Everton ‘nemesis’ have to be corrected, says Dyche after cup exit
Everton ‘nemesis’ have to be corrected, says Dyche after cup exit

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Sean Dyche is hoping Everton can discover their scientific edge upon their return to Premier League motion having been dumped out of the Carabao Cup in midweek by Southampton.

Everton had been overwhelmed on penalties by the Saints on Tuesday after seeing Abdoulaye Doucoure’s objective cancelled out by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

The Toffees ended the competition with an anticipated targets (xG) complete of 1.54 in comparison with Southampton’s 0.53, however might solely handle 4 photographs on the right track, the identical as their opponents.

Taking alternatives in entrance of objective has been a persistent drawback for Everton this season, with Dyche acknowledging his aspect should enhance once they journey to face Leicester this weekend.

“But once more we’ve created golden probabilities, and also you’ve obtained to attain these probabilities and that modifications the entire sport,” Dyche stated.

“There’s been occasions we’ve scored targets and regarded like we will rating targets, however you’ve obtained to kill video games off. Should you’re not retaining clear sheets, it’s important to kill video games off and we’ve not performed that.

“That’s a nemesis for us. It’s been right here a very long time, and we’ve tried to right it and tried to seek out these moments, however that’s the toughest bit as a supervisor.

“We’ve obtained in some superb positions once more tonight, with one on ones, however we haven’t scored a second objective. Clearly, the work continues.”

Leicester, in the meantime, needed to accept a degree of their controversial 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace final outing as Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty shared the spoils at Selhurst Park.

Foxes head coach Steve Cooper was left wanting solutions from decision-makers on the Premier League following the award of Palace’s first objective, having seen it initially dominated out for offside, just for VAR to overturn the choice.

Nevertheless, Cooper insisted he was happy along with his aspect’s show towards the Eagles, saying his gamers should hold going of their quest to get their first three factors on the board.

“There was a lot good within the efficiency, notably within the first half, however I’m not going to shout that from the rooftops due to clearly how we’re feeling in regards to the outcomes,” Cooper stated.

“We come up towards a workforce who’ve invested over various years and put a workforce collectively and been within the Premier League for a protracted whereas.

“It’s a pity that we conceded the targets in the way in which that we’ve got as a result of I don’t assume that actually typified the mentality that we confirmed, however we’ve got to personal it, and we’ve got to maintain going. We have now to stay collectively, be constructive, and that’s what we’ll do.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Leicester – Wilfried Ndidi

Ndidi has assisted three targets in his final two Premier League appearances for Leicester, as many as he had in his earlier 62 video games mixed within the top-flight.

He’s solely the second Foxes participant to help three targets of their opening 4 Premier League video games in a season, together with Marc Albrighton of their title-winning marketing campaign of 2015-16.

Everton – Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Calvert-Lewin has scored in 14 Premier League defeats for Everton, together with in his final two video games towards Bournemouth and Aston Villa.

That’s probably the most video games scored in and misplaced for the Toffees within the competitors, one forward of Duncan Ferguson who misplaced 13 occasions when scoring for Everton.

MATCH PREDICTION: DRAW

Either side head into the encounter on the King Energy Stadium looking for their first three factors of the season, however Leicester have struggled towards the Toffees of late.

The Foxes have received simply one in every of their final seven Premier League conferences with Everton (D3 L3), a 2-0 away win in November 2022.

And for less than a fourth time, Leicester have did not win any of their first 4 Premier League video games in a season (D2 L2) – in all three earlier seasons during which they’ve received none of their first 4, they had been relegated, in 1994-95, 2003-04 and 2022-23.

Nevertheless, Everton did not win any of their first 5 league video games in each 2022-23 (D3 L2) and 2023-24 (D1 L4). In Premier League historical past, the one workforce to fail to win any of their opening 5 video games in three consecutive seasons is Sunderland, who did so in 4 in a row between 2013-14 and 2016-17.

Dyche’s aspect have been 2-0 up in every of their final two Premier League matches however gone on to lose each 3-2 towards Bournemouth and Aston Villa, changing into simply the second workforce in Premier League historical past to lose consecutive video games from 2+ targets forward, after the Cherries in November 2022. No workforce has ever did not win in three video games in a row when main by two or extra targets.

However 16 of the 34 Premier League conferences between Leicester and Everton have been drawn, the very best proportion for any fixture to have been performed 30+ occasions within the competitors (47%).

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Leicester – 38.5%

Draw – 26.3%

Everton – 35.2%



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