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Baines: Cup run in Everton´s sights
Leighton Baines has claimed Everton have every chance of winning the FA Cup this season. The Toffees face Championship side Bolton Wanderers in their fourth-round clash on Saturday as they look to edge closer to ending their 18-year trophy drought. Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Baines said: “It’s the best route for us to win something, [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Swansea
Goodison Park plays host to one of the best match-ups of the Premier League weekend on Saturday when Everton face Swansea. Everton are up to fifth on the league table having lost just one of their past nine matches in England’s top flight. That run has included wins over Tottenham, West Ham, Newcastle and Wigan [...]
Premier League preview: Newcastle v Everton
Newcastle have lost two successive matches across the Christmas period but it could have been a whole lot different for Alan Pardew’s side. The 1999 FA Cup runners-up led on three occasions but went on to lose 4-3 against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Boxing Day. With scores locked at 3-3 in the dying [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Chelsea
A fourth straight win at home over Chelsea will take Everton above their opponents in the English Premier League and potentially into third. Everton sit fifth with 33 points heading into Sunday’s game, while Chelsea are third, two points ahead of the Merseyside club. Having won both their games in the past week, Everton are [...]
Pienaar confident Fellaini will stay at Everton
Steven Pienaar is adamant that team-mate Marouane Fellaini will not leave Everton in the upcoming January transfer window. The 25-year-old joined the Toffees from Standard Liege in 2008 for a club record fee of 15 million pounds and has since established himself as a fan favourite at Goodison Park. Felliani has scored eight goals in [...]
Premier League Preview: Manchester City v Everton
Everton, with six draws from their past eight league outings, face a fiercely competitive Manchester City at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. City made it five clean sheets in their past six Premier League games with a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Wigan on Wednesday. Everton, meanwhile, seem to have lost the ability to grab three points [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Norwich
Norwich will be out to continue their recent Premier League resurgence when they travel to Everton on Saturday. Norwich were languishing in the relegation zone last month but have put together a five-match unbeaten run, including stunning home wins over Arsenal and Manchester United. Last week’s 1-0 triumph over United was their best performance of [...]
Premier League Preview: Everton v Liverpool
The 219th Merseyside derby shapes as one of the more important ones as fourth-placed Everton host improving rivals Liverpool on Sunday. Everton, who have lost just one of their opening eight fixtures, are three points behind Manchester United and Manchester City in the English Premier League. “Normally we are desperate to beat them just because [...]
Premier League preview: Swansea City v Everton
Swansea City and Everton will be looking to continue their bright starts to the English Premier League season at Liberty Stadium on Saturday. The departure of manager Brendan Rodgers to Liverpool was expected to unsettle Swansea, but they have started life under Michael Laudrup well. It has come largely thanks to new Spanish forward Michu, [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Newcastle
Everton will look to continue their sensational form on home soil when they take on Newcastle in the English Premier League on Monday. David Moyes’ men have won their past six games at Goodison Park, scoring 19 times and conceding just once and tellingly, have started the season well with two wins in three matches. [...]
Neville hails settled Everton
Phil Neville says Everton’s winning start to the English Premier League season is a result of having kept their squad largely intact. Everton kicked off their 2012/13 campaign with a 1-0 win at home to Manchester United on Monday, a result which club captain Neville hopes can provide a good foundation. The former United man [...]
Premier League preview: Aston Villa v Everton
Aston Villa’s Charles N’Zogbia has conceded he must contribute more in the front third as his side brace for Saturday’s meeting with Everton. Frenchman N’Zogbia played 24 matches for Villa in the English Premier League last season, scoring two goals and contributing four assists. The 26-year-old attacking midfielder believes he can do a lot more [...]
Jagielka salutes ´unplayable´ Fellaini
Phil Jagielka hailed Marouane Fellaini after Everton got their season off to a superb start with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United. The midfielder was excellent in a deserved win for the Toffees at Goodison Park, scoring the only goal of the game in the second half with a fierce header, and his performance thoroughly [...]
Rooney on track for Everton opener
Wayne Rooney is is confident he will be ready for the start of the new season with Manchester United. The 26-year-old made his first pre-season appearance in the Red Devils’ goalless draw against Valerenga at the weekend and is looking to build up his match sharpness before the club open their Premier League campaign against [...]
Fellaini wants Everton success
Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini claims a trophy and Europe are what the club should be looking for next season. After finishing last term in seventh place, just outside the Europa League spots, the Belgian now wants to go one better and claim silverware. The 24-year-old spoke to the club’s official website, revealing his ambitions for [...]
Everton to appeal Cahill card
Everton will appeal the red card handed to Tim Cahill on the last day of the English Premier League season. A frustrating campaign for Australian Cahill ended in controversy on Sunday when the Socceroos star was sent off for grabbing Newcastle’s Yohan Cabaye by the throat in Everton’s 3-1 home win. If the appeal is [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Newcastle
Everton will be out to silence rivals Liverpool, while Newcastle could clinch a Champions League berth at Goodison Park on Sunday. Newcastle, in fifth on 65 points, could climb to third with a win at Everton and go straight into the group stage of next season’s Champions League if other results fall their way. Newcastle [...]
Premier League preview: Stoke v Everton
Everton can extend their unbeaten run in the English Premier League to seven matches on Tuesday, when they travel to face Stoke City. David Moyes’ side are sternly holding onto seventh place on the table, two points ahead of bitter rivals Liverpool, and it would be a notable success if they can finish higher than [...]
Premier League preview: Manchester Utd v Everton
All eyes will be on Manchester United when they host Everton on Sunday, as the Premier League title race reaches its climax. United can continue their charge to back-to-back titles with a win over David Moyes’ men, but anything other than victory could leave Manchester City within striking range of the champions ahead of their [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v West Brom
West Brom expect to have a number of players back from injury in time for their trip to Goodison Park to face Everton on Saturday. Graham Dorrans (hamstring), Jerome Thomas (hamstring), Chris Brunt (tonsillitis) and Martin Fulop (chicken pox) have all missed matches in recent weeks, but all four are in the frame to line [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Arsenal
Arsenal’s recent revival will be put to the test when they face a stubborn Everton team at Goodison Park on Wednesday. North London club Arsenal have battled costly inconsistency and poor results throughout the season. The low point arrived with a 4-0 thrashing away to AC Milan in the Champions League round of 16 on [...]
Premier League preview: Liverpool v Everton
Liverpool and Everton will prepare for their FA Cup quarter-finals by clashing in the 217th Merseyside derby on Tuesday. The second derby of the season was re-scheduled after Liverpool reached, and won, the Carling Cup Final at Wembley late last month, beating Cardiff City in a penalty shootout. Passionate fans from both sides will find [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Tottenham
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is confident his side can arrest their form slump and finish third in the English Premier League this season. Spurs – who now sit just four points ahead of fourth-placed Arsenal – have won just two of their past seven Premier League fixtures and face a tricky trip to Everton in [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Chelsea
Everton midfielder Landon Donovan says his team do not fear anyone in the Premier League ahead of the visit of Chelsea on Saturday. Everton are unbeaten in five matches in a run of form that includes a 1-0 victory against table-toppers Manchester City at Goodison Park. And that result has given Donovan and the rest [...]
Premier League preview: Wigan v Everton
Wigan are without a win in their past eight Premier League games, a run Everton will want to continue when they visit DW Stadium on Saturday. The fixture pits two sides with contrasting recent fortunes – Wigan cannot buy a win, while Everton appear to have found their spark just in time for the run [...]
Premier League preview: Everton vs Manchester City
Leaders Manchester City face a tricky test when they head to Goodison Park in the English Premier League on Tuesday. Everton have had bragging rights over City for some time, winning seven of the two sides’ previous eight encounters, before the latter broke through with a 2-0 win at Etihad Stadium on September 24. If [...]
Redknapp back for Watford clash, says assistant
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will be back in charge of his side for their FA Cup clash with Watford, assistant Kevin Bond has confirmed. Bond has been in charge of first-team issues in Redknapp’s absence, while the Spurs boss has been in court contesting tax evasion charges. But Redknapp’s assistant has indicated it has been [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Blackburn
Blackburn will look to build on their win over Fulham when they travel to Everton in the English Premier League on Saturday. Rovers recorded their second win in three league games with a 3-1 victory at home to Fulham, moving out of the relegation zone. It came despite having star striker Yakubu, who has netted [...]
Premier League preview: Tottenham v Everton
Tottenham can move level with second-placed Manchester United on Wednesday if they win their clash with Everton at White Hart Lane. The game had originally been due to take place on the season’s opening weekend until rioting in London forced its postponement, and since then Spurs have stamped themselves as one of the teams to [...]
Moyes praises squad after tough cup win
Everton boss David Moyes has praised the attitude of his players after a hard-fought 2-0 FA Cup victory over Tamworth. Everton failed to put clear distance between themselves and the Conference National side after Johnny Heitinga’s early opener but avoided a nervous ending as Leighton Baines converted a penalty in the 80th minute. However, boss [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Bolton
Everton will be aiming to continue their impressive run of form with a win at home to struggling Bolton on Wednesday. David Moyes’ men are struggling to score goals, but their ability to restrict their opposition has been vital in a four-match unbeaten run in the English Premier League. Everton’s 19 goals is the lowest [...]
Premier League preview: West Brom v Everton
Just a point behind and with a game in hand, Everton travel to the Hawthorns to take on West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. After consecutive 1-0 English Premier League losses to Stoke City and Arsenal, Everton have been unbeaten for their last three matches, drawing 1-1 with Norwich City, beating Swansea City 1-0 and scraping [...]
Premier League preview: Sunderland v Everton
Sunderland will look to continue their revival under manager Martin O’Neill when they host Everton in the English Premier League on Boxing Day. Since replacing Steve Bruce, O’Neill has taken charge of a rejuvenated side that has two wins in three games. Crucial late goals have become a trademark for Sunderland, who have begun to [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Swansea City
With just a point separating the two sides, Everton play Swansea City at home as David Moyes tries to steer the Toffees up the table. Everton have not won in their last three games after beating Wolves and Bolton in succession, and their 1-1 draw on Saturday against Norwich City leaves them just four points [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Norwich
Everton face an important clash at home against Norwich on Saturday as they look to get their English Premier League campaign back on track. David Moyes’ men have suffered consecutive defeats and sit a disappointing 12th on the table, three points adrift of 10th-placed Norwich. The most recent loss was a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal [...]
Premier League preview: Manchester United v Wolves
After failing to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage, Manchester United will look to bounce back when they host Wolverhampton. Wolves travel to Old Trafford on Saturday with the unenviable task of tackling a United side reeling after only their third exit from Europe’s premier club competition in 17 years. With their focus now [...]
Premier League preview: Arsenal v Everton
Arsenal host Everton at Emirates Stadium on Saturday with both sides looking to get back to winning form. Arsene Wenger’s team are fifth in the English Premier League, 12 points behind leaders Manchester City as the Londoners continue to pay the price for their indifferent start to the season. Since Arsenal’s 2-1 loss to Spurs [...]
Premier League Preview: Everton v Stoke
After making history in Europe, Stoke City travel to Everton on Sunday looking for their first win at Goodison Park in over 30 years. A 1-1 draw with Dynamo Kiev at Britannia Stadium on Thursday gave Stoke the point they needed to secure progress to the knockout stages of the Europa League from Group E, [...]
Premier League preview: Bolton v Everton
Everton visit Reebok Stadium on Saturday as Owen Coyle tries to lift his struggling Bolton side out of the bottom three. After a 2-1 loss to West Bromwich Albion sent them to their third defeat in four league matches – and ninth loss from 12 games this season – Coyle has demanded big improvements. “I’m [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Wolves
Everton host Wolverhampton in the Premier League on Saturday amidst a backdrop of discontent from the Toffees’ protesting fans. Everton’s underwhelming start to the season – they are 17th in the league just a point away from the relegation zone – has left fans planning a second protest march against the board of directors, citing [...]
Premier League preview: Newcastle v Everton
Premier League surprise packets Newcastle will look to keep their strong start to the season going on Saturday at home to struggling Everton. Alan Pardew’s men sit in third position after 10 games of the 2011/12 season as one of only two unbeaten sides left in the competition, the other being leaders Manchester City. In [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Arsenal
Fresh from a derby defeat, Chelsea can atone against another of their local rivals when they meet Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Andre Villas-Boas’ Blues finished with just nine men in their 1-0 defeat to QPR on Sunday, but got back to winning ways when they beat Everton 2-1 in Carling Cup action in [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Manchester United
After an embarrassing derby loss, Manchester United will be looking to bounce back in a big way when they travel to Everton on Saturday. Sir Alex Ferguson is seething after bitter rivals Manchester City took a five-point lead atop the English Premier League table following their 6-1 annihilation of the title-holders. Ferguson is likely to [...]
Premier League preview: Fulham v Everton
After losing 2-0 at Stoke City, Fulham take on Everton at home on Sunday as Martin Jol tries to steer the Cottagers away from the relegation zone. Level on seven points with Everton, Fulham are one point removed from the relegation pack after conceding late goals at Stoke. Fulham are not the best of travellers [...]
Premier League preview: Chelsea v Everton
Chelsea will welcome their bogey side Everton to Stamford Bridge, aiming to beat the Toffees for the first time since May 2009. The Londoners have failed to take all three points since their win over Everton in the FA Cup final that year, with Chelsea led to victory by then caretaker coach Guus Hiddink. Since [...]
Osman to fill Arteta void
Everton midfielder Leon Osman is hoping to make use of Mikel Arteta’s departure to show off his creativity in the middle of the park. The Toffees have made a solid start to the season and despite their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend, they are still in 13th place. And Osman, who is now one [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Liverpool
Everton will be hoping to continue to their recent good form against neighbours Liverpool when the arch-rivals meet at Goodison Park on Saturday. The blue half of the city claimed the bragging rights in last season’s Merseyside derbies, winning at home and drawing away at Anfield as Liverpool suffered one of their worst campaigns [...]
Premier League: Manchester City 2 Everton 0
Mario Balotelli and James Milner scored goals as Manchester City battled to a 2-0 victory over Everton on Saturday. Everton started the better of the two teams, asserting early pressure on City’s creative players and carving a few half-chances for themselves. City had the first good chance to score however, but Phil Jagielka’s attempted header [...]
Premier League preview: Manchester City v Everton
Manchester City will look to continue their strong start to the Premier League season when they welcome Everton to Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Roberto Mancini’s City side began the new campaign in devastating fashion, scoring wins over Swansea and Bolton before an emphatic 5-1 triumph at Spurs last month. They followed up with a 3-0 [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Wigan
Everton and Wigan Athletic will both be looking for their second win of the season when the two sides meet at Goodison Park on Saturday. Everton sit 10th on the Premier League table and have played one game less than their opponents, who are one place above them. The hosts will enter the game fresher [...]
Premier League preview: Everton v Liverpool
Everton will be hoping to continue to their recent good form against neighbours Liverpool when the arch-rivals meet at Goodison Park on Saturday. The blue half of the city claimed the bragging rights in last season’s Merseyside derbies, winning at home and drawing away at Anfield as Liverpool suffered one of their worst campaigns in [...]
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