Everton 2-5 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 22 October 2017
Result
Everton 2-5 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 22 October 2017, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Everton 2-5 Arsenal: match report
Everton lost to Arsenal 2-5 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 October 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Everton's goals came from Wayne Rooney (12') and Oumar Niasse (90+3'). Arsenal scored through Nacho Monreal (40'), M. Özil (53'), Alexandre Lacazette (74'), Aaron Ramsey (90') and A. Sánchez (90+5').
Discipline: Everton received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Everton were 16th on 8 points from 8 and Arsenal 7th on 13 points from 8. Everton went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.
Everton lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Arsenal in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (9.5), ahead of Mesut Özil (9.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Everton wins, 4 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 16'Yellow card · Ashley Williams
- 34'Yellow card · Idrissa Gueye
- 40'Goal · Nacho Monreal
- 53'Goal · M. Özil
- 74'Goal · Alexandre Lacazette
- 86'Yellow card · Laurent Koscielny
- 90'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
- 90+3'Goal · Oumar Niasse
- 90+5'Goal · A. Sánchez
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jordan Pickford, Ashley Williams, Michael Keane, Phil Jagielka, Jonjoe Kenny, Idrissa Gueye, Nikola Vlašić, Leighton Baines, Wayne Mark Rooney, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Sead Kolasinac, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Alexandre Lacazette