Everton vs Swansea City
Premier League
Goodison Park
Saturday November 1st 3pm
Its all looking a little rosier now. Two League wins in a row, two clean sheets in three in all comps, tomorrow should certainly be very different to the League Cup game with Swansea last month.
Team News
Romelu Lukaku and Darron Gibson should both be fit after knocks. Long termers Bryan Oviedo, Arouna Kone, Kevin Mirallas and John Stones are still out.
Federico Fernandes is available after having his red card against the Shite overturned. Ki and Gylfi Sigurdsson missed that game but are expected to be fit.
Howard
Coleman-Alcaraz-Jagielka-Baines
Barry-McCarthy
Naismith-Barkley-Pienaar
Lukaku
Lukaku
Previous Meetings
(Premier League, March 22nd 2014)
Everton 3-2 Swansea City
(Baines (P) 20, Lukaku 53, Barkley 57: Bony 32, Williams 90)
(FA Cup 5th Round, February 16th 2014)
Everton 3-1 Swansea City
(Traore 4, Naismith 65, Baines (P) 72: De Guzman 15)
(Premier League, January 12th 2013)
Everton 0-0 Swansea City
(Premier League, December 21st 2011)
Everton 1-0 Swansea City
(Osman 60)
(Division One, February 26th 1983
Everton 2-2 Swansea City
(King 2: James, Gale)
Last Time
Everton 3-2 Swansea City (Baines (P) 20, Lukaku 53, Barkley 57: Bony 32, Williams 90) Premier League, March 22nd 2014
One of those games where you wonder how on earth we won it after playing so poorly! Started okay, and Baines gave us the lead from the spot after Chico Flores brought down Barkley. The goal didnt really lift us though, and when Bony tapped in a low cross just after the half hour, it wasnt really a surprise as Swansea were the better side. The performance didnt really improve second half, but a great one two between Lukaku and Mirallas led to Lukaku sliding in a low cross to retake the lead. And when Barkley headed in a corner 4 minutes later, it looked like game over and maybe we'd start playing now...no, still all Swansea, but thankfully by the time Ashley Williams headed in a stoppage time corner, it was too late to worry. Weird game.
Memorable Meeting
Everton 3-1 Swansea City (Traore 4, Naismith 65, Baines (P) 72: De Guzman 15) FA Cup 5th Round, February 16th 2014
Another one where we took an early lead but didnt build on it! Lacina Traore scored a backheel from a corner 4 minutes into his debut, but Jonathan De Guzman scored a brilliant header 10 minutes later to level it up. And the rest was a horrible tense could go either way cup tie. But it was us who capitalised, just after the hour as Neil Taylor played a short backpass that was seized on by Steven Naismith. And it was Naismith who had ultimately made the difference, as he was fouled in the box 7 minutes later for Baines to put away the penalty for a third.
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