
EVERTON VS SOUTHAMPTON
SATURDAY 16TH OF APRIL - GOODISON PARK
15:00 KICK-OFF
Match Officials:
Referee - Craig Pawson
Assistant - D Bryan
Assistant - S Beck
4th Official - T Harrington
TEAM NEWS
Charlie Austin misses out with a twisted knee, but Steven Davis is available for selection once again.
Other than that, there are no other injury concerns.
PREDICTED XI: Forster; Cédric, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand; Wanyama; Clasie, S. Davis; Mané; Pellè, Long.
THE FORMBOOK
(league games)
EVERTON: WLLLDD
Goals Scored: 6
Goals Conceded: 7
SOUTHAMPTON: LDWWLW
Goals Scored: 9
Goals Conceded: 8
LAST TIME WE MET
Saturday the 15th of August, 2015
Barclays Premier League
SOUTHAMPTON 0-3 EVERTON
Attendance: 30,966
GOALS: Lukaku - 22' and 45', Barkley - 84'.
SOUTHAMPTON: Stekelenburg; Cédric, Fonte, Yoshida, Targett; S. Davis (Ward-Prowse - 79'), Wanyama; Long (Rodriguez - 72'), Mané, Tadić (Romeu - 45'); Pellè.
Unused Subs: Gazzaniga, Martina, Reed, Juanmi.
EVERTON: Howard; Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Galloway (Browning - 88'); Barry; McCarthy, Cleverley; Barkley; Koné (Naismith - 80'), Lukaku (Deulofeu - 89').
Unused Subs: Robles, Besic, Osman, Mirallas.
STORY OF THE GAME:
Romelu Lukaku struck twice as Everton humbled Southampton and recorded their first win at St. Mary's in a decade.
Sadio Mané threatened to break the deadlock for Saints in the 20th minute, but the Senegalese forward saw his effort turned away by Tim Howard in the Everton goal.
Lukaku gave the Toffees the lead midway through the first half, when he rose to head home past Maarten Stekelenburg.
The Belgian frontman continued to take advantage of the Saints backline when he combined with Ross Barkley on the counter, sending a low effort past Stekelenburg and into the net on the brink of half-time.
Saints struggled to create many inviting opportunities, with Everton eventually killing the game off with just six minutes of regulation time remaining.
After charging in on goal, Barkley turned from provider to scorer, as he curled an effort into the goal to secure the three points for the Merseyside club.
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