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| Event | Premier League 2024-25 | ||||||
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| Date | Saturday 22 February 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Goodison Park, Liverpool | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Bruno Fernandes | ||||||
| Referee | Andy Madley | ||||||
| Attendance | 39,290 | ||||||
| Weather | 11 °C (52 °F) | ||||||
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Everton v Manchester United was a match which took place at Goodison Park on Saturday 22 February 2025.
Team News[]
Everton[]
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré is back in contention after serving a one-game ban following his red card in the Merseyside derby.
But the Toffees are without eight players through injury, with Iliman Ndiaye, Dwight McNeil and Dominic Calvert-Lewin amongst those sidelined.
Manchester United[]
Manchester United also have a lengthy injury list but they welcome back Leny Yoro and Christian Eriksen, both of whom were unavailable last weekend because of illness.
Manuel Ugarte returns after sitting out Sunday's defeat at Tottenham with a minor issue but this game comes too soon for Toby Collyer, while key players such as Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo and Lisandro Martínez remain absent.
Match facts[]
Head-to-head[]
- Everton have lost their previous five Premier League games against Manchester United, failing to score in each of the past four.
- The last time the Toffees lost five consecutive league matches against a specific opponent without scoring was versus Wolves between 1957 and 1960.
- United are vying for a third consecutive league win at Goodison Park.
Everton[]
- This is the latest in a season that Everton have faced Manchester United whilst above them in the table since 20 April 2014, when the fifth-placed Toffees beat seventh-placed United 2-0 at Goodison. That proved to be David Moyes' final match as the Red Devils' manager.
- The Merseysiders have won four of their most recent five league fixtures, more victories than in their opening 20 such matches this season (W3, D8, L9).
- The Blues have scored 12 goals in their past five top-flight fixtures, one more than they netted in their previous 16 such games.
- David Moyes won his final two Premier League home matches against Manchester United as West Ham boss. He also won his most recent home game as Everton manager against United, beating Sir Alex Ferguson's side 1-0 in August 2012 courtesy of a Marouane Fellaini goal.
- Beto has scored four goals in his past three Premier League games, as many as he registered in his first 44 appearances in the competition. He averages a goal every 88 minutes under Moyes, with a shot conversion rate of 40%, compared to a goal every 290 minutes and a 7.4% conversion rate under Sean Dyche.
- He is vying to become the first Evertonian to score in four consecutive top-flight appearances since Richarlison in March 2021.
Manchester United[]
- The Reds have failed to score in 10 Premier League games this season, one shy of an outright club record in the competition. Only Everton, who have finished 12 fixtures without a goal, have a worse record in the current campaign.
- United have failed to score from open play in the first half of their previous 10 top-flight matches, with their only goal in that run Bruno Fernandes' penalty against Brighton on 19 January.
- Their shot conversion rate of 8.4% is the second lowest in the Premier League this season, behind Southampton's figure of 7.9%.
- Ruben Amorim's side have lost eight of their past 12 top-flight games (W3, D1).
- The Red Devils have lost 12 league fixtures this term. The last time they suffered more defeats in their opening 25 league matches was in 1973-74, when they had been beaten 13 times at this stage – and went on to be relegated.
Match Report[]
Manchester United staged a late comeback to earn a dramatic draw at Everton after they looked set to plunge deeper into crisis at Goodison Park.
Everton's resurgence under their returning manager David Moyes - formerly of United - looked set to continue as they exerted total domination in the first 45 minutes to establish a deserved two-goal lead.
They exposed every United flaw in that opening half, Beto turning in his fifth goal under Moyes in the 19th minute after a goalmouth scramble before Abdoulaye Doucoure headed them two ahead.
The second Everton goal was a desperate moment for United defender Harry Maguire, who failed to react with any urgency after Andre Onana saved Jack Harrison's shot, allowing Doucoure to rise above him to head home.
Everton remained in control until Bruno Fernandes steered home a free-kick with 18 minutes left, and Manuel Ugarte then drove in powerfully eight minutes later to draw United level.
United then survived a late scare when referee Andrew Madley awarded a penalty as Ashley Young went down under Maguire's challenge, with Matthijs de Lig also tugging the Everton veteran, but the decision was reversed after a video assistant referee check.
The second-half comeback had been an unlikely turn of events given Everton's initial superiority, with United sparing manager Ruben Amorim the indignity of what would have been the team's ninth league defeat in 13 matches.
Everton will be bitterly disappointed not to close out a win in a game they dominated comfortably until Fernandes threw United their lifeline with his smart free-kick.
That frustration will be compounded by the fact they were denied the late penalty following a VAR intervention after Maguire appear to manhandle former United man Young as he chased a loose ball in the penalty area.
It is a sign of Everton's improvement under Moyes that they will regard a draw as unsatisfactory, but they ran out of steam as United finally applied pressure.
Beto continued his recent fine form under Moyes with a poacher's finish and when Doucoure added the second before the interval there looked to be no way back for United.
Everton, however, started to look vulnerable after Fernandes' goal – but they were clearly nursing a real sense of grievance at not being awarded the spot-kick that could have brought them all three points.
United deserve credit for the second-half improvement – but there is no disguising the mediocrity of what head coach Amorim currently has at his disposal.
Fernandes and Ugarte were at the forefront of that United rally, but for the first 72 minutes this was a shocking team performance, lacking in desire and creativity.
Fernandes kept probing, but Maguire had an afternoon to forget.
There was his undistinguished part in Everton's second goal, and then the England defender was holding his breath when his clumsy challenge on Young ran the risk of giving the hosts a penalty, and potentially an injury-time winner.
The agitated, animated body language of Amorim, certainly until the tide turned, was a reflection of his continued unhappiness with what he was witnessing from United.
At least now he has seen a show of defiance, a small mercy Amorim will grab at with gratitude.
Match[]
Details[]
| 22 February 2025 12:30 GMT Live on TNT Sports |
Everton 
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2–2 |  Manchester United
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Goodison Park, Liverpool Referee: Andy Madley |
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Beto  19'Doucouré 33'
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Fernandes 72' Ugarte 80'
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Match Stats[]
| Everton | Manchester United |
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| Possession ball | |
| 38% | 62% |
| Shots | |
| 9 | 9 |
| Shots on target | |
| 8 | 3 |
| Corners | |
| 7 | 8 |
| Fouls | |
| 12 | 9 |
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