By Brian Sears 27 February 2015 Sunday’s two big games in the Premier League throw up contrasting challenges for the two Merseyside clubs, with Liverpool outsiders at home against a team they have a brilliant home record against (Manchester City), and Everton outsiders away against a team that history says will thump them. The history […]

By Brian Sears 6 February 2015 Saturday’s matches in the Premier League begin with a major derby (Tottenham v Arsenal at lunchtime) and end with a major derby (Everton v Liverpool at tea-time). Both home sides have found it tough against the neighbours over the course of the Premier League era as a whole. And […]

By Brian Sears 22 August 2014 Everton are widely and rightly expected to finish in the top seven places in the Premier League this season, as they have done for the past four seasons and in eight of the last 10 seasons. They are stable, consistent, have a talented (and likeable) manager in Roberto Martinez, […]

By Brian Sears 10 April 2014 Manchester City visit Liverpool this weekend in a match that could have massive implications on the Premier League title race, with a victory for either side sure to make them odds-on favourites to win the title. If City are to succeed on Sunday, they will need to overturn their […]

By Brian Sears 28 February 2014 Everton will start the weekend 11 points outside the Champions League qualification spots, albeit with a game in hand on fourth-placed Liverpool, and are now outsiders to reach Europe’s top table for 2014-15. But their home form and their historical record against Saturday’s opponents West Ham both suggest they […]

By Brian Sears and Nick Harris 7 February 2014 Everton and Tottenham are both aspiring to play Champions League football next season and along with Liverpool, and perhaps Manchester United, are the only credible challengers for a top-four finish behind the three teams already highly likely to finish inside the top four: Arsenal, Manchester City […]

By Brian Sears 13 December 2013 Everton host Fulham at Goodison on Saturday seeking to maintain perhaps the longest 100 per cent winning run against the same opponent at the same venue in English football. Everton have beaten Fulham in 20 straight league games at home now, dating back to 1961. They seek a 21st […]

By Brian Sears 21 November 2013 Everton have finished higher than Liverpool in the past two Premier League seasons but in the 67 completed post-war campaigns, Liverpool have a 51-16 lead in who has finished higher in England. In graphical form, that 67-year head-to-head looks like this (article continues below): Everton fans of a certain […]

By Brian Sears 26 April 2013 Everton welcome Fulham to Goodison on Saturday seeking to maintain perhaps the longest 100 per cent winning run against the same opponent in English football. Everton have beaten Fulham in 19 straight league games at home now, dating back to 1961. The last time Fulham even managed so much […]

By Brian Sears 4 October 2012 The Premier League season has started with goals flowing at record pace, with 168 in 58 games for an average of 2.89 per game. Manchester United (with 14 goals in six games) have led the way followed by Fulham (13), Everton (12) and Manchester City (12), with Chelsea, Tottenham, […]