27’ – Saka skins Myko and is in acres of space, the Blues can only partly block the cutback before a cross back into the box is overhit.
24’ – Martinelli seems to have done himself some harm on that goal, feeling his hamstring and goes off, Leandro Trossard on for him.
20’ – Punished. Beto tries to cut out a long ball, but hits all the way back for Nketiah to Vieira, he finds Martinelli in space behind Young and the Brazilian tucks home at the far post. That was coming, though VAR will check it.
VAR says No Goal! Whew, had to have been very very close.
17’ – Doucs heads a bouncing ball goalwards trying to find Beto, but Gabriel gets there first to head back to Raya.
The Blues intercept a pass in their own half and try to set off on a break, but the ball from Beto to Doucs in space is cut out too.
15’ – Everton football right now for you – Doucoure puts in the effort to nick the ball off Odegaard, and then promptly gives it away with a poor pass.
12’ – Pickford comes out to clear a backpass and Eddie Nketiah gets there half a second later and the England #1 goes flying, Goodison quite unimpressed and the volume goes up a notch.
8’ – McNeil gets caught in possession and loses the ball in the middle third, and Branthwaite has to come over to clear for a corner.
Saka’s overhits it, Branthwaite’s clearance comes off Young for another one from the Everton right this time. Taken short, comes to Vieira for a shot but it’s wild.
7’ – Possession has been all Arsenal so far. The couple of times the Blues have had the ball, they haven’t been able to find any outlets for it.
3’ – Interestingly, it’s been Arnaut Danjuma on the right, and Dwight McNeil on the left. The latter helps out with a clearance for an early corner for the visitors. Captain James Tarkowski with the imposing clearance.
1’ – The visitors get us underway!
After a minute’s silence for the victims of the natural disasters in Libya and Morocco, here we go!
The starting lineups are out, and Everton will have Dominic Calvert-Lewin on the bench, with Dwight McNeil and Vitaliy Mykolenko in the XI. Interestingly, it’s Nathan Patterson and James Garner that give way.
For the visitors, Gabriel Jesus is on the bench. Interestingly, days after there was chatter about Aaron Ramsdale replacing Jordan Pickford as England #1, he’s dropped for David Raya.
Arsenal are looking to go a step better than last season when they ran Premier League champions Manchester City close before Pep Guardiola’s side ran away from them late on. One of those results that did peg the Gunners back was a loss at Goodison Park, a fixture which has become a bit of a bogey game for former Blue Mikel Arteta.
Match Details
Competition: Premier League Matchweek 5
Date and start time: Saturday, September 17th at 8:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m ET / 4:30 p.m. BST
Stadium: Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 39,572
Weather: 69°F/21°C, cloudy, 20% chance of precipitation, 14 mph winds
How to Watch/Listen
TV: USA Network, Telemundo – United States; Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Main Event – United Kingdom; Fubo – Canada, beIN Sports Premium 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 2, Star Sports Select HD 1
Radio: evertontv, BBC Radio 5 Live, SiriusXM FC
Live stream: Fubo, nbcsports.com, Sky GO Extra, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, Universo Now, ESPN Play Sur, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, DStv Now, RUSH, Hotstar VIP, JioTV
Gamethread: Live blog will commence an hour ahead of kickoff.
Last Meeting
The Toffees beat Arsenal at Goodison Park last season in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge of the Blues after James Tarkowski’s header from a corner was the difference-maker. The Gunners would get their revenge a month later when they dismantled Everton 4-0, and it could easily have been more.