Hello and welcome to Eurosport’s live digital coverage of Everton vs Southampton in the Premier League at Goodison Park! The Merseyside club will be looking to bolster their Champions League hopes, with two games in hand and five points off fourth-placed West Ham, against an out-of-form Saints side who have lost seven of their last eight league games. Kick-off is at 8pm with team news coming right up!
Premier League / Matchday 26
Goodison Park / 01.03.2021
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Updated 01/03/2021 at 21:54 GMT
13'
Everton are looking very comfortable at the moment, knocking the ball around with ease. Southampton are struggling to retain the ball themselves. Just how big a loss will Oriol Romeu prove to be? A central midfield pairing of Ward-Prowse and Armstrong is very attacking.
9'
GOAL!! Richarlison breaks the deadlock! Sigurdsson plays an incisive pass between Vestergaard and Bertrand and the Brazilian meets it before rounding Forster to slot home his fifth Premier League goal of the season. He has scored in three consecutive Premier League games for Everton for the first time since December 2019.
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7'
Bertrand tries to find Adams in the box but Allan intercepts and Southampton have the first corner of the evening. Ward-Prowse's inswinger is easily headed clear by Calvert-Lewin under no pressure from a red shirt.
5'
Calvert-Lewin drifts to the right and picks the ball up in an offside position. Southampton have started brightly, the visitors are looking to press Everton high up the pitch and are maintaining a high line.
2'
It's been a tidy start to this contest with both sides playing some neat passes at a high tempo. This should be a game full of quality and hopefully - for us neutrals - lots of goals.
1st Half
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We are underway on Merseyside!
19:57
The teams are out onto the pitch... kick-off is just moments away!
19:48
Danny Ings has been directly involved in seven goals in his nine Premier League starts against Everton. He has scored eight Premier League goals this season. It could be between him and Dominic Calvert-Lewin - who has 13 in the league this campaign - for a place in England's squad for the Euros.
19:38
Under the lights at Goodison Park... it is the venue where Southampton will be desperate to turn their fortunes around having lost seven of their eight league games.
Captain James Ward-Prowse said pre-match: "There's a lot of anger and disappointment in terms of the recent run of results. And we're keen to make amends for that.
"The only way to get out of a difficult situation is to keep believing in what we're doing and work incredibly hard."
19:32
Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti, who has a 50 per cent win percentage in all competitions since taking over as Toffees boss in December 2019, explains his team selection 👇
19:25
Everton enjoy playing Southampton at home.
19:18
Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with an ankle injury which will need surgery, manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said on Friday. The 29-year-old Spanish player is out injured for three months, meaning he will miss the fixtures left on the schedule list in the Premier League.
19:13
It's three changes to the Southampton team that lost 3-0 to Leeds.
Fraser Forster, Moussa Djenepo and Danny Ings all come into the side for Alex McCarthy, Nathan Tella and Oriol Romeu. Romeu will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury which requires surgery. It's fair to say Southampton's lineup is rather attacking.
19:06
Three Everton changes to the side that beat Liverpool 2-0 last weekend. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Allan and Gylfi Sigurdsson all start.
James Rodriguez, Seamus Coleman and Tom Davies drop out. Jordan Pickford keeps his place in goal.
19:01
Everton XI: Pickford, Godfrey, Holgate, Digne, Keane, Allan, Gomes, Doucoure, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, King, Iwobi, Nkounkou, Bernard, Broadhead, Astley, John, Onyango.
Southampton XI: Forster, Bertrand, Salisu, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Ward-Prowse, Djenepo, Armstrong, Redmond, Adams, Ings.
Subs: McCarthy, Stephens, Tella, Ramsay, N'Lundulu, Ferry, Jankewitz, Watts, Chauke.
18:59