Everton v Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Trossard strike secures well-earned Arsenal win
Mikel Arteta’s men hope to move into the top four as Everton desperately need a win
Arsenal hope to maintain their unbeaten start to the Premier League season as they travel to struggling Everton on Sunday afternoon.
Mikel Arteta’s are riding high after clinching a late victory over Manchester United in their last match before the international break to make it 10 points from their opening four matches and they’ll look to take that momentum into today’s encounter. Manchester, Liverpool and Tottenham are setting the early pace at the top of the table so it would be a big error if Arsenal were to drop points at Goodison Park.
Sean Dyche’s side, meanwhile, picked up their opening points of the season with a 2-2 away draw against Sheffield United. The Toffees won this fixture 1-0 last season in Dyche’s first game in charge and will be hoping for a repeat performance to kickstart their league campaign.
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Everton 0-0 Arsenal
3 mins: Arsenal win an early corner as they make a positive start to this encounter. Saka floats it in but it’s headed away powerfully by Tarkowski.
Kick-off! Everton 0-0 Arsenal
1 min: Arsenal get us underway in Merseyside.
Kick-off moments away
The players are out of the tunnel and onto the pitch, with kick-off right around the corner!
Some pre-match stats with kick-off fast approaching:
- Everton have won four of their last five home league games against Arsenal (D1), including each of the last three in a row. They last won four consecutively against the Gunners between March 1910 and March 1913.
- Both of Everton’s Premier League home games this season have been 1-0 defeats. Only three times in their league history have they lost each of their first three at Goodison Park (1958-59, 2005-06 and 2008-09), while among those only in 2005-06 did they fail to score a single goal.
- Since the start of last season, Arsenal have kept more away clean sheets than any other side in the Premier League (11). They’ve also won a joint league-high 13 games on the road, while only Manchester City (17) have conceded fewer goals than the Gunners (18, excluding promoted sides).
- Sean Dyche has won just two of his 16 Premier League games against Arsenal (D3 L11), with his sides scoring just seven goals in these matches and never more than once. However, one of those wins was in his first match in charge of Everton in February last season.
Mikel Arteta speaking to Sky Sports before the game
On Raya replacing Ramsdale: “We wanted to be a squad which had two quality players in each position with different characteristics.
“To maximise that they have to play games and we have a lot of games coming up. Everyone will get a lot of game times in the next few weeks.”
The Arsenal boss not giving a lot away on the decision to drop the Englishman to the bench.
Gabriel Jesus ‘changed Arsenal’s world last season’, says Mikel Arteta
Mikel Arteta lauded “tremendous” Gabriel Jesus who he claims “changed Arsenal’s world last season”.
Gunners boss Arteta could start the Brazil striker for the first time this term at Everton on Sunday after he recovered from a spate of injuries.
Jesus has made two substitute appearances in the Premier League this season, scoring last time out in the 3-1 victory over Manchester United on September 3.
But Arteta insists the former Manchester City forward’s game is about more than goals.
“He is a tremendous player,” said Arteta, whose side finished runners-up in the Premier League in 2022-23.
“A really important player for us. He changed our world last season. You could all see that. He is going to be a really important player for us.
“I think he brought a different energy, a different belief, a different threat, a different fear to opponents.”
Read more of Arteta’s thoughts below:
Gabriel Jesus ‘changed Arsenal’s world last season’, says Mikel Arteta
The Brazil striker joined the Gunners from Manchester City last summer.
Yesterday’s action
Over at Old Trafford, there was another concering performance for Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United as they slumped toa 3-1 defeat against the impressive Brighton.
Goals from Danny Welbeck, Pascal Gross and Joao Pedro saw Roberto De Zerbi’s men move up to third.
The home fans greeted Ten Hag’s side with boos after the full-time whistle having suffered their third defeat in just five league games.
Read Richard Jolly’s report from Old Trafford:
Shambolic Manchester United endure crowd dissent after humbling defeat to Brighton
Manchester United 1-3 Brighton: Roberto De Zerbi’s men move up to third following impressive win at Old Trafford
Yesterday’s action
We have just over half an hour before kick-off at Goodison Park, so let’s take a quick look back at a couple of yesterday’s results.
In the early kick-off on Saturday, Liverpool came from behind to secure a late 3-1 victory against Wolves.
Andrew Robertson and Hugo Bueno’s own goal saw the Reds escape Molineux with a victory which looked unlikely at half-time.
Hwang Hee-Chan’s early opener gave Wolves the lead as the hosts dominated and only a woeful miss by Matheus Cunha stopped them going further ahead.
Liverpool were wretched in the first half but slowly improved, levelling through Cody Gakpo before breaking Wolves’ resistance with four minutes left for a third comeback win of the season.
Read the full report below:
Liverpool leave it late to come from behind and beat Wolves
Wolves 1-3 Liverpool: Andrew Robertson and Hugo Bueno’s late own goal at Molineux gave the Reds the win
Two changes for Everton as McNeil starts
Sean Dyche also makes two changes to his side after their 2-2 draw against Sheffield United before the international break. Vitalii Mykolenko replaces Nathan Patterson at right-back, while Dwight McNeil comes in for his first league start of the season on the right of midfield with James Garner dropping to the bench.
Everton’s bench is as follows: Calvert-Lewin, Godfrey, Virginia, Garner, Patterson, Dobbin, Onyango, Chermiti.
Ramsdale and Havertz dropped by Arsenal
So the big team news comes from Arsenal as both Aaron Ramsdale and Kai Havertz drop to the bench. Ramsdale was in action for England during the international break but finds himself on the bench for today’s match as summer signing David Raya makes his first Premier League start for the club.
Havertz, meanwhile, has endured a tough start to life at Arsenal since his summer move and is replaced by Fabio Vieira in central midfield who makes his first league start of the season.
Arsenal’s substitutes are: Nelson, Jesus, Smith Rowe, Havertz, Tomiyasu, Ramsdale, Jorginho, Kiwior, Trossard.
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