Everton vs Southampton

Everton have won their final Premier League home game in eight of the last 10 seasons (D1 L1), ending each of their last five league campaigns at Goodison Park with a victory.

Southampton have lost 29 league games this season, the joint most losses suffered by a side in a single Premier League campaign alongside Ipswich Town (1994-95), Sunderland (2005-06), Derby County (2007-08) and Sheffield United (2020-21). The last team to lose more games in a single top-flight campaign was Stoke City in 1984-85 (31 losses in a 42 games season).

Everton secured both their first Premier League victory and clean sheet at Goodison Park since a 4-0 win over Leicester in February, having failed to win (D5 L1) and conceding in each of their previous six home games prior to today.

Everton lost their last home league match against Southampton in January 2023, ending a 17-game unbeaten run against Saints at Goodison Park. They last lost consecutive home league games against them in April 1974.

Following their 1-0 win at St Mary’s in the reverse fixture, Southampton are looking to complete the league double over Everton for the first time since 1997-98.

Southampton beat Everton 1-0 in the reverse fixture – the only relegated teams to complete the Premier League double over the Toffees are Middlesbrough (1996-97), Sunderland (1996-97) and Bournemouth (2019-20).

This will be Everton’s 2,789th and final game at Goodison Park in all competitions (W1537 D660 L591). They’re currently winless in seven home games (D5 L2), last having a longer run between October and December 2009 (8).

Though they’ve only kept one clean sheet in their last 13 Premier League games, Everton haven’t conceded more than twice in any of their last 23. Only Arsenal (59) and Bournemouth (25) are on longer current runs without conceding 3+ goals.