wolves and Leeds United. Lost 0-1 against leaders Arsenal and 2-4 with Brentford. Away, they have beaten Nottingham Forest 0-2 and Aston Villa 0-1 and in their most recent game against Fulham 1-2. Drawn with Burnley 0-0 and 1-1 at Brighton. They lost 2-0 at Chelsea.
The last time our two sides met away was at Goodison Park in August 2024. It will be one of those games that will remain in the memory for the Cherries fans who were there or watching/listening to the game. Both sides went in at half-time at 0-0. After five minutes of the second half, Everton took a two-goal lead in a seven minute spell, with goals from Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Antoine Semenyo pulled a goal back in the 87th minute, and with injury time being played, Lewis Cook and Luis Sinisterra scored the equaliser and winner in a four-minute period.
In all our league visits to Everton, AFCB have W 2, D 0, L 6.
In all competitions, AFCB have W 10, D 2, L 11.
Everton Team News
Jack Grealish is their only injury and could be out for the rest of the season with a foot injury. Tyrique George has been brought in on loan from Chelsea.
Everton Player To Watch
James Garner has been in fine form for Everton this season in midfield. He has scored 2 goals and has 3 assists.
AFCB Team News
It seems all our players came through the Aston Villa game unscathed.
AFCB Player To Watch
Alex Scott has been in top form for our side recently and has worked very hard in our midfield. Eyes will also be on young Rayan as he settles into our country and playing in the Premier League.
The Referee
Andy Madley is the man in the middle for this game. The last time he took any of our games was in the 2023-24 season. The away games against Sheffield United and Luton Town. Our home game against Liverpool.
Matt Stevenson added…
I’ve looked at the last 4 league games for Everton. They had one home game (Leeds) and three away games (A Villa, Brighton and Fulham). Everton have gained 8 points, which is much more than expected, as they didn’t have the highest xG in any of the 4 games. The xG value for goals scored is 4.29, compared with 5 actual goals; Everton have conceded 3 goals, with xGc estimating 6.23 goals, so they have been riding their luck at the back.
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Everton have had 4 different goal scorers (Barry, Beto, Dewsbury-Hall and an OG) and five players have 1 assist.
The average positions of the starting line-ups are below. There seems to be little pattern and wingers may swap sides. In the only home game, Everton held a high line, but didn’t push many men far forward.
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The following plot compares the summary stats of Everton and AFCB over the last 4 games. Attacking statistics are in AFCB’s favour, being higher in all the metrics. Defensively, it is also in AFCB’s favour, apart from goals conceded, where Everton’s opposition have been missing chances.
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Possession percentage is slightly more for Everton, who also have a marginally higher pass completion percentage. The proportion of chances created from set pieces is similar, but AFCB have conceded a higher proportion of chances from set pieces.
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Your say…
Toronto John said…
Everton (A)
West Ham (A)
Sunderland (H)
Brentford (H)
Burnley (A)
If we genuinely hold out hope for a top 8 finish, I would say a minimum of 10 points is required. Two teams at the bottom and three teams in the same pack are hunting for the top 8. The current 5-game unbeaten streak has provided the impetus (11 points) – more of that, please.
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