By Opta Analyst | Created at 2025-04-05 14:02:19 | Updated at 2025-04-06 05:46:04
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David Moyes’ side drew for the sixth time in their last eight games as Arsenal gave Liverpool the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table. Check out the best facts and Opta data from the game with our Everton vs Arsenal stats page.
Only the most optimistic Arsenal fans could have said their team was still in the title race before this game, but even they must be having doubts after their side dropped more points in their final visit to Goodison Park.
Perhaps the draw shouldn’t have been an unexpected result, though. This result means Everton have drawn six of their last eight games, taking their total in the Premier League this season to 14, at least three more than any other team. In second place for games drawn? Arsenal, on 11.
Everton also became the first team to record four consecutive score draws at home in the Premier League since Chelsea in February 2016.
Arsenal did cut the gap at the top of the table to 11 points with this result, but leaders Liverpool have the chance to extend their lead to 14 when they travel to Craven Cottage to face Fulham on Sunday.
The visitors may feel aggrieved not to have won, though. They were the much better side for the first half, in which Leandro Trossard scored the opening goal with the game’s first shot on target on 34 minutes. Raheem Sterling had pounced on Idrissa Gueye’s wayward header and broke forward before laying the ball off for Trossard, who shifted the ball onto his left foot and struck low into the far corner of Jordan Pickford‘s net.
Having also scored the only goal in Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Everton last season, Trossard became the first Arsenal player to score at Goodison Park in back-to-back seasons since Alexis Sánchez in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Arsenal controlled that first half, with Everton failing to have a single shot on target, but the game took a turn immediately after the break.
Jakub Kiwior hesitated under a high ball, leaving Myles Lewis-Skelly isolated against Jack Harrison. The two tangled and Harrison went down just inside the Arsenal box to win a rather dubious penalty. Following a VAR check, Iliman Ndiaye sent David Raya the wrong way to level the scores.
Having rested many of his best players with next week’s Champions League tie against Real Madrid presumably in mind, Mikel Arteta introduced Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Ødegaard, but nobody could find the winner.
The game ended in a draw that reduced Arsenal’s title chances to just 0.72% according to the Opta supercomputer. If it wasn’t already, the title race is surely completely over now.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Everton vs Arsenal stats from their Premier League meeting at Goodison Park.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Everton vs Arsenal: Post-Match Facts
- Everton are the first team to have four consecutive home score draws in the Premier League since Chelsea in February 2016.
- Arsenal have now drawn seven Premier League games despite leading this season, more than any other side.
- Raheem Sterling assisting Leandro Trossard was the first time two players aged 30+ combined for a Premier League goal for Arsenal since March 2021, with Willian setting up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang against Burnley.
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