Everton took a decent point against Brentford at the weekend, and the Toffees still have three more trips to London before the season ends.
Beto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall were both on target for Everton, who left it late to seal a 2-2 draw with the Bees.
It wasn’t the best of performances from Everton, who immediately gave themselves work to do when Jordan Pickford gave away a penalty.
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David Moyes, manager of Everton, claps fans after a 3-0 win in the Premier League match between Everton and Chelsea.
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Beto equalised, but Igor Thiago put Brentford back in front.
But Dewsbury-Hall popped up in injury-time to score his seventh goal of the season, and ensure it was a relatively nice journey back to Merseyside from the capital.
After the game, David Moyes referenced that Everton still have three London fixtures remaining, but how have the club fared overall in the capital this season?
Everton have had mixed fortunes in London this season
Just six games remain now for Everton, and it really is squeaky bum time.
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The latest round of fixtures has seen the league table become ever tighter, with just six points separating sixth and 14th.
David Moyes ahead of facing Brentford.
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Everton are in a good position right now, but do face three more trips to London before the season is out.
Those fixtures are:
vs West Ham – April 25
vs Crystal Palace – May 9
vs Tottenham Hotspur – May 24
In between those games, Everton play against Liverpool, Manchester City and Sunderland at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Everton’s record against teams based in London this season has been rather mixed.
They’ve recorded 4 wins, 2 draws, and 3 losses up to now.
But what’s quite interesting is that Everton have already beaten West Ham, Crystal Palace and Spurs at Hill Dickinson this season in the reverse fixtures.
So this may give the players confidence ahead of facing these sides down in London.
Moyes targeting London fixtures
After drawing with Brentford, Moyes spoke about the difficult schedule recently and building momentum.
And he pointed to the three remaining games in London as important games to pick up points in.
He said (via Everton official): “There’ll be games which we might, I think with the league is you know, we’re never quite sure where we’re going to keep it going.
“To actually keep momentum going in the Premier League and, say, win six or seven in a row is a really difficult ask. We’ve a couple of wins now and a draw today, we’ve got to come back to London another three times before the end of the season.
“So we have to try and plan to win some of those games if we want to get to where we want to go.”
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