Everton and Middlesbrough both preserved their unbeaten runs following an entertaining 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. More
90+3' Full-time at Goodison, and a point each is a fair return for these two sides after an open and entertaining encounter. Both managers have preserved their unbeaten runs. Stick around for Hull City v Manchester City, kicking off at 4pm UK time!
87' Everton are enjoying the majority of the possession as they push for a winner. They will boost their attack by bringing on James Vaughan for Yakubu.
84' Changes from both sides here, as Boro swap Alves for Emnes and Anichebe comes on in palce of Cahill for Everton.
73' Now Everton make a switch, as Pienaar comes on for Osman.
69' Adam Johnson comes on to replace Arca. Johnson will go wide with O'Neil moving into the middle. Good to see Gareth Southgate going for another goal.
65' GOAL!! Everton equalise from that free-kick! Arteta's dangerous ball is swung in and Yakubu knocks it past Turnbull with the back of his head! As soon as Arteta gets his deliveries right, Everton cause some damage.
65' Digard fouls Arteta on the left wing and has no complaints about being booked.
62' Arteta lifts a ball out to Neville on the right and the ball comes in first time for SAHA WITH A DIVING HEADER INCHES WIDE!! Greatr move Everton, Turnbull would have had no chance if the header had been on target.
57' Osman takes down Arteta's diagonal ball brilliantly in the box and he works space to SHOOT... Straight at Turnbull! Osman looks guuted, he knows how good a chance that was.
53' Another lightning break from an Everton corner and Tuncay does brilliantly to draw in the defenders before relaesing Downing. The ball is pulled back for ARCA.. Struck over the bar!
51' Riggott has really been in the wars since the break, as he now clashes heads with Saha. David Wheater is stripping off as Everton win the drop ball. Wheater comes on.
46' No changes for either side as Boro get the second half underway.
45+3' Half-time at Goodison, and Boro have the lead.
44' This time the corner is a good one and it's bound for the head of CAHILL... Nodded down into the ground and it bounces wide! Tim Cahill usually gobbles those up.
34' Everton win another corner from the other side. Arteta knocks it short to Neville who crosses in for YOBO... Headed over the bar! The Nigerian really should have tested Turnbull with a free header.
31' That set piece was cleared but Boro now take their turn to camp in the opposition half. Fellaini initiates an Everton break. At the other end Fellaini flicks a header into the path of Yakubu. Turnbull slides in and YAKUBU GOES DOWN... NO PENALTY!! Good decsion from the referee, who points for a corner.
22' Turnbull fails to catch a cross and he watches it rebound off the inside of the post! That sparks off a real scramble in the Boro box and Yakubu and Fellaini have efforts blocked before the danger is cleared!
13' An Everton long ball is flicked on and YAKUBU IS ONE-ON-ONE... Saved by Turnbull! The Boro keeper is very much a man in form at the moment, and he spreads himself well to block Yakubu's shot.
11' It gets worse for Everton as Saha is down on the floor in a heap. He's scored three in his last two games, so it must be time for him to be sidelined for the rest of the season! He's getting up, and hobbles off to be treated...
8' GOAL!! Boro break forward and Downing delivers a slick reverse pass that finds O'Neil in acres of space on the right. He has time to control, size up to shot and calmly slot a finish past Howard that goes in off the near post! Nice goal but where was the defending?
1' Referee howard Webb gets this show on the road on this sunny day on Merseyside!| Everton | Stats | Middlesbrough |
|---|---|---|
| 65% | Possession | 34% |
| 13 | Shots | 11 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 0 | Saves | 2 |
| 11 | Corners | 1 |
| 13 | Fouls | 10 |
| 3 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 31 | Tackles | 26 |
| 427 | Accurate passes | 174 |
| 111 | Bad passes | 43 |
| G | S | SoT | F | FW | O | A | AP | BP | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Tim Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Joseph Yobo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Joleon Lescott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 32 | 0 |
| 6 | Phil Jagielka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 3 |
| 25 | Marouane Fellaini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | Tim Cahill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 7 |
| 21 | Leon Osman | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Philip Neville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Mikel Arteta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 21 | 3 |
| 9 | Louis Saha | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 3 |
| 22 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Leighton Baines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Victor Anichebe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Tony Hibbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Steven Pienaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | Carlo Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | James Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Segundo Castillo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | S | SoT | F | FW | O | A | AP | BP | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Ross Turnbull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Riggott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Andrew Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Justin Hoyte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Emanuel Pogatetz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Julio Arca | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Didier Digard | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Gary O'Neil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | Stewart Downing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | Afonso Alves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | Tuncay Sanli | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Adam Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Jonathan Franks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bradley Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Josh Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Marvin Emnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Jonathon Grounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | David Wheater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
65' GOAL!! Everton equalise from that free-kick! Arteta's dangerous ball is swung in and Yakubu knocks it past Turnbull with the back of his head! As soon as Arteta gets his deliveries right, Everton cause some damage.
62' Arteta lifts a ball out to Neville on the right and the ball comes in first time for SAHA WITH A DIVING HEADER INCHES WIDE!! Greatr move Everton, Turnbull would have had no chance if the header had been on target.
57' Osman takes down Arteta's diagonal ball brilliantly in the box and he works space to SHOOT... Straight at Turnbull! Osman looks guuted, he knows how good a chance that was.
53' Another lightning break from an Everton corner and Tuncay does brilliantly to draw in the defenders before relaesing Downing. The ball is pulled back for ARCA.. Struck over the bar!
44' This time the corner is a good one and it's bound for the head of CAHILL... Nodded down into the ground and it bounces wide! Tim Cahill usually gobbles those up.
34' Everton win another corner from the other side. Arteta knocks it short to Neville who crosses in for YOBO... Headed over the bar! The Nigerian really should have tested Turnbull with a free header.
31' That set piece was cleared but Boro now take their turn to camp in the opposition half. Fellaini initiates an Everton break. At the other end Fellaini flicks a header into the path of Yakubu. Turnbull slides in and YAKUBU GOES DOWN... NO PENALTY!! Good decsion from the referee, who points for a corner.
22' Turnbull fails to catch a cross and he watches it rebound off the inside of the post! That sparks off a real scramble in the Boro box and Yakubu and Fellaini have efforts blocked before the danger is cleared!
13' An Everton long ball is flicked on and YAKUBU IS ONE-ON-ONE... Saved by Turnbull! The Boro keeper is very much a man in form at the moment, and he spreads himself well to block Yakubu's shot.
8' GOAL!! Boro break forward and Downing delivers a slick reverse pass that finds O'Neil in acres of space on the right. He has time to control, size up to shot and calmly slot a finish past Howard that goes in off the near post! Nice goal but where was the defending?
EvertonManager: David Moyes
Captain: Philip Neville
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MiddlesbroughManager: Gareth Southgate
Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz
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