Everton 2-1 Arsenal: result and report

Everton 2-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Tuesday 13 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Everton defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 13 December 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Everton's goals came from S. Coleman (44') and Ashley Williams (86'). Arsenal scored through A. Sánchez (20').

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

Going into the game Everton were 9th on 20 points from 15 and Arsenal 2nd on 34 points from 15. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 61 points, and Arsenal 5th with 75.

Everton lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Idrissa Gueye of Everton (8.2), ahead of Leighton Baines (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Everton win, 4 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

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