Match finished
01/02/2025 18:00
4 : 0
  • News
    Everton
    • Orel Mangala and Dominic Calvert-Lewin both sustained knocks in last week's 1-0 win at Brighton and are missing this weekend.
    • A further five players are absent for the Toffees.
    Leicester City
    • Leicester have no fresh injury concerns and could go with the same XI that started the 2-1 win at Tottenham last week.
  • LIVE Text Commentary
    90+4'
    The match has just finished.
    90
    There will be a minimum of 3 min. of added time.
    90'
    Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) displays great tekkers inside the box leading to a fantastic goal, leaving the goalkeeper stranded.
    89'
    Jack Harrison (Everton) receives a short pass and produces a low effort from mid-range towards the middle of the goal, but the goalkeeper is alert and makes a routine save.
    88'
    Substitution. Jack Harrison (Everton) has come on for Beto.
    88'
    David Moyes has decided to substitute Vitali Mykolenko and he is replaced by Nathan Patterson (Everton).
    86'
    Victor Kristiansen (Leicester) tries to find Patson Daka, but he puts too much power on the through ball.
    82'
    Substitution. James Garner will be replaced by Tim Iroegbunam (Everton).
    82'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) takes the corner kick and sends the ball among a huddle of players inside the penalty area, but one of the defenders clears it to safety.
    82'
    Stephy Mavididi (Leicester) attempts to send over a cross in order to find one of his teammates, but an opposition defender averts the danger by intercepting the effort. The ball goes out of play. Leicester are awarded a corner kick.
    79'
    The corner is floated into the centre of the box, but a placed header from Wout Faes (Leicester) flies well wide of the right post.
    78'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) goes over to take the corner kick and it looks like he will send the ball into the penalty box.
    77'
    Referee Darren Bond sees the trip by Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) and doesn't hesitate to blow his whistle.
    76'
    Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) starts an individual run, not looking to pass to a teammate, and easily weaves through the defence to get deep inside the box. He shoots low, but misses the goal by a whisker!
    76'
    Ruud van Nistelrooy decides to make a substitution. Bobby De Cordova-Reid will be replaced by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester).
    76'
    A substitution has been made. James Justin is replaced by Woyo Coulibaly (Leicester).
    76'
    The corner from James Garner (Everton) is hurriedly cleared.
    75'
    Substitution. Jesper Lindstrom is replaced by Ashley Young (Everton).
    74'
    Jesper Lindstrom (Everton) gets on the end of a defence splitting pass inside the box and immediately directs a low shot towards the middle of the goal, but the Mads Hermansen makes a great save.
    74'
    Patson Daka (Leicester) darts into the penalty area to latch on to a pass, and he unleashes a shot towards the middle of the net, but Jordan Pickford is alert and denies him.
    73'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) attempts to curl the ball over the defensive wall from the free kick, but his effort fails to reach the goal.
    72'
    Jake O'Brien (Everton) is obviously not following the Golden Rule: "Treat others as you want to be treated.“ He makes a bad challenge and leaves Darren Bond with no other option than to blow for a foul. Leicester have been awarded a free kick.
    70'
    Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton) displays brilliant individual ability, gets inside the box and pulls the trigger. His promising effort is blocked by one of the defenders.
    69'
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    69'
    Victor Kristiansen (Leicester) takes the corner but it's cleared.
    68'
    Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester) releases a low pass from just outside the box in an attempt to find his teammate, but one of the defenders calmly averts the threat. Leicester force a corner. Their opponents will face another attacking threat.
    67'
    Jesper Lindstrom (Everton) fails to beat the offside trap and the linesman puts his flag up.
    65'
    Victor Kristiansen (Leicester) produces a lovely ball into the penalty area but the defender manages to intercept and comfortably averts the danger.
    63'
    Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton) brings an opponent down and Darren Bond interrupts the game.
    60'
    Ruud van Nistelrooy prepares a substitution. Jamie Vardy is replaced by Patson Daka (Leicester).
    60'
    The substitution has been made. Caleb Okoli (Leicester) has replaced Jannik Vestergaard.
    60'
    The whipped in corner perfectly picks out Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton) near the penalty spot, but the ball comes off the top of his head and goes a mile over the bar.
    60'
    Corner kick. James Garner (Everton) is ready to send the ball into the box.
    57'
    Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton) sends a quick through ball into space for his teammate who is lurking close to the offside line, but one of the defenders intercepts and clears the danger.
    55'
    Beto (Everton) attempts to send a low pass into the box from the edge of the penalty area, but the opposition's defence knocks the ball to safety.
    53'
    James Garner (Everton) swings in a promising cross from the free kick, but one of the defenders does a perfect job to avert the danger.
    50'
    That was a poorly executed free kick from long distance. Vitali Mykolenko (Everton) was trying to produce a cross into the penalty area, but his effort sailed off the pitch.
    47'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) takes the corner but only sends it into a huddle of the defenders and one of them makes a good clearance.
    46'
    The referee blows his whistle to signal the start of the second half.
    45+6'
    Darren Bond blows his whistle to signal the end of the first-half action.
    45+6'
    The linesman signals that Beto (Everton) is offside and the referee confirms the decision.
    45+2'
    Goal! James Garner produces a great pass that finds Beto (Everton) inside the penalty area, who takes advantage of the situation to rifle a shot into the bottom right corner. 3:0.
    45
    5 min. of stoppage-time to be played.
    44'
    James Garner (Everton) picks up an injury.
    43'
    Wonderful movement by Leicester. The players are holding possession, mostly exchanging one-touch passes. They control the pace of the game now.
    41'
    Vitali Mykolenko (Everton) delivers a lovely cross into the penalty area. Nevertheless, an opposition defender is alert and averts the danger with a brilliant clearance.
    39'
    OFF THE POST! James Garner (Everton) drifts into the box to give his teammate support. He receives a fantastic pass and shoots from close range, but it crashes against the left post. It could have been a brilliant goal, unlucky.
    39'
    The resulting corner, taken by Jesper Lindstrom (Everton), comes to nothing.
    39'
    The ball is cleared after Beto (Everton) attempted to dribble past an opposing player.
    37'
    Boubakary Soumare (Leicester) makes a bad challenge and the referee blows his whistle for a foul.
    34'
    Beto (Everton) goes down in the box after a challenge from the defender. Possibly unsighted, the referee just waves play on.
    31'
    Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester) put a cross into the box which wasn't a bad decision, but he failed to achieve what he wanted as none of his teammates managed to meet it.
    28'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) robs an opponent of the ball and explodes in anger when Darren Bond blows for a foul.
    25'
    The defence just can't clear the ball and a rebound eventually falls to Victor Kristiansen (Leicester) deep inside the box, but his well-hit shot flies just over the bar.
    24'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) takes the corner and sends it into the penalty area, but the opposition's defence is ready and makes a good clearance.
    24'
    Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester) sends a pass into the box, but his attempt is thwarted and cleared. Leicester earn a corner.
    24'
    A dangerous looking corner kick from Jordan Ayew (Leicester) is cleared to safety by the defence.
    24'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) sends a cross into the box, but the opposition's defence quickly intercepts the ball. The referee and his assistant both point at the corner flag. Leicester will have an opportunity to threaten the opposition's goal.
    20'
    Jake O'Brien (Everton) has a goal ruled out for offside!
    20'
    Everton force a corner. They send men into the box.
    19'
    Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) delivers a fine lofted cross into the penalty area, but it's cleared by an opposing player.
    17'
    Jordan Ayew (Leicester) looks to break free, but an opposing player clears the ball away.
    15'
    Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester) is unable to control an accurate defence-splitting pass properly and one of the defending players reacts well to rob him of the ball. The ball goes out of play and Everton will have a goal kick.
    12'
    Jesper Lindstrom (Everton) fails to send a pass into the box as his effort is cut out. The ball is off of the pitch and it's a goal kick for Leicester.
    10'
    Beto (Everton) slides a pass forward, but one of the defenders cuts it out.
    10'
    Vitali Mykolenko (Everton) steps up to take the corner. He launches the ball into the penalty area, but it only finds the head of an opposing player who clears the danger.
    9'
    Good movement by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester), but he can't find any of his teammates as the cross is poor.
    6'
    Goal! Beto (Everton) beautifully controls a strongly hit pass from James Tarkowski inside the box. He cuts inside his marker and rifles the ball into the left side of the goal. 2:0.
    4'
    Leicester slow the tempo of the game down by exchanging a combination of one or two touch passes. The opposition's players are finding it very difficult at the moment, very physically demanding to run without the ball.
    1'
    Goal! Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton) pounced on a loose ball inside the box and beats the goalkeeper with a shot into the bottom left corner. He makes it 1:0.
    1'
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    The players are out and the match is about to start. Everton will have the kick-off.
    Darren Bond will officiate today.
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