Everton 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2018

Result

Everton 2-1 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Everton 2-1 Southampton: match report

Everton beat Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Everton's goals came from T. Walcott (15') and Richarlison (31'). Southampton scored through D. Ings (54').

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Southampton received 5 yellow cards.

Everton went on to finish that season 8th with 54 points, and Southampton 16th with 39.

Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Theo Walcott of Everton (8.1), level with Gylfi Sigurdsson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Everton wins, 3 draws and 4 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · T. WalcottEverton · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtSouthampton
  • 19'Yellow card · Mario LeminaSouthampton
  • 31'Goal · RicharlisonEverton · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 44'Yellow card · Cédric SoaresSouthampton
  • 54'Goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · J. StephensSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 3, draws 3, Southampton 4.

Team news

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

Jordan Pickford, Séamus Coleman, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane, Leighton Baines, Idrissa Gueye, Morgan Schneiderlin, Theo Walcott, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Cenk Tosun

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Wesley Hoedt, Ryan Bertrand, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, Nathan Redmond, Danny Ings, Charlie Austin