Hatters v Hammers
Kenilworth Road awaits…
Newcastle have failed to win in any of their visits to the AMEX since Brighton were promoted to the Premier League in 2017 (D4 L2).
Manchester City have won their last FOURTEEN games vs Fulham in all competitions.
The only club in the Football League with a longer winning streak against another opponent is Manchester City themselves vs Watford (15).
Chelsea’s last nine games vs Nottingham Forest:
WWWWWWWDD
Their last loss came in the Premier League in January 1997.
James Maddison’s start to the season with Spurs:
253 minutes played
121 passes completed
9 chances created
8 shots
2 assists
1 goal
1.25 xG
And he’s scored in 2/3 trips to Turf Moor in the Premier League.
Sheffield United XI: Foderingham; Ahmedhodzic, Egan, Robinson; Baldock, Vinicius Souza, Norwood, Hamer, Larouci; McBurnie, Archer.
Everton XI: Pickford; Patterson, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Young; Garner, Gueye, Onana, Danjuma; Doucouré; Beto.
HT: Sheffield United 2-1 Everton
xG: 0.4-1.53
Shots: 6-9
Shots on target: 4-3
Big chances: 0-3
Touches in opp. box: 11-17
Possession: 47%-53%
Fouls: 3-4
Cameron Archer is having a debut to remember.
316 - Abdoulaye Doucouré’s opener has ended Everton’s run of 316 minutes without scoring in the Premier League, since Doucouré himself netted v Bournemouth on the final day of last season. Lift-off.
Arnaut Danjuma’s Premier League goals:
◉ Made it 2-2 for Tottenham vs Bournemouth
◉ Made it 2-2 for Everton vs Sheffield United
He’s now known as Desmond.
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Akanji, Ake, Rodrigo, Kovacic, Foden, Doku, Alvarez, Haaland.
Fulham XI: Leno, Ream, Tete, Diop, Robinson, Cairney, Andreas Pereira, Reed, Jiménez, Wilson, De Cordova-Reid.
#MCIFUL
Everton 0-1 Fulham
Aston Villa 4-0 Everton
Everton 0-1 Wolves
Sheffield United 2-2 Everton
The Toffees face Arsenal next.
Everton’s opening four games in the last two Premier League seasons:
◉ 2021/22: LLDD
◉ 2022/23: LLLD
But at least they have a point on the board.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Disasi, Thiago Silva, Colwill, Chilwell; Enzo, Caicedo, Gallagher; Sterling, Jackson.
Nottingham Forest XI: Turner; Boly, Worrall, McKenna; Aurier, Mangala, Danilo, Aina; Yates, Gibbs-White; Awoniyi.
Eight South Africans have now scored multiple goals in the Premier League:
◎ Benni McCarthy
◎ Shaun Bartlett
◎ Steven Pienaar
◎ Quinton Fortune
◎ Philemon Masinga
◎ Mark Fish
◎ Eric Tinkler
◉ Lyle Foster
Goals in back-to-back PL games.