Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 14th, where Everton will play host to Southampton in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Everton sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Manchester United. Lucas Fasson dos Santos scored the first goal for Manchester United in the 4th minute, but Conor Coady got the equalizer for Everton in the 14th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while southampton is fresh off their 2-1 win against Crystal Palace. Odsonne Édouard scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 14th minute, then James Ward-Prowse tied it up for Southampton in the 37th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 68th minute on a goal by Adam Armstrong to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match on Saturday Oct 1st, Everton took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Joe Aribo struck first for Southampton in the 49th minute, but Conor Coady got the equalizer for Everton in the 52nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 54th minute on a goal by Dwight McNeil.
Southampton’s most prolific scorer has been James Ward-Prowse. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Demarai Gray has been the most prolific scorer on Everton in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Michael Keane, Yerry Mina, Anthony Gordon, James Garner and Amadou Mvom Onana are unavailable to play for Frank Lampard’s team, while Alex McCarthy, Theo Walcott, Valentino Livramento and Juan Larios Lopez are unavailable to play for Nathan Jones’s team.