Everton and Newcastle United meet at Goodison Park, in a match for the 21st round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 01‑11‑2020, Newcastle United won at home by (2‑1). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which registers 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 21‑01‑2020, in a Premier League match that ended in a draw (2‑2). The goals of the match were scored by D. Calvert-Lewin (54 ‘) and M. Kean (30’), for Everton, and by F. Lejeune (90 ‘and 90′), for Newcastle United. In this match, the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Everton :
The home team is currently in 7th position, with 33 points won, after 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate match, they won away against Wolverhampton Wanderers by (1‑2). In the last match, they tied at home against Leicester City, by (1‑1). This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 9 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats as a visitor, with 23 goals scored and 18 suffered; against 8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium, with 29 goals scored and 17 suffered. In their last 9 home games for the championship, Everton won 4, drew 2 and lost 3, winning 14 points out of 27 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive strength, But their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 18 matches in the competition, he conceded the first goal 7 times and only managed 1 comeback. In the last 15 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 6 of their 17 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Everton come to this game after a 1×1 draw at the reception against Leicester City, thus adding the second consecutive game without losing in the Premier League: the only goal of the team was scored by James Rodríguez. The local team usually plays in a traditional 4-3-3, in which the three most advanced pieces are Richarlison, James Rodríguez and Dominic Calvert-Lewin: the last athlete mentioned is the top scorer of this team, with 11 goals scored. The brain of the team is Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson, the player responsible for defining and leading the attacks of his team. For this game the coach cannot count on Allan, Fabian Delph and Jean-Phillippe Gbamin, due to physical problems.
Newcastle :
The visiting team is currently in 16th position, with 19 points won, after 5 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost away to Aston Villa by (2‑0). In the last match, they lost at home to Leeds United by (1‑2). This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in his stadium. In their last 10 away games for the championship, Newcastle United has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses, for which they have won 8 points out of 30 possible.
In this competition, they lost the last 5 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 0‑0 (5 out of 10 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they were not very strong defensively. There is a tendency to have goals in their away matches, since 9 of the last 10 matches played for this competition have ended with Over 1.5 goals. In 20 games in this competition, he never managed to come back in the 12 games in which he conceded the first goal. In the last 10 home matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 5 of their 8 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘); they have conceded 6 of their 17 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
Newcastle come into this game after a 1×2 draw at the reception against Leeds, thus adding their fifth consecutive defeat in the Premier League: the only goal of the team was scored by Miguel Almirón. On this day, against Everton, coach Steve Bruce must play in a 3-4-3, with Ryan Fraser, Miguel Almirón and Callum Wilson as offensive references for the team: the last athlete mentioned is the team’s top scorer, with eight goals. Outside of this game are DeAndre Yedlin, Paul Dummett, Ciaran Clark and Federico Fernández, all with physical problems.
