Everton Lose To Bottom Of The League Southampton

An extremely frustrating occasion for both the Everton team and fans as an Adam Armstrong goal meant the Toffees were defeated away from home by bottom of the league Southampton.

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Lineups:

Southampton:

Ramsdale

Walker-Peters

Manning

Stephens

Harwood-Bellis

Bednarek

Downes

Armstrong

Lallana

Fernandes

Archer

Everton:

Pickford

Mykolenko

Keane

Tarkoswki

Young

Mangala

Gueye

Ndiaye

McNeil

Calvert-Lewin

Lindstrøm

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The Blues hit the bar, hit the post, almost caused a red card for the Saints, and finally had an equaliser disallowed by VAR, with the majority of these moments being caused by Beto, who was the hero last week in a 1-1 draw against Fulham and nearly was again.

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Beto Everton Stats:

Appearances: 45

Goals: 7

Assists: 2

Yellow Cards: 2

Red Cards: 0

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Most people would agree that the first half was extremely dull. There were not a lot of chances being created, presumably out of fear, as Everton’s away record and Southampton’s form this season have both been shocking.

However, the second half was more exciting, especially towards the conclusion of the game.

When Beto smashed the ball of the crossbar with his head, unexpectedly Southampton were then on the counterattack. 25 seconds later and an Adam Armstrong strike after Yukinari Sugawara’s cutback went into the back of the net, giving Russell Martin’s side the lead.

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Adam Armstrong Southampton Stats:

Appearances: 128

Goals: 31

Assists: 16

Yellow Cards: 4

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4 minutes later, in the 89th minute, Everton thought they had equalised through Beto. However, a lengthy VAR decision had concluded that the substitute was offside, and the referee Andy Madley soon enough blew the full-time whistle, concluding the game.

Everton’s five-game unbeaten run has now come to an end.

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Next Up:

West Ham 3:00 Everton

Saturday 9th November

London Stadium

Wolves 3:00 Southampton

Saturday 9th November

Molineux Stadium

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Premier League Matchday 10:

Saturday 2nd November:

Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2-1 Man City

Ipswich 1-1 Leicester City

Liverpool 2-1 Brighton

Nottingham Forest 3-0 West Ham

Southampton 1-0 Everton

Wolves 2-2 Crystal Palace

Sunday 3rd November:

Spurs 14:00 Aston Villa

Man United 16:30 Chelsea

Monday 4th November:

Fulham 20:00 Brentford

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