Everton vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Goodison Park as Toffees fans protest against the board
James Ward-Prowse scored twice as bottom side Southampton came from behind to claim a vital 2-1 Premier League victory at fellow strugglers Everton and deepen the crisis at Goodison Park on Saturday.
Amadou Onana gave the home side a first half lead but Ward-Prowse equalised in the first minute of the second period and then curled in a trademark free-kick to give Southampton their first victory at Everton since 1997.
Southampton stay bottom of the standings with 15 points from their 19 games, the same number as Everton, who are above them only on goal difference.
The result comes on a day when members of the Everton board were advised to stay away from the ground over what the club termed a “real and credible threat to their safety and security”. Everton fans had planned a ‘sit-in’ at the ground after the game in protest at the club’s current plight.
The victory ends a run of six straight league defeats for Southampton and comes in a week in which they dumped Manchester City out of the League Cup, a marked improvement for new manager Nathan Jones after a difficult start at the club.
Ward-Prowse also saw his shot tipped onto the post by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in the first half, while home striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin had his deflected shot come off the crossbar with the score at 1-1.
Everton vs Southampton
Ward-Prowse gets the game underway for Southampton!
Everton vs Southampton
The players are making their way out of the tunnel and onto the pitch!
Everton vs Southampton
Everton have lost their last two Premier League games against sides bottom of the table, going down 2-1 against both Norwich (January 2022) and Wolves (December 2022). None of the six ever-present Premier League sides have ever lost three in a row against teams starting the day at the foot of the table before.
Everton vs Southampton
Lampard makes one change to the starting lineup that lost to Manchester United as Calvert-Lewin comes in for Maupay. Jones makes three changes from the side that beat Manchester City as Edozie, Adams, and Elyounoussi enter the starting 11.
Everton vs Southampton
SUBS: Wily Caballero, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Joe Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Mislav Orsic, Romain Perraud, Sekou Mara, Moussa Djenepo, Carlos Alcaraz.
Everton vs Southampton
Southampton (3-5-2): Gavin Bazunu; Duje Caleta-Car, Lyanco, Mohammed Salisu; Kyle Walker-Peters, James Ward-Prowse, Romeo Lavia, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Ibrahima Diallo; Samuel Edozie, Che Adams.
Everton vs Southampton
SUBS: Abdoulaye Doucoure, Tom Davies, Asmir Begovic, Dwight McNeil, Anthony Gordon, Neal Maupay, Ellis Simms, Mason Holgate, Yerry Mina.
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