Everton take on Watford with both teams looking for their first win of the season. Opta presents the statistical analysis.
“Everton haven’t lost their first home game of a Premier League season since 2011-12 (0-1 vs QPR), winning three and drawing four since then.”
Everton won six of their first nine Premier League games against Watford (W6 D2 L1) but are winless in their last three against the Hornets (W0 D1 L2). A Watford victory is [5.4].
Watford are winless in all 13 away matches against Everton in all competitions (W0 D2 L11), leading in three of their last four matches at Goodison Park but failing to win any. An Everton win is [1.74].
Everton kept five consecutive home Premier League clean sheets at the end of the 2018-19 season – they’ve only had a longer such run in the competition once previously, keeping seven in a row between March and September 2013. The Toffees are [3.1] to win to nil.
Everton haven’t lost their first home game of a Premier League season since 2011-12 (0-1 vs QPR), winning three and drawing four since then. The draw is [4.1].
Watford have lost their last four Premier League games – they haven’t lost five in a row since losing their final six games of the 2016-17 season under Walter Mazzarri. Everton are [2.8] to win half-time/full-time.
Everton are looking to win five consecutive Premier League home games for the first time since a run of eight under Ronald Koeman in April 2017. The draw half-time/Everton full-time double result is [5.0].
In the top-flight, Watford have collected five points from a possible 72 in 24 away games against the two Merseyside clubs (Everton and Liverpool), winning one, drawing two and losing 21 of those games. Everton are [5.1] to win both halves.
14 of the last 15 goals scored in Premier League games between Everton and Watford have been scored in the second-half; at Goodison Park, 16 of the 23 goals scored in this fixture in the Premier League have been netted in the second-half (70%). The 0-0 half-time score is [3.25].
Against Crystal Palace, Everton’s Morgan Schneiderlin became the 12th different player to be sent off under Marco Silva in the Premier League – five more than have been sent off under any other manager since Silva’s first game in the competition on January 14th, 2017. The odds of a player being sent off in the match are [5.8].
Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson has played eight Premier League games against Watford without registering a single goal or assist. The Hornets are the side he’s faced the most in the competition without a goal involvement. Under 2.5 goals is [2.14].
Source: Betfair Premier League
