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Premier League LIVE: Everton vs Fulham after Man City and Brentford wins
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Premier League LIVE: Everton vs Fulham after Man City and Brentford wins

  • Everton were unbeaten in their first 27 home league matches against Fulham between 1949 and 2018 (W23 D4), winning the last 22 matches. They have since lost their last three home games to the Cottagers.

  • Fulham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Everton (W3 D2), keeping four clean sheets in the process. All three of the wins in this race came at Goodison Park.

  • Everton are unbeaten in four Premier League games this season (W2 D2) since losing their first four games. The Toffees have only gone five unbeaten once under Sean Dyche, and they did so in April and May this year.

  • Fulham have scored the first goal in their last five Premier League matches (W2 L1 L2) despite losing the last two. Only six teams have suffered three consecutive defeats after scoring their first goal; the most recent of which was Sheffield United in April and May of last season.

  • Including matches this season, Everton have kept six clean sheets in their last seven Premier League matches in October (W4 D2 L1). Since the 2022-23 season, the Toffees have averaged 0.75 points per game (P20 W3 D6 L11) in August and September, compared to 1.55 points per game (W5 L2 L4) in October.

  • Since Sean Dyche’s first Premier League game under Everton management, only Arsenal (33) have scored more goals from set-pieces (excluding set-pieces) than the Toffees (27).

  • Fulham manager Marco Silva has won each of his last two away Premier League games against Everton, having managed 53 times between August 2018 and December 2019. He is the only manager in Premier League history to win more than twice in a season for his former club. Next up was Harry Redknapp at West Ham between 2006 and 2009 (five in a row).

  • Everton have made just 22 substitutions in the Premier League this season; This number is less than other teams. Among the managers who have taken charge of more than 50 matches since the 2014-15 season, Sean Dyche is the manager who has taken the fewest substitute players per match among all managers (2.4).

  • Dwight McNeil has been directly involved in six goals in his last six Premier League matches for Everton (3 goals, 3 assists). He became the third Toffees player to score three goals and provide three assists in the first eight games of the season, after Francis Jeffers in 1999-00 and James Rodriguez in 2020-21.

  • Raúl Jiménez has scored or assisted in each of his last five Premier League matches for Fulham (4 goals, 1 assist). No Cottagers player has done this in six consecutive matches; Only three players aged 33 or over have scored or assisted in six consecutive matches: Gus Poyet was 34 in 2001, Dennis Bergkamp was 35 in 2004 and Zlatan Ibrahimovic was 35. 2017.