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
Everton (3-5-2): Jordan Pickford; Ben Godfrey, Conor Coady, James Tarkowski; Seamus Coleman, Alex Iwobi, Amadou Onana, Idrissa Gueye, Vitaliy Mykolenko; Demarai Gray, Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Everton vs Southampton
Southampton, who are still bottom of the Premier League, have gained some momentum across the two cup competitions over the past week. They knocked Crystal Palace out of the FA Cup before beating Manchester City 2-0 in the EFL Cup to reach the semi-finals. Nathan Jones is still searching for his first league win as Saints manager, having lost his first four.
Everton vs Southampton
Everton and Frank Lampard are desperate for three points today in order to snap their eight-game winless run. A good result for the Toffees could move them as high up as 13th in the Premier League table, but goals have not come naturally to this side. They have only scored 14 goals in their 18 league games this season, Anthony Gordon and Demarai Gray both leading with three goals.
Everton vs Southampton
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Everton vs Southampton
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