Everton make the lengthy journey south to Bournemouth on Tuesday nonetheless smarting from that disastrous thrashing by the hands of Newcastle on the weekend.
It was simply the worst show since David Moyes’ return to the membership and a speedy comedown after the highs of the win at Outdated Trafford simply 5 days earlier.
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It brutally uncovered the dearth of squad depth, with Idrissa Gueye’s suspension and one other damage to Merlin Rohl leaving a yawning hole in midfield that Tim Iroegbunam did not fill. The previous Aston Villa man has impressed as an alternative however struggled badly from the beginning, along with his suspect positioning repeatedly exposing a defence that was ripped to bits by Newcastle’s attacking gamers. The continued weak point at set items can be a priority, particularly given their resurgence in recognition this season.
The ocean of blue seats in the direction of the top of the sport mentioned all of it. It was simply a type of nights the place you must take your medication and transfer on.
It does, nevertheless, depart Moyes with a quandary going into one of many busiest intervals of the season. Changes should be made however there may be little time to work on issues at Finch Farm.
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A fast turnaround does supply the possibility to get the consequence out of their system rapidly, however the sight of the Vitality Stadium offers Evertonians the chills. The Toffees not solely have an terrible document there, but it surely typically leaves them in a way of disaster.
Sean Dyche’s ultimate sport was a limp 1–0 defeat at first of January, whereas two defeats in 4 days with an combination rating of seven–1 put Frank Lampard on the brink in late 2022, with the league defeat ending in indignant confrontations between the followers and among the gamers after the sport.
The opposition
Bournemouth proceed to belie their standing as one of many Premier League minnows by greater than holding their very own and infrequently embarrassing these with higher sources.
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The Cherries, much like Brighton and Brentford, have traded nicely, even dealing with dropping three of their beginning again 4 over the summer time. And in Andoni Iraola they’ve one in all Europe’s most extremely rated younger managers.
Nonetheless, after a fantastic begin to the season they’ve hit a little bit of a stumbling block, taking only one level from their final 4, most just lately conceding a 2–0 purpose benefit in a 3-2 defeat in opposition to Sunderland on Saturday.
In mitigation, the opposite two defeats have been away to Manchester Metropolis and Aston Villa, they usually stay unbeaten at dwelling this season.
Then there may be their fantastic document in opposition to the Toffees on the Vitality. They haven’t misplaced any of their eight league conferences and have received their final 5 in all competitions. The Cherries additionally beat Everton twice at dwelling final season.
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Earlier assembly
Everton 0–2 Bournemouth, 8 February 2025
Everton have been dumped out of the FA Cup fourth spherical by Bournemouth at first of February. Antoine Semenyo and Daniel Jebbison put the Cherries 2–0 up at half time, although they got a serving to hand by some terrible Everton defending (sound acquainted?). The Toffees improved after the break and hit the woodwork thrice, however have been unable to get again into the sport.
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David Moyes says a number of of his gamers are carrying some bumps and bruises however wouldn’t reveal any extra particulars. The Scot mentioned a few of these gamers might have missed the Newcastle sport in several circumstances, however the paucity of choices meant they needed to play.
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Jarrad Branthwaite, Nathan Patterson and Merlin Rohl stay sidelined and will likely be for a while. Idrissa Gueye serves the second of his three-match ban.
Ultimate phrase
Bournemouth away needs to be in August or Could, not a chilly, moist midweek in December, so I really feel for the Evertonians heading all that option to the south coast. It has been a reasonably depressing journey in recent times too, but when the gamers can replicate the extent of efficiency we noticed in opposition to Manchester United moderately than Newcastle, then they’ve an opportunity to bounce again right away.
