Match Report
Everton 2 v 0 AFCB
13 January 2019
Attendance: 38,113
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| AFCB fail for a fourth Premier League time to get a win at Goodison. |
A costly lesson for Bournemouth was not to score when they were on top. Bournemouth did everything but score in the first half. David Brooks hit the post and was unfortunate not to win a penalty. Gradually, Everton came int the game and started to put balls into the box with Keane going close for the home team with a header just over the bar. The goals in the second half were a simple header for Zouma that wasn't marked, and a breakaway from substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin that made it look easy for Everton, but it was far from that.
Bournemouth had to make a few changes starting with Callum Wilson who was out injured with a hamstring strain. Nathaniel Clyne would make his first Premier League start for Bournemouth and Adam Smith returned from injury to play at left back, ousting Charlie Daniels. Bournemouth set up 4-4-2 with King and Stanislas playing up front.
Match Description
Fraser got in an early cross and King just had the ball taken off his toes before he could get his shot away. A mistake from Brooks sees the ball go out of play.
Fraser is hobbling a bit after a challenge from Coleman. But it's Everton that have a free kick with Adam Smith fouling Lookman. Begovic dropped on it just in time.
Richarlison is caught offside, but AFCB have to watch the front man's breaks. Bournemouth are making it hard for Everton to play out from the back. Clyne puts in a deep cross and King is beaten to the header. Fraser picks up the pieces and squares it to King in front of goal but Pickford has somehow kept on to the ball with King right on top of him.
Bournemouth are starting to pass well and are robbing Everton in midfield. Brooks puts in a good cross and Fraser should have been given a free kick after Gueye's challenge, but Brooks has a free kick. The ball goes long and Brooks gets it and he's down in the box why wasn't that a penalty? Gueye shoves Brooks and didn't get a touch on the ball.
Everton are riding their luck. Lerma goes diagonal to Fraser and Lerma has a dig from distance ,but it's wide. A great start from Bournemouth after 13 minutes. Steve Cook blocks a shot from Lookman.
King wins the ball in the middle, Stanislas plays in Brooks and the shot hits the post! So unlucky! At the other end Lookman is blocked. Bournemouth really should be ahead.
Bernard wins an Everton corner off of Stanislas. Stanislas breaks and gets the ball out to King. The referee is playing advantage, but no yellow cards yet. Aké gets a food defensive header in. King this time gets a free kick off Gomes.
Fraser wins the ball and Brooks plays in King before the defender gets back. Richarlison and Aké go for a header and Aké goes over the top. Clyne ventures forward and almost catches Pickford out.Gosling tackles back well on Sigurdsson.
Bournemouth are playing first time balls Fraser and Gosling, now Smith and Smith is brought to ground and wins a free kick. It's Gueye again who fouled. Stanislas will fancy the shot from here on the edge of the box on 25 minutes. King and Fraser line up at the end of the wall.
Stanislas hits it low and Pickford just keeps it out low to his right for a corner. Lerma's shot hits Aké and Gosling fires well wide. Gosling over hits a pass but Pickford is caught out and Fraser puts a cross back in that King heads over.
Everton just haven't got going. But Bournemouth need a goal after all this dominance. Begovic gets to an Adam Smith back pass just in time. Thirty minutes gone and still nil-nil somehow.
Lookman puts in a cross and Bernard heads over from 15 yards. Brooks is fouled. This one can be chipped into the box. Fraser lobs it in but it's off Keane's head for a corner.Everton break, but Cook covers. Clyne makes an important clearance in front of Lookman. That was the first bit of pressure from Everton.
Lerma coms out with the ball and Stanislas puts the ball wide for Clyne who wins a corner on 36 minutes. Brook and Fraser puts a ball in that comes off a hand perhaps, but it's run to Pickford.
Coleman and Lookman on the ball before it's put out for an Everton corner. Lerma heads out. Lookman puts in a fast low cross and Bournemouth let the ball run through. Bernard is booked for a foul on Smith.
Digne's cross is too strong and goes out on the other wing. Coleman in space is blocked by Adam Smith for an Everton corner on 41 minutes. Digne chips the ball back in and Keane's header pops off the bar for a goal kick.
Lerma is penalised for a high challenge, but it looked like he was fouled. Clyne loses the ball. and Gosling fouls Richarlison who wins a free kick on the edge of the box.
Digne hits the wall and it's cleared by Fraser.Bernard into Sigurdsson on the edge of the box, but he has driven it wide. One minute of added time goes up. That's it half-time. Bournemouth had 43 per cent possession, seven shots and two shots on target with three corners.Everton have had eight shots but none on target and three corners.
Everton make the first attack with Bernard on the left wing and Gomes shoots well over. Sigurrdsson put a ball in the box and Bernard just sees it go over his head. Corner now to Everton. Richarlison got a head to it and Aké has to clear a shot off the line from Richarlison! That was close.
Clyne does well against Bernard. Adam Smith is free with Fraser who gets a corner. Steve Cook puts a free header on to the roof of the net. Stanislas wins another corner. Fraser put it wide for King, but the ball doesn't fall for Brooks. Zouma clears.
Aké makes a couple of clearances deep in his own half. Lerma blocks off Bernard and it is a surprise he is not booked. The ball is volleyed over by Bernard. Richarlison is offside, running behind Aké.
Brooks plays in Stanisals but he is offside on 57 minutes. Great covering by Clyne, off his chest, as the ball swept across Bournemouth's box. Aké makes a header and Aké blocks for a corner, no penalty as it comes off Aké's arm.
The corner goes out to the left and King can't stop the cross by Digne and Kurt Zouma has a free header at the near post to score on 61 minutes - 1-0 to Everton. One mistake and Bournemouth are undone!
Lerma wins a foul. Not a lot of attacking options for Bournemouth on the bench. Fraser is taken out by Keane who will be booked, but King plays on and hist his shot wide of the goal.
Zouma fouls King and is booked. Gomes is also carded for preventing the restart. Everton are keeping possession and Fraser tackles Coleman well in the box for a goal kick.
Mousset is coming on and Stanislas is subbed on 68 minutes. Clyne heads a Sigurdsson cross away. Bournemouth get on the ball. Lerma holds off two Everton players.
Gomes almost sneaked in when Begovic was slow to come out. Gomes fouls Steve Cook. King wins a free kick near the corner post on 74 minutes. King is walking gingerly off. Fraser's free kick to the far post is headed but Pickford punches it off his line.
Bournemouth have a corner. with 15 minutes left. Aké's header is right at Pickford. Sigurdsson on the right crosses and Richarlison's stooping header goes wide of the right post.
Walcott comes on for Bernard on 78 minutes. Richarlison fouls and Bournemouth have a free kick. Fraser to Mousset and Gomes reads it. Clyne puts a ball out.
Brooks is subbed for Jordan Ibe. King is caught. Richarlison against Cook but the shot is over. Richarlison is booked for a foul on Steve Cook. Sic minutes left.
Gosling and Steve Cook fouls Lookman. Ibe down the right is tackled by Lookman. Calvert-Lewin replaced Richarlison on 88 minutes.
Mouseet to King and Fraser but Pickford comes out. Gosling on the left wins a free kick off Walcott. Gosling is limping. Fraser delivers and it's out to Mousset and Everton clear.
Ibe gets a foot in to stop an Everton breakaway. Free kick to Bournemouth. Adam Smith up to Aké, King is in there all very scrappy. Ibe drives it in low and Keane clears off Mousset.
Mina is coming on. Five minutes of added time go up. Lerma, Mouseset and Gosling but Keane blocks him - corner. Mina is on for Sigurdsson on 90+2 minutes. The corner is cleared. Ibe crosses and Coleman puts it out for a corner.
Fraser takes it. Everton win it. Begovic hammers the ball back downfield. A long throw from Cook is flicked on and another corner. Pickford saves comfortably from Mousset. Everton down the left and Calvert-Lewin makes it 2-0, side foot, clips off Steve Cook and Begovic. It's a sixth successive away defeat for Bournemouth.
Summary
Despite the scoreline, Bournemouth created the chances to win this game. Some will look to the fact that Wilson was not available, but Bournemouth had the game under control in the first half. They still conceded a poor goal giving Zouma too much space, but Begovic had little to do for most of the game. The final nail in the coffin was the breakaway goal at the end. Bournemouth didn't deserve that, as it was a much closer game than a 2-0 score line. Still, the Cherries didn't score when they should have and if Brooks' post shot had gone in and they had been given the penalty, it might easily have been a different day, because Everton didn't look comfortable for most of this game.
Fraser is hobbling a bit after a challenge from Coleman. But it's Everton that have a free kick with Adam Smith fouling Lookman. Begovic dropped on it just in time.
Richarlison is caught offside, but AFCB have to watch the front man's breaks. Bournemouth are making it hard for Everton to play out from the back. Clyne puts in a deep cross and King is beaten to the header. Fraser picks up the pieces and squares it to King in front of goal but Pickford has somehow kept on to the ball with King right on top of him.
Bournemouth are starting to pass well and are robbing Everton in midfield. Brooks puts in a good cross and Fraser should have been given a free kick after Gueye's challenge, but Brooks has a free kick. The ball goes long and Brooks gets it and he's down in the box why wasn't that a penalty? Gueye shoves Brooks and didn't get a touch on the ball.
Everton are riding their luck. Lerma goes diagonal to Fraser and Lerma has a dig from distance ,but it's wide. A great start from Bournemouth after 13 minutes. Steve Cook blocks a shot from Lookman.
King wins the ball in the middle, Stanislas plays in Brooks and the shot hits the post! So unlucky! At the other end Lookman is blocked. Bournemouth really should be ahead.
Bernard wins an Everton corner off of Stanislas. Stanislas breaks and gets the ball out to King. The referee is playing advantage, but no yellow cards yet. Aké gets a food defensive header in. King this time gets a free kick off Gomes.
Fraser wins the ball and Brooks plays in King before the defender gets back. Richarlison and Aké go for a header and Aké goes over the top. Clyne ventures forward and almost catches Pickford out.Gosling tackles back well on Sigurdsson.
Bournemouth are playing first time balls Fraser and Gosling, now Smith and Smith is brought to ground and wins a free kick. It's Gueye again who fouled. Stanislas will fancy the shot from here on the edge of the box on 25 minutes. King and Fraser line up at the end of the wall.
Stanislas hits it low and Pickford just keeps it out low to his right for a corner. Lerma's shot hits Aké and Gosling fires well wide. Gosling over hits a pass but Pickford is caught out and Fraser puts a cross back in that King heads over.
Everton just haven't got going. But Bournemouth need a goal after all this dominance. Begovic gets to an Adam Smith back pass just in time. Thirty minutes gone and still nil-nil somehow.
Lookman puts in a cross and Bernard heads over from 15 yards. Brooks is fouled. This one can be chipped into the box. Fraser lobs it in but it's off Keane's head for a corner.Everton break, but Cook covers. Clyne makes an important clearance in front of Lookman. That was the first bit of pressure from Everton.
Lerma coms out with the ball and Stanislas puts the ball wide for Clyne who wins a corner on 36 minutes. Brook and Fraser puts a ball in that comes off a hand perhaps, but it's run to Pickford.
Coleman and Lookman on the ball before it's put out for an Everton corner. Lerma heads out. Lookman puts in a fast low cross and Bournemouth let the ball run through. Bernard is booked for a foul on Smith.
Digne's cross is too strong and goes out on the other wing. Coleman in space is blocked by Adam Smith for an Everton corner on 41 minutes. Digne chips the ball back in and Keane's header pops off the bar for a goal kick.
Lerma is penalised for a high challenge, but it looked like he was fouled. Clyne loses the ball. and Gosling fouls Richarlison who wins a free kick on the edge of the box.
Digne hits the wall and it's cleared by Fraser.Bernard into Sigurdsson on the edge of the box, but he has driven it wide. One minute of added time goes up. That's it half-time. Bournemouth had 43 per cent possession, seven shots and two shots on target with three corners.Everton have had eight shots but none on target and three corners.
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Second half
Everton make the first attack with Bernard on the left wing and Gomes shoots well over. Sigurrdsson put a ball in the box and Bernard just sees it go over his head. Corner now to Everton. Richarlison got a head to it and Aké has to clear a shot off the line from Richarlison! That was close.
Clyne does well against Bernard. Adam Smith is free with Fraser who gets a corner. Steve Cook puts a free header on to the roof of the net. Stanislas wins another corner. Fraser put it wide for King, but the ball doesn't fall for Brooks. Zouma clears.
Aké makes a couple of clearances deep in his own half. Lerma blocks off Bernard and it is a surprise he is not booked. The ball is volleyed over by Bernard. Richarlison is offside, running behind Aké.
Brooks plays in Stanisals but he is offside on 57 minutes. Great covering by Clyne, off his chest, as the ball swept across Bournemouth's box. Aké makes a header and Aké blocks for a corner, no penalty as it comes off Aké's arm.
The corner goes out to the left and King can't stop the cross by Digne and Kurt Zouma has a free header at the near post to score on 61 minutes - 1-0 to Everton. One mistake and Bournemouth are undone!
Lerma wins a foul. Not a lot of attacking options for Bournemouth on the bench. Fraser is taken out by Keane who will be booked, but King plays on and hist his shot wide of the goal.
Zouma fouls King and is booked. Gomes is also carded for preventing the restart. Everton are keeping possession and Fraser tackles Coleman well in the box for a goal kick.
Mousset is coming on and Stanislas is subbed on 68 minutes. Clyne heads a Sigurdsson cross away. Bournemouth get on the ball. Lerma holds off two Everton players.
Gomes almost sneaked in when Begovic was slow to come out. Gomes fouls Steve Cook. King wins a free kick near the corner post on 74 minutes. King is walking gingerly off. Fraser's free kick to the far post is headed but Pickford punches it off his line.
Bournemouth have a corner. with 15 minutes left. Aké's header is right at Pickford. Sigurdsson on the right crosses and Richarlison's stooping header goes wide of the right post.
Walcott comes on for Bernard on 78 minutes. Richarlison fouls and Bournemouth have a free kick. Fraser to Mousset and Gomes reads it. Clyne puts a ball out.
Brooks is subbed for Jordan Ibe. King is caught. Richarlison against Cook but the shot is over. Richarlison is booked for a foul on Steve Cook. Sic minutes left.
Gosling and Steve Cook fouls Lookman. Ibe down the right is tackled by Lookman. Calvert-Lewin replaced Richarlison on 88 minutes.
Mouseet to King and Fraser but Pickford comes out. Gosling on the left wins a free kick off Walcott. Gosling is limping. Fraser delivers and it's out to Mousset and Everton clear.
Ibe gets a foot in to stop an Everton breakaway. Free kick to Bournemouth. Adam Smith up to Aké, King is in there all very scrappy. Ibe drives it in low and Keane clears off Mousset.
Mina is coming on. Five minutes of added time go up. Lerma, Mouseset and Gosling but Keane blocks him - corner. Mina is on for Sigurdsson on 90+2 minutes. The corner is cleared. Ibe crosses and Coleman puts it out for a corner.
Fraser takes it. Everton win it. Begovic hammers the ball back downfield. A long throw from Cook is flicked on and another corner. Pickford saves comfortably from Mousset. Everton down the left and Calvert-Lewin makes it 2-0, side foot, clips off Steve Cook and Begovic. It's a sixth successive away defeat for Bournemouth.
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| Everton head for the top 10 while AFCB look nervously below. |
Despite the scoreline, Bournemouth created the chances to win this game. Some will look to the fact that Wilson was not available, but Bournemouth had the game under control in the first half. They still conceded a poor goal giving Zouma too much space, but Begovic had little to do for most of the game. The final nail in the coffin was the breakaway goal at the end. Bournemouth didn't deserve that, as it was a much closer game than a 2-0 score line. Still, the Cherries didn't score when they should have and if Brooks' post shot had gone in and they had been given the penalty, it might easily have been a different day, because Everton didn't look comfortable for most of this game.
AFCB Subs
Brouc, Rico, Simpson, Daniels, Surman, Ibe, Mousset
AFCB Ratings:
Begovic 5, Clyne 5, S Cook 5, Aké 7, A Smith 5, Brooks 7, Lerma 6, Gosling 5, Stanislas 5, Fraser 6, King 5
Cherry Chimes' MoM: Nathan Aké
Everton
Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, André Gomes, Gueye, Lookman, G Sigurdsson, Bernard,
Richarlison
Everton Subs
Stekelenburg, Mina, Walcott, Kenny, Davies, Tosun, Calvert-Lewin
AFCB Ratings:
Begovic 5, Clyne 5, S Cook 5, Aké 7, A Smith 5, Brooks 7, Lerma 6, Gosling 5, Stanislas 5, Fraser 6, King 5
Cherry Chimes' MoM: Nathan Aké
Everton
Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, André Gomes, Gueye, Lookman, G Sigurdsson, Bernard,
Richarlison
Everton Subs
Stekelenburg, Mina, Walcott, Kenny, Davies, Tosun, Calvert-Lewin
Ref watch: Anthony Taylor 2/10 - wasn't a favourite with the Everton fans but he didn't have the courage to make the big decision when Brooks was fouled in the box.
tbf Brooks wasn't fouled in the box at all - however, you can just bet your bottom dollar had that been Salah or Kane then it's given.
ReplyDeletePlan B?
ReplyDeleteMove Ake into midfield.
Bring in Simpson.
Find a proper left back to allow Smith to play on his Right side.
Players are out of position too easily: Clyne was in the centre when Zouma scored. Why wasn't he preventing the cross?
Stanislas, Ibe, Mousset & Gosling, are not currently up to the standard.
Why not try Surridge?
Brooks, why is he being substituted?
We may just scrape through this season BUT the writing is on the wall with a porous defence. A lot of sorting out to be done this summer.