In this week 26 match, on Saturday Feb 19th, Southampton and Everton will play a match in Southampton in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Southampton is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Manchester United. Jadon Sancho struck first for Manchester United in the 21st minute on a feed from Marcus Rashford, but Che Adams got the equalizer for Southampton in the 48th minute earning them at least the one point. Southampton is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Everton, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Leeds United. Séamus Coleman scored the first goal for Everton in the 10th minute, then Michael Keane added another in the 23rd minute on a feed from Anthony Gordon In the end, Leeds United couldn’t muster any offence and Everton ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Everton and Southampton last played eachother at the Goodison Park on Sat Aug 14th. Everton won by a score of 3 to 1 in front of almost 33000 jubilant fans. Adam Armstrong scored the first goal for Southampton in the 22nd minute, then Richarlison got the equalizer for Everton in the 47th minute on a feed from Andros Townsend But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 76th minute on a goal by Abdoulaye Doucouré.
Richarlison has been the most prolific scorer on Everton in the last five matches with two goals. For Southampton, their top scorers are Kyle Walker-Peters and Che Adams, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Southampton will be without Alex McCarthy, Nathan Redmond, Armando Broja, Will Smallbone and Valentino Livramento, while Everton will be without Vitaliy Mykolenko, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Davies, Ben Godfrey, Fabian Delph and Yerry Mina.