Match Reviews & Analysis
Brighton 0 - 1 Everton
Depleted Everton cling on for another precious win
25 January, 2025
While there was little to savour from an attacking perspective, even when down to 10 men, the defence kept the door locked at the other end as David Moyes’s men followed up last Sunday’s win over Tottenham by grinding out another huge victory
Everton 3 - 2 Tottenham
Goodison re-finds her voice as Moyes inspires vital win over Spurs
19 January, 2025
An attacking fervour and confidence, dormant for so much of this miserable season under Sean Dyche, was re-awakened by David Moyes in only his second game back
Everton 0 - 1 Aston Villa
Moyes sees the scale of his task laid bare in defeat to Villa
15 January, 2025
This was always going to be a tough game for Moyes to try and repeat the highs of his first match in 2002 but, absent a magic wand, he's got a huge job on his hands to transform this mis-firing group of players into a potent, creative team
Bournemouth 1 - 0 Everton
Untenable
4 January, 2025
The evidence contained in a horrifying litany of attacking metrics is that Sean Dyche appears to have lost the ability to do what he simply has to do enough times this season: win football matches. Something has to change and quickly.
Everton 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
Ghost from Everton’s past heaps the pressure on Dyche
29 December, 2024
It was unfortunate that perhaps one of the biggest indictment of his limitations as a manager was standing in the opposite technical area today while also being painfully ironic, given that Nuno Espírito Santo has Nottingham Forest currently on course for surprise qualification for Europe
Manchester City 1 - 1 Everton
So Close to the Perfect Away Performance at the Etihad
26 December, 2024
If Sean Dyche’s men had anything about them on the counter-attack they could well have heaped more misery on Pep and his fallen angels. As it was, they had to settle for what was still a hugely creditable 1-1 draw
Everton 0 - 0 Chelsea
Everton Maintain Defensive Resolve But Goals Remain Elusive
22 December, 2024
Sean Dyche has managed to lock down a defence that somehow shipped four at Old Trafford but with his team having scored in just one of their last seven matches, the shortage of goals means that a heavy onus remains on the defence
Arsenal 0 - 0 Everton
Pickford leads defiant rearguard action at the Emirates
14 December, 2024
Given the disparity in resources between these two clubs, the gulf in quality between the respective squads and Arsenal’s place in the table, this was a wholly unexpected but well-received point for Everton
Everton 4 – 0 Wolves
Can a 4-0 Victory Feel Underwhelming?
7 December, 2024
Perhaps the wider context of Dyche’s uninspiring management now colours every display but this one left you hugely relieved at the three points but curiously under-enthused with the overall performance
Manchester United 4 – 0 Everton
A Tale as Old as the Premier League
1 December, 2024
It feels as though one new managerial appointment had its honeymoon extended today while the other is surely in its death throes as Everton suffered familiar humiliation at Old Trafford and must now face up to a daunting run of games to close out the year
Everton 1 - 1 Fulham
Last-gasp Beto goal gets dire Everton out of jail
26 October, 2024
Sean Dyche is currently failing his audition for the job of taking this famous old club into what we hope will be a brighter future at its brand new stadium next year.
Leicester City 1 - 1 Everton
Two more points washed away in the Midlands rain
21 September, 2024
Quite apart from two more points tossed away the most disappointing part of the afternoon was that Everton played some really nice stuff at times and should have put a desperately poor Leicester to the sword.
Aston Villa 3 - 2 Everton
A Creeping Sense of Inevitability
14 September, 2024
Aston Villa’s recovery from 2-0 down and eventual triumph over Everton felt almost pre-ordained when Ollie Watkins scored. The fragile Blues "went too soon" but still should have been able to salvage something from the contest