Match Thread Wolves 1-1 Everton, Saturday 8th March


The 10 day break probably won't help the momentum, But we should be rested. We have had a few draws lately where we should have had wins so 3 points here would be excellent. 2-1 to the Toffees!!
We all know what generally happens when Everton go away on a lavish, all-expenses-paid trip to build up fitness and get some down time in the midst of a busy domestic schedule...
 
Lots of positivity and optimism about this game. That's good. How things have changed since the manager change. But it will probably not be as straightforward as some think. How many Evertonians swing from "easy" to "no chance" baffles me. Top kneejerking.
Anyway, I think we'll win, but there will probably be some twists and turns... Ref? Var? Blunders? Worldies?
 

Hard to call this one, and we certainly can't be complacent even on a good run.

Cunha out for them is a plus for us. I think we all know how tense the games can be when you're battling the drop, so we have to be ready to exploit Wolves tension as the game goes on.

I'd like to see us be a lot more stable and composed defensively, we have shipped some poor goals and are vulnerable under sustained periods of pressure.

So I'd like a clean sheet please and if we get that I think we have enough to win the game. Who would have thought that mere weeks ago.
 

0-30: Everton with an energetic start, Beto played through by Alcaraz but pokes it wide when 1:1 with keeper. Wolves get some possession towards the half hour point, but don't test Pickford.

30-45: A breakthrough and it's a goal for Merseyside derby hero James Tarkowski, who leaps like a proverbial salmon to convert a Jack Harrison inswinging corner.

45-60: Wolves come out of the blocks quickly, it's clear they've been told to make a better fist of things in the second half. A flurry of corners come to nothing before a long range effort from Gomes has Pickford scrambling, the England goalkeeper just able to get a fingertip to push it over the bar. Everton settle back into it and re-take control of the game by the hour mark, with Garner and in particular Gueye buzzing around like a pair of wasps in midfield.

70-90: It's a second goal for Everton and, after a handful of attempts in the past two games, Beto gets his name back on the scoresheet again. Iroegbunam, on for Garner, puts him though, defender Bueno basically bounces off Beto, before the big man slides it home to settle the game.

A late red card for Semedo compounds the host's misery, the ex-Barcelona man ordered off the field for an extremely rash and late challenge on Ashley Young after he was brought on to replace O'Brien on the 85 minute mark.

Full time score:
Wolves 0-2 Everton.
 

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