Tottenham vs Everton

Match summary

Tottenham and Everton could not be separated in a goalless draw.

Everton had the better of the chances, with 1.60 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Tottenham's 0.74 from 14.

Tottenham and Everton played out a scoreless draw in their Premier League fixture on Matchday 4. Tottenham dominated the overall territory and possession, holding sixty-two percent of the ball and completing six hundred and thirty-eight passes with a ninety-three percent accuracy rate. The home side registered fourteen total shots and one hundred and twenty-two attacks compared to Everton's fifty-eight. Despite Tottenham applying sustained pressure and forcing six blocked shots, Everton created the superior quality of chances, recording an expected goals figure of one point six zero to Tottenham's zero point seven four, while both teams struggled to convert their opportunities into goals.

The first half passed without a breakthrough, ending goalless after two minutes of added time. Following the restart, Everton's Thierno Barry had a notable shot on target in the forty-ninth minute with an expected goals value of zero point three seven. A flurry of substitutions followed in the second half, with Tottenham introducing Rodrigo Bentancur, Mateus Fernandes, Dominic Solanke, Omar Marmoush, and Archie Gray, while Everton brought on Tyrique George, Brennan Johnson, and Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Disciplinary action saw yellow cards issued to Everton players Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the sixty-eighth minute and James Garner in the eighty-fourth minute for fouls, before the referee also booked Tottenham's Roberto De Zerbi for argument in the eighty-eighth minute.