Southampton vs Everton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Southampton face Everton today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Southampton vs Everton
KICK-OFF! Southampton get the second half going, and we are under way again.
Southampton vs Everton
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Southampton vs Everton
Looking to the second half, Russell Martin will want the same energy levels from his side. They have managed to create the best of the few opportunities in this game, and now they need to put one of them away, at least. They don’t look troubled in defence, but as we know, Everton can score from all kinds of situations, and sometimes out of nothing. For Everton, Sean Dyche will want them to continue pressing the Southampton backline, as there is always potential for an opportunity following a mistake. He will know that his side are capable of nicking the win, but they will need to create better opportunities in the second half.
Southampton vs Everton
It’s half-time at St. Mary’s, and despite over 45 minutes of football being played, neither team looks like they have gotten going yet. The game began in the fashion that you may have expected from this match, but unfortunately for the fans in the stadium, it has also continued in that way. Both sides have been tentative when going forward and have failed to create a real big chance. There have been glimpses of opportunity from Southampton’s strategy to play out from the back, but Everton failed to capitalise on the one chance they got from Downes’ mistake. Southampton had a couple of half-chances, but Archer couldn’t put his shot the right side of the post, and Pickford managed to keep out a dangerous cross from Armstrong. It’s 0-0 at half-time, and the Opta live win probability suggests a 29.9 per cent chance of a Southampton win, a 38.2 per cent chance of a draw, and a 31.9 per cent chance of an Everton win, meaning that there is all still to play for. Southampton have managed 0.19 xG, and Everton have produced 0.24 xG.
Southampton vs Everton
CLOSE! Armstrong whips a low cross along the face of the goal, and Pickford manages to get a hand on it to direct it away. Two Southampton bodies were waiting for a tap-in!
Southampton vs Everton
We are nearing the half-time break here, and other than Archer’s chance in the last couple of minutes, there hasn’t been anything to shout about for either of the teams.
Southampton vs Everton
CLOSE! Archer drags his shot wide of the left post! Downes poked a pass through to Archer, who managed to evade Young before getting shot away. The effort was powerful and low, but it bent left past the upright.
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