Match summary
Everton beat Southampton 2-0. Everton led 2-0 at half-time.
Iliman Ndiaye put Everton ahead in the 6th minute and Ndiaye made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Dwight McNeil.
The chances backed that up: Everton created 2.69 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Southampton's 1.12 from 6.
Before kick-off
Everton win
67%
Avg odds 1.43
Draw
20%
Avg odds 4.76
Southampton win
13%
Avg odds 7.54
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.