Southampton have won 13 Premier League home games against Everton – no side have they beaten more often on home soil in the competition (also 13 vs Newcastle).
Though they’ve lost five of their last seven Premier League away games against Southampton, Everton won 2-1 on their last visit to St Mary’s in October 2022. They’ve not won consecutive away league games against Saints since January 1992.
Southampton are winless in their last 22 Premier League matches (D5 L17). The only sides to have longer winless runs in Premier League history are Derby County (32 in 2007-08) and Sunderland (26 between 2002 and 2005).
Everton have gone five Premier League games unbeaten (W2 D3), after losing the five games beforehand. The Toffees last had a longer unbeaten run between August and October 2022 under Frank Lampard (6).
Southampton have picked up one point in their opening nine Premier League games this season (D1 L8). The fewest points won in the first 10 games of a Premier League season is one, by Sheffield United in both 2020-21 and 2023-24.
18% of Everton’s passes in the Premier League this season have been long passes, the highest percentage of any side. The Toffees have also played 7.2% of their passes into the opposition box, with only Bournemouth (8.4%) doing so with a higher percentage of their passes; by contrast, Southampton have done so with the lowest (4.2%).
Only three teams have completed more passes than Southampton (4,139) in the Premier League this season. Saints also have the second-best pass accuracy (87.9%) behind Man City (90.8%), while only City have had more sequences of 10 or more passes (143).
Everton have lost 10 of their last 14 Premier League matches in November (W2 D2), failing to score in eight of those matches.
Southampton defender Jan Bednarek has completed 691 passes in the Premier League this season, the second-most of any player. He’s now failed to win any of his last 22 starts in the competition, the longest run by a defender since Jonny Evans between April 2017 and January 2018 (28 games).
Everton’s Ashley Young has three assists in his last five Premier League appearances, as many as he had in his previous 124 matches combined. He’s one of only three players to assist as many as three goals after turning 39, along with Teddy Sheringham and Ryan Giggs.
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