Arsenal 3-1 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2017

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Everton

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Arsenal · Everton · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 3-1 Everton: match report

Arsenal defeated Everton 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 May 2017. The half-time score was 2-0.

Héctor Bellerín opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Héctor Bellerín (8'), A. Sánchez (27') and Aaron Ramsey (90+1'). Everton scored through Romelu Lukaku (58', penalty).

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Everton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 72 points from 37 and Everton 7th on 61 points from 37. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Everton 7th with 61.

Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Everton in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Ramsey of Arsenal (8.4), ahead of Danny Welbeck (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 2 for Everton.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Everton's W-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Héctor BellerínArsenal · 1-0
  • 14'Red card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 19'Yellow card · Ashley WilliamsEverton
  • 27'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Phil JagielkaEverton
  • 52'Yellow card · Gabriel PaulistaArsenal
  • 58'Penalty goal · Romelu LukakuEverton · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinEverton
  • 62'Yellow card · R. HoldingArsenal
  • 73'Yellow card · L. BainesEverton
  • 90+1'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 4, Everton 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Rob Holding, Héctor Bellerín, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Nacho Monreal, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Danny Welbeck

Everton line-up (4-3-3)

Joel Robles, Mason Holgate, Phil Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Leighton Baines, Idrissa Gueye, Morgan Schneiderlin, Tom Davies, Enner Valencia, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin Mirallas