Everton 0-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2025
Result
Everton 0-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 20 December 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Everton 0-1 Arsenal: match report
Everton lost to Arsenal 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Viktor Gyökeres of Arsenal in the 27th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Everton received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 10th on 24 points from 16 and Arsenal 2nd on 36 points from 16. Everton went on to finish that season 13th with 49 points, and Arsenal 1st with 85.
Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Declan Rice of Arsenal (7.6), ahead of James Tarkowski (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Everton wins, 2 draws and 4 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Everton's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Arsenal's W-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Vitaliy Mykolenko
- 27'Penalty goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 39'Yellow card · James Tarkowski
- 56'Yellow card · Viktor Gyökeres
- 89'Yellow card · Gabriel Martinelli
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Pickford, Jake O'Brien, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Tim Iroegbunam, James Garner, Dwight McNeil, Carlos Alcaraz, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Piero Hincapié, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Viktor Gyökeres, Leandro Trossard