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Tuesday 2nd October, 2018
EVERTON vs LEEDS UNITED
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Goodison Park, Liverpool. Att: 33,836.
Murru and Brandt were both substituted during the match with Hull and maintain their places in the starting line-up today. Douglas and McCarthy come back in for Chambers and Veljkovic, both of whom drop to the bench. Reyes and Ledson continue in midfield but Slattery is left out today to make way for Tom Cleverley. The front three remain unchanged. Leeds are predicted to line-up in a 5-3-2 formation, although they usually use 4-2-3-1.
Dirty Leeds:
13’ - Brandt feeds Bamford on the right side of the penalty area during a sweeping counter attacking move by Everton. Bamford switches the ball to the left of the area for Patrick Roberts who then stands a cross up to the far post. Cooper’s defensive header is controlled on the chest by Roberts and his shot is well saved by Silvestri, diving low to his left.
22’ - Lorenzo Reyes hits a crossfield pass to Murru on the left wing and from level with the edge of the penalty area he sends a cross into the box. Roberts flicks it on to the far post and from 6 yards out Julian Brandt must score - only for the ball to hit the post, with Silvestri scrambling to get across. A let off for Leeds!
36’ - Jason McCarthy wins a challenge with Clucas on the halfway line and passes forward to Cleverley in the middle of the Leeds half. He passes to Murru on the left and the full back moves out wider before delivering a high cross to the back post area. Julian BRANDT gets above his marker and sends a powerful header inside the right hand post. 1-0 to the home side.
38’ - Douglas arrives late into the box to volley over the bar from a left wing cross by Roberts.
45’+2 - Ledson and Cleverley create an opening for Roberts to skip past Byram on the left side of the penalty area and cross to the middle. Sabaly inadvertently heads towards his own goal from close range but Silvestri somehow manages to keep it out with an acrobatic save and Cooper hacks it clear.
HT - We have totally dominated the first half and should be more than one goal to the good. Looking at the formations prior to the match, I was concerned that our front man might become isolated and bogged down among those six centrally positioned Leeds players. But we have moved forward by hitting crossfield balls and exploiting the space behind the wing backs. The only action in and around the area you’d usually expect to find a No.10 has been us pressing Leeds back into their own area and probing for an opportunity to play someone in on goal. Tom Cleverley has picked up a knock to his head, but he’s okay to carry on for now.
59’ - A pass from Jonny Williams puts Sabaly away down the left hand side for Leeds. He plays it low to the edge of the 6 yard box but the shot by Clucas is blocked by Lascelles. Sabaly gets it back and shoots right footed from about 15 yards, but Boyko punches the ball clear.
64’ - A clumsy mistake by Jason McCarthy allows Stuart Dallas through on goal but he slices his shot wide to the right.
76’ - A short passing move from the left involving Murru, Roberts, Bamford and Boateng ends with a 20 yard strike from Douglas being well saved by Silvestri, diving low to his right to catch the ball close to his right hand post.
79’ - Roberts is tripped by Byram on the left wing, but Murru picks up the loose ball to continue the Everton attack. His pass infield finds Kevin-Prince Boateng and the Ghanaian’s shot stings the palms of Silvestri who does well to parry it away.
82’ - Jack Colback sends over an in-swinging corner from the right wing. McCarthy gets his head to it and sends the ball to Jamaal Lascelles whose header at goal hits the upright and bounces out for a goal kick.
83’ - Patrick Roberts bursts away from Sam Byram on the left wing. Moat gives chance but can’t catch him and his low cross to the near post area is flicked gaolbird by Andone but Silvestri is equal to it.
90’ - Andone forces a save from Silvestri with an angled shot from 12 yards after a neat passing move between him, Colback and Brandt.
90’+1 - Portillo finds Jones inside the centre circle and his straight forward pass drops kindly for Stuart Dallas who controls it and evades McCarthy long enough to shoot from 20 yards, skimming the top of the crossbar.
90’+3 - With Everton defending for our lives and Leeds peppering high balls into our area, it drops for Portillo to shoot first time but his effort is wide of the left hand post.
We should have scored more than just the one goal but in the end we could easily have conceded and dropped two points, so I’m happy to be claiming all three. We posed a threat on the wings throughout the match, particularly on the left hand side where Murru and Roberts had Byram on toast and although Leeds got through our defence a couple of times, they lacked the composure to capitalise.
EVERTON vs LEEDS UNITED
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Goodison Park, Liverpool. Att: 33,836.
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Pre-Match Odds
Everton: 4-6 (fav) Draw: 9-4 Leeds: 7-2
Pre-Match Odds
Everton: 4-6 (fav) Draw: 9-4 Leeds: 7-2
Murru and Brandt were both substituted during the match with Hull and maintain their places in the starting line-up today. Douglas and McCarthy come back in for Chambers and Veljkovic, both of whom drop to the bench. Reyes and Ledson continue in midfield but Slattery is left out today to make way for Tom Cleverley. The front three remain unchanged. Leeds are predicted to line-up in a 5-3-2 formation, although they usually use 4-2-3-1.
Dirty Leeds:
13’ - Brandt feeds Bamford on the right side of the penalty area during a sweeping counter attacking move by Everton. Bamford switches the ball to the left of the area for Patrick Roberts who then stands a cross up to the far post. Cooper’s defensive header is controlled on the chest by Roberts and his shot is well saved by Silvestri, diving low to his left.
22’ - Lorenzo Reyes hits a crossfield pass to Murru on the left wing and from level with the edge of the penalty area he sends a cross into the box. Roberts flicks it on to the far post and from 6 yards out Julian Brandt must score - only for the ball to hit the post, with Silvestri scrambling to get across. A let off for Leeds!
36’ - Jason McCarthy wins a challenge with Clucas on the halfway line and passes forward to Cleverley in the middle of the Leeds half. He passes to Murru on the left and the full back moves out wider before delivering a high cross to the back post area. Julian BRANDT gets above his marker and sends a powerful header inside the right hand post. 1-0 to the home side.
38’ - Douglas arrives late into the box to volley over the bar from a left wing cross by Roberts.
45’+2 - Ledson and Cleverley create an opening for Roberts to skip past Byram on the left side of the penalty area and cross to the middle. Sabaly inadvertently heads towards his own goal from close range but Silvestri somehow manages to keep it out with an acrobatic save and Cooper hacks it clear.
HT - We have totally dominated the first half and should be more than one goal to the good. Looking at the formations prior to the match, I was concerned that our front man might become isolated and bogged down among those six centrally positioned Leeds players. But we have moved forward by hitting crossfield balls and exploiting the space behind the wing backs. The only action in and around the area you’d usually expect to find a No.10 has been us pressing Leeds back into their own area and probing for an opportunity to play someone in on goal. Tom Cleverley has picked up a knock to his head, but he’s okay to carry on for now.
59’ - A pass from Jonny Williams puts Sabaly away down the left hand side for Leeds. He plays it low to the edge of the 6 yard box but the shot by Clucas is blocked by Lascelles. Sabaly gets it back and shoots right footed from about 15 yards, but Boyko punches the ball clear.
64’ - A clumsy mistake by Jason McCarthy allows Stuart Dallas through on goal but he slices his shot wide to the right.
76’ - A short passing move from the left involving Murru, Roberts, Bamford and Boateng ends with a 20 yard strike from Douglas being well saved by Silvestri, diving low to his right to catch the ball close to his right hand post.
79’ - Roberts is tripped by Byram on the left wing, but Murru picks up the loose ball to continue the Everton attack. His pass infield finds Kevin-Prince Boateng and the Ghanaian’s shot stings the palms of Silvestri who does well to parry it away.
82’ - Jack Colback sends over an in-swinging corner from the right wing. McCarthy gets his head to it and sends the ball to Jamaal Lascelles whose header at goal hits the upright and bounces out for a goal kick.
83’ - Patrick Roberts bursts away from Sam Byram on the left wing. Moat gives chance but can’t catch him and his low cross to the near post area is flicked gaolbird by Andone but Silvestri is equal to it.
90’ - Andone forces a save from Silvestri with an angled shot from 12 yards after a neat passing move between him, Colback and Brandt.
90’+1 - Portillo finds Jones inside the centre circle and his straight forward pass drops kindly for Stuart Dallas who controls it and evades McCarthy long enough to shoot from 20 yards, skimming the top of the crossbar.
90’+3 - With Everton defending for our lives and Leeds peppering high balls into our area, it drops for Portillo to shoot first time but his effort is wide of the left hand post.
FINAL SCORE
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We should have scored more than just the one goal but in the end we could easily have conceded and dropped two points, so I’m happy to be claiming all three. We posed a threat on the wings throughout the match, particularly on the left hand side where Murru and Roberts had Byram on toast and although Leeds got through our defence a couple of times, they lacked the composure to capitalise.