Everton v Southampton, 18 May 2025

Score2-0 to Everton
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGoodison Park
Attendance39,201

View Everton v Southampton head to head

Kick-off: 12.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 50 Everton won: 22 Drawn: 12 Southampton won: 16 Everton scored: 66 Southampton scored: 54 . This was Everton's 2,789th and final game in all senior competitions at Goodison Park; more than any other stadium in English football (won 1,539, lost 591).

2 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

0 Southampton

Manager: Simon Rusk

Goals:

Iliman N'Diaye 6 G
Iliman N'Diaye 45+2 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Jarrad Branthwaite
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender Jake O'Brien
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Defender/Midfielder James Garner
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Midfielder/Forward Iliman N'Diaye
Forward Beto

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Welington Defender
Nathan Wood Defender
James Bree Defender/Midfielder
Joe Aribo Midfielder
Flynn Downes Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tyler Dibling Midfielder/Forward
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Ashley Young for Séamus Coleman 18
Jack Harrison for Dwight McNeil 65
Carlos Alcaraz for Abdoulaye Doucouré 65
Michael Keane for Jarrad Branthwaite 74
Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Iliman N'Diaye 75

Substitutions:

Will Smallbone for Joe Aribo 60
Ross Stewart for Kamaldeen Sulemana 60
Cameron Archer for Nathan Wood 60
Jay Robinson for Tyler Dibling 68
Joachim Kayi Sanda for Taylor Harwood-Bellis 82

Cards:

James Garner 88 Y

Cards:

Flynn Downes 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper João Virgínia
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Nathan Patterson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young
Midfielder Carlos Alcaraz
Midfielder Jack Harrison
Midfielder Tim Iroegbunam
Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Youssef Chermiti

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Joachim Kayi Sanda
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Midfielder Ryan Manning
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu
Midfielder/Forward Jay Robinson
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Ross Stewart

Comments:

League position: 13th . Iliman N'Diaye became the last goalscorer at Goodison Park. The first goal in a competitive game was scored by Horace Pike of Nottingham Forest on 3 September 1892. Fred Geary scored Everton's opening goal in a 2-2 draw in League Division One. . The two previous games that the Toffees had played on a 18 May were the FA Cup Final defeats to West Bromwich Albion in 1968 and Manchester United in 1985. [c/o EFC Statto] . They avoided remaining without a win in eight consecutive home games in all competitions for the first time since December 2009.

Comments:

League position: 20th . Southampton had now conceded 84 goals in a league season for the first time since 1967-68 in League Division One (83). . The Saints had now equalled the competition record of 29 defeats in a season in the Premier League; previously by Ipswich Town in 1994-95, Sunderland in 2005-06, Derby County in 2007-08 and Sheffield United in 2020-21. . They had now won two of their last 50 games in the Premier League.

2 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Iliman N'Diaye 6 G
Iliman N'Diaye 45+2 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Defender Jarrad Branthwaite
Defender Vitaliy Mykolenko
Defender Jake O'Brien
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Defender/Midfielder James Garner
Midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Midfielder/Forward Iliman N'Diaye
Forward Beto

Substitutions:

Ashley Young for Séamus Coleman 18
Jack Harrison for Dwight McNeil 65
Carlos Alcaraz for Abdoulaye Doucouré 65
Michael Keane for Jarrad Branthwaite 74
Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Iliman N'Diaye 75

Cards:

James Garner 88 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper João Virgínia
Defender Michael Keane
Defender Nathan Patterson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Ashley Young
Midfielder Carlos Alcaraz
Midfielder Jack Harrison
Midfielder Tim Iroegbunam
Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Forward Youssef Chermiti

Comments:

League position: 13th . Iliman N'Diaye became the last goalscorer at Goodison Park. The first goal in a competitive game was scored by Horace Pike of Nottingham Forest on 3 September 1892. Fred Geary scored Everton's opening goal in a 2-2 draw in League Division One. . The two previous games that the Toffees had played on a 18 May were the FA Cup Final defeats to West Bromwich Albion in 1968 and Manchester United in 1985. [c/o EFC Statto] . They avoided remaining without a win in eight consecutive home games in all competitions for the first time since December 2009.

0 Southampton

Manager: Simon Rusk

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Aaron Ramsdale Goalkeeper
Taylor Harwood-Bellis Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Welington Defender
Nathan Wood Defender
James Bree Defender/Midfielder
Joe Aribo Midfielder
Flynn Downes Midfielder
Mateus Fernandes Midfielder
Tyler Dibling Midfielder/Forward
Kamaldeen Sulemana Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Will Smallbone for Joe Aribo 60
Ross Stewart for Kamaldeen Sulemana 60
Cameron Archer for Nathan Wood 60
Jay Robinson for Tyler Dibling 68
Joachim Kayi Sanda for Taylor Harwood-Bellis 82

Cards:

Flynn Downes 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Joachim Kayi Sanda
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Midfielder Ryan Manning
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu
Midfielder/Forward Jay Robinson
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Ross Stewart

Comments:

League position: 20th . Southampton had now conceded 84 goals in a league season for the first time since 1967-68 in League Division One (83). . The Saints had now equalled the competition record of 29 defeats in a season in the Premier League; previously by Ipswich Town in 1994-95, Sunderland in 2005-06, Derby County in 2007-08 and Sheffield United in 2020-21. . They had now won two of their last 50 games in the Premier League.