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Alex Howell
Football reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesThe manner of this defeat will be difficult for Everton and manager David Moyes to take after they came so close to getting a deserved point.
Everton have one of the best away records in the league and before this game had lost only one of their previous 10 matches on the road.
Moyes has his side well drilled - and against Arsenal they defended deep while still offering a threat on the counter-attack.
With Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Iliman Ndiaye they have players who give them an outlet and can create something out of nothing.
Everton defended the threat of Arsenal's set-pieces well and slowed the game down when it looked like the hosts were gaining momentum.
However, they will be left to rue Jordan Pickford's failure to deal with Max Dowman's delivery - and ultimately leave London with nothing despite having more than matched the hosts for 89 minutes.
Everton boss David Moyes, speaking to Sky Sports after their 2-0 defeat by Arsenal: "Really, really disappointed that we didn't get something from the game.
"We definitely worked hard enough and earned it. Jordan [Pickford] could maybe do a bit better with the goal, but Jordan has made unbelievable saves for us that have won us games. Today we just needed it at the last minute when we needed him. Other than that, there are no problems at all. Lots of praise for the players.
"I thought Raya had more saves than Jordan tonight, and he kept a couple of great saves. The bigger thing for me was the block [Riccardo Calafiori]. It tells you a bit about how good they are defensively. They are wholly defending that goal. So you have to praise them for that.
"I thought both boys [Jake O'Brien and Michael Keane] done brilliantly well. Arsenal started the game brilliantly well, and they were right on it. But we did enough to keep them out and sort of got into the game a little bit."
On aiming for Europe: "It was a challenge for us to see if we could step into it and really test Arsenal. We have pushed Arsenal close in the two games. We are close enough to be thinking about it, but I am right up for the fight and the players are as well. We are going to have to win some big games in order to achieve it."
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This was Everton's 94th Premier League defeat in London, with no side losing more away games in the capital than the Toffees (Newcastle also 94).
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Mikel Arteta rotates his squad after Arsenal's trip to play Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. Kai Havertz starts up top while Noni Madueke looks to be starting from the left wing. Riccardo Calafiori also comes in for Piero Hincapie at left back.
Arsenal starting XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Madueke, Eze, Saka, Havertz
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, White, Hincapie, Jesus, Martinelli, Gyokeres, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman
Everton make two changes, with Jarrad Branthwaite and James Tarkowski both out. Michael Keane starts alongside Jake O'Brien at centre-back with James Garner in at right-back.
Everton starting XI: Pickford, Garner, O'Brien, Keane, Mykolenko, Gana, Iroegbunam, McNeil, Dewsbury-hall, Ndiaye, Beto
Subs: Travers, Dibling, Coleman, Patterson, Barry, George, Rohl, Aznou, Armstrong
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Matt Jones
BBC Sport journalist
Arsenal have the chance to temporarily go 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League on Saturday when they host away-day specialists Everton at Emirates Stadium (17:30 GMT).
The Gunners are in action before title rivals Manchester City - who travel to West Ham United later in the day - and can put the pressure on Pep Guardiola's side. Even with two games in hand, a double-digit deficit would feel like a lot for the chasers to claw back.
Everton represent stern opposition though, especially when they are on their travels. They have the fourth-best away record in the division this season and a European push is very much on the cards for David Moyes' side. They sit eighth going into the weekend fixtures.
Stacked Arsenal squad can crank up the pressure
It is Arsenal's turn to try to put the heat on City this weekend. After Pep Guardiola's side were annihilated 3-0 by Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek, they could be a little fragile heading into their fixture at London Stadium.
Arsenal, by comparison, seem to be settling well into the run-in grind and will be buoyed by their 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a late Kai Havertz penalty.
If the Gunners were to win on Saturday then it would be their biggest advantage at the top so far this season. The nine-point gap they had on 7 February over City and Aston Villa was their largest, although City had played a game fewer at that point.
With the matches coming thick and fast, there will be an onus on Mikel Arteta to use his squad effectively. It is something he has done well so far, especially in terms of his in-game changes.
This season, the Gunners have more goal contributions from substitutes than any other team.
One player who could relish this encounter is Gabriel Jesus. He has eight goals and one assist in 15 appearances against the Toffees, meaning they are his favourite opponent since moving to the Premier League.
Can Everton continue remarkable away run?
While Everton have found it tough settling into life at their new stadium, Moyes has found a formidable formula on the road.
Since he returned to Merseyside to manage the club last January, only Arsenal have earned more points from away games. This season, it is also only the Gunners who have picked up more wins on the road.
Crucially, Everton may be the team best placed to cope with Arsenal's set-piece effectiveness. So far this season, the Toffees have not conceded a goal from a set-piece away from home; they are the only team in the league who have not.
The Blues' blueprint is clear in their away matches. They sit deep, look to remain tight and then try to pinch something from their attacking forays.
They do not mind surrendering the ball either. Everton have averaged the lowest amount of possession of all Premier League teams in away games this season.
Counter-attacking isn't something they rely on often, although they are effective when they do.
No team has produced fewer fast breaks than Everton's 13 this season, but the Blues have scored three times from them, which is the joint-seventh-best tally in the league.
Arsenal got away with a poor performance against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday thanks to Kai Havertz's late penalty against his former club.
There's a chance that fatigue kicks in for them here but it shouldn't do, because they have got such great depth in their squad.
It was quite a tight affair when these two sides met in December, but Arsenal nicked the points at Hill Dickinson Stadium and I am expecting the same to happen this time too.
Everton will make it difficult for them, and try to hang on in the game. They could easily score too, but I am going for Arsenal to find a way to win again, and get the job done.
Sutton's prediction: 2-0
Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist
Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium (kick-off 17:30 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Moyes confirmed there is "nothing new" on team news and expects Jarrad Branthwaite "will be OK" for Saturday's game.
More on managing Branthwaite's fitness: "There is times where you have to look after the players. I think the time of Jarrad's injury, the length of his injury, meant that we were always going to have to be mindful of it. But, he plays a big part, he's a really good player. We want him fit for every game, but we've also just got to take some advice at different times."
On the importance of their back-to-back wins with a run of tough fixtures coming up: "Really important because it keeps us in around the position we've been for a long part of the season. We've been bobbing around the middle of the table, sometimes we've moved up a bit, sometimes we've dropped down. The league's been really tight, whether it be a point or a goal or whatever it could make a big difference."
The Toffees boss "would have liked to have done much better in the cups", however, they've "got something still to go for" in chasing Europe in the Premier League. Moyes added Everton are "probably not a club which is ready to be competitive in all these different competitions" yet.
Moyes discusses recruitment at Everton
Asked if their improvements this season - having previously been seen as a "problematic club" - will help them in the summer, he responded: "I was probably more surprised the amount of players who didn't want to come to Everton as the ones who we did get. Unbelievable amount of players who I spoke to and tried to get here [in the summer] and I couldn't get them to come. But that's because of the things you talked about, because of the problematic situation that had been around."
He added: "I think if we want to try and get the level of players that we'd like to get in the next window, in the windows coming up, I think Europe is really important."
On if Arsenal will be fearing Everton with the Toffees' record on the road: "No, I don't think they'll be fearing us because of the level of the player, but I hope that they will give us the respect which we deserve because we have been performing well enough."
Moyes does not "see any problem" with the Gunners' strengths with set pieces: "It's part of the game. And if there's this thing out there where everybody has to play the beautiful game and everything has to be perfect, well, if we all done that it would be boring. Football would be boring."
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Everton fan Kathy Keig believes "supporters are being left behind" by decisions made to reschedule fixtures.
Everton's game at Arsenal was moved from Sunday to 17:30 GMT on Saturday because of the Gunners' Champions League commitments, with Mikel Arteta's side playing their last-16 second leg against Bayer Leverkusen at 20:00 on Tuesday.
Speaking on BBC Radio Merseyside, one Everton fan said they had lost money after booking a train ticket to London before the match was given a new date.
"It's been shocking. I appreciate the annoyance of someone that's lost money," Keig said.
"We have had so many Monday night games, and because of the traffic at home, even a home game that kicks off at 20:00 is a problem for lots of Evertonians.
"A lot of people I know just can't do it - if you've got youngsters [for example]. My grandson has been to four games this season because they can't get up for school after a late game.
"Everyone is bowing down to TV and what they want, and I do think the supporters are being left behind in the decisions being made."
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Matthew Hobbs
BBC Sport journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesAs a man with 745 games managed, David Moyes knows his way better than most around the Premier League block, particularly when it comes to winning away games.
Since the 62-year-old returned to Merseyside for a second spell 14 months ago, Everton have won the most matches on the road of any Premier League side other than Arsenal.
When Everton walk out at the Emirates, it will be 428 days since Moyes returned as manager with the club one point above the relegation zone.
They will begin the weekend sitting eighth in the Premier League and just five points off fifth - a position which could result in Champions League football.
Qualifying for any form of European football would represent a titanic turnaround for a club so recently embroiled in points deductions and relegation battles and, while Hill Dickinson Stadium is made for European nights, it is Everton's away form that has propelled their climb.
They are unbeaten in nine of their past 10 away games and have lost once on the road since October.
Former Everton midfielder Leon Osman believes they can pose a serious test of Arsenal's title credentials.
If the Blues were to manage a seismic shock against the leaders, Manchester City could close back within four points by winning on Saturday night at West Ham United - and with a game still in hand.
"I think in the past, you go there and you're a little bit worried and hope you might be able to get a result," he said.
"This year it's a bit different. You're going to the team seven points clear at the top of the table but I think it's Arsenal that'll be more worried.
"I think they will be nervous going to this game knowing that they have to keep on winning all of the games and realising that this isn't a pushover."
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Paddock Blues podcast's Paul Brown believes Everton can get a positive result when they visit league leaders Arsenal on Saturday.
"I've got a feeling," he told Total Sport's Carl Woodward on BBC Radio Merseyside.
"I just think we can upset Arsenal.
"I think they can be got at. They win it in moments. People call them set-piece FC but I think we can out-set-piece them.
"It could be tailor-made for us. It could be a really good game."
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Joe Bradshaw
BBC Sport senior journalist
Fourth in the Premier League, one point behind second, with a game in hand. An average of nearly two points per game from seven wins and three draws in 14 matches.
That is the alternative table if just away matches counted.
David Moyes' side have been highly impressive on the road this season, behind only Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City in terms of points gained.
Then again, Crystal Palace have accrued only one point fewer on enemy territory.
The reason Everton are eighth rather than in the thick of the Champions League places has been their form at Hill Dickinson Stadium, which has yet to offer much by way of home comfort.
However, unbeaten in six away from home, the Blues now face the ultimate test at league leaders Arsenal on Saturday – and history is against them.
Mikel Arteta's team, seven points clear at the top of the Premier League, have the best home record in the division.
Not only that, but only once in 30 years have Everton won at Arsenal. That was in April 2021, in front of an empty Emirates Stadium when Gunners keeper Bernd Leno gifted them a late winner.
Generally, this particular corner of north London has proved harrowing for Everton supporters, although last season's 0-0 draw at least ended a run of 10 straight defeats in front of fans at Arsenal.
So far this season, Everton have scored 16 goals on the road (from an xG of 15.4), averaged just under three shots on target per game and commanded 39.5% possession.
Being dogged, resolute and packing a punch on the counter has been a successful blueprint to wins at Manchester United, Aston Villa and Newcastle in recent months.
On Saturday, opportunity knocks to prove an unlikely thorn in Arsenal's title challenge.
Moyes will relish it.
Image source, Getty ImagesSince his arrival on Merseyside in summer 2023, Beto has yet to prove the goalscoring striker Everton fans crave.
Twenty goals in 103 appearances works out at just less than one every five matches, so not the numbers to fire the Toffees to European football.
However, according to Brentford owner Matthew Benham, the 28-year-old ought to be viewed through more forgiving eyes.
And, with his data expertise, Benham ought to know. After all, he's been the mastermind behind recruiting prolific strikers Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney and Bryan Mbeumo in west London.
"When we played Everton at our place last year, Beto missed three one on ones," Benham told the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2026, external.
Yet Benham argues the Guinea international is of higher worth than those statistics suggests.
"Any decent data model worth its salt would give Beto an upgrade [based on the performance against Brentford]," he said. "That is the case for any player who happens to make three one-on-ones in a single game, even if they happen to miss them.
"Typically for a one-on-one, the odds are 50/50 that you will score. You might say he's less efficient but the fact he is getting the positions for the shot is more important to us."
A few more goals would still be nice though.
Mike Richards
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesA football free weekend for Everton has been a great time to take stock, assess and refresh as we enter the final knocking of the 2025-26 Premier League season.
Currently sitting eighth and very much in the European mix, this season has been somewhat refreshing compared to the misery of recent years.
The transition to Hill Dickinson Stadium has been anything but smooth – despite a promising start – which makes our current standing all the more impressive.
Everton's away form has been simply incredible. Joint third in terms of away points this season, with a 50% win ratio to boot.
It has been this impressive form that is to thank for our current league position. You also have to wonder what might have been if we could have mirrored it at home.
I have discussed previously that our inconsistency is our most consistent aspect this season, as is evident at a host of clubs who are clambering for those top half places.
Consistency is and will be built, as we navigate through the next few transfer windows and become more comfortable in our new river side surroundings.
There are murmurings that this summer will be an exciting one in relation to signings.
With our commercial revenue only going one way and a new, improved shirt sponsorship deal on the brink of being signed off, our owners will be keen to not rest on their laurels.
Before we can enjoy what's to come, we have the not so little task of travelling to the Emirates Stadium this Saturday.
Given Arsenal's comfortable position on top of the table, I'm sure their fans see our three points as a forgone conclusion.
It's understandable and justified, but don't forget about that away form....
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Image source, Getty ImagesFalcon Blues TV's Lee McClean says the reaction of Everton fans to Dwight McNeil's substitution against Burnley on Tuesday will have "meant a hell of a lot" to the winger.
McNeil's prospective January move to Crystal Palace collapsed on deadline day, with his partner criticising Palace for "messing" with the winger's mental health
"That was the highlight of the night for me," McClean told BBC Radio Merseyside.
"Dwight McNeil has not looked the same player over the last few months or maybe a year for well-documented reasons.
"They are private to him but you never know what's going on behind closed doors and the man has clearly been suffering. So, to show the strength of character to come out and put performances in like he did last night - he's got quality.
"McNeil has never had pace, that's his issue, and he's very one-footed but nobody can doubt his pedigree, quality, and ability to split a defence with a pass.
"His output is there and when he's on it and his head is on it he works so hard as well. As well as being really brave on the ball, he covered lots of ground, he supported the right-back. He was involved in the second goal and showed another lovely touch.
"I was hoping they would take him off so he gets the standing ovation so when I saw his number come up and the reaction from all four sides of the ground - you just know that will have meant a hell of a lot to him given what he's been through."
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We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Premier League game between Everton and Burnley.
Here are some of your comments:
Everton fans:
Ian: Nice to see us transfer that away form back to our new home. Burnley didn't put up much of a fight but let that take nothing away from our performance. Great work rate all round, desire to win the ball and much better movement of the ball. Extra mention for Dwight Mcneil who has been excellent in the last two games after that disappointment of the move that never was. It shows character so I'm happy for him. Beto has been better too. We're still a work in progress but we are starting to show progress.
Anton: I don't know what the problem is, we've a 100% home record in March! We've got to thank Burnley, though, for graciously not bothering to turn up - they were so, so poor. But we can only beat what's in front of us and we finally did that at home. Shout-out to McNeil who was excellent - a "Grealish who?" kind of display, made up for him. Let's keep pushing for that improbable European place!
Mike: A solid performance and a welcomed home win. To have 43 points at this stage is a great haul and but for a few wobbles could have been even better. Some very tough fixtures ahead but let's hope we can relax a bit and who knows where we can finish.
Harry: Credit where it's due, two wins on the bounce is no time to criticise but definitely time to say it feels good to be looking up and knowing we will have a good summer regardless of the rest of the season. If we do qualify for Europe better players will want to join us.
Burnley fans:
Steve: This team is frightened of its own shadow, the team lack ideas, momentum and direction.
Billy: It was so lack lustre again. It was like they didn't know how to play any sort of football. All players on top of each other, no sort of system or idea. They missed Zian Flemming too, he seems to be the only one in recent games that gives it absolutely everything. Think they lack confidence and not having a focus of how to play knocks their confidence even more. Bring on the championship and use the experience they've gained to be stronger when they come back, hopefully.
Bob: I'm sure I'm not the only one who is so fed up with Scott Parker trotting out the same tired excuses after almost every game. Despite the heroics against Brentford ( and we still lost) It's painfully obvious that he's not the only one to blame. A complete reset is needed starting with Alan Pace & co.
Mark: Terrible, been poor all season. Manager is just a good lower league one at best, Burnley should had said thanks after promotion and got in a premier quality manager. They look like a mediocre championship side still.
