Everton vs Southampton Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Everton enters this match as firm favourites as they have a far superior squad, on top of the fact that they will be keen to mark their final match at Goodison Park with a victory.

The Toffees are 30 points ahead of Southampton in the Premier League standings, as the Saints have earned just 12 points from 36 matches. On top of this, Southampton’s away record is the worst in the division, as they have picked up just six points from 18 matches, conceding a total of 37 goals.

To put in into context, David Moyes’ side have as many wins in their last five league matches as Southampton have managed all season (2).

With Everton having a strong defensive record at Goodison Park, as they’ve conceded just 23 goals in 18 matches, we are predicting that the Toffees will win to nil against a Saints side that have only scored 13 goals away from St. Mary’s.

Prediction: Everton 2-0 Southampton

Everton hosts Southampton in what will be an emotional Premier League fixture, with this being the final game for the Toffees at Goodison Park before moving to Bramley-Moore Dock.

Date: 18/05/2025

Location: Goodison Park

Time: 12pm

The last head-to-head meeting between these two sides actually resulted in Southampton earning one of their two Premier League wins this campaign, as Adam Armstrong scored the only goal of the game in the 85th-minute.

That loss was seen as a damaging one for Sean Dyche, who was dismissed as manager of the Toffees on 9th January 2025 having won just three of his last 19 games in charge. Fittingly, it will be David Moyes who will lead Everton out at Goodison Park this weekend in what will be the Scot’s 19th game during his second spell in charge and his 538th at the helm as a whole.

At present, Everton sit 13th in the Premier League with 42 points from 36 matches, a mere 20 points clear of the relegation zone, with Moyes joining the club while they were just one points clear of the drop zone.

On the other hand, Southampton’s shock 0-0 draw with Manchester City meant that they avoided becoming the worst-ever side in Premier League history, as they have now surpassed Derby County’s 2007/08 tally of 11 points. In reality, the Saints will be looking forward to have a fresh start next season, as they have won two, drawn six and lost 28 of their 36 league games this campaign.

Everton versus Southampton will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate.

Everton

James Tarkowski, Jesper Lindstrom and Orel Mangala will all miss this game due to injury.

Southampton

Simon Rusk’s side have a clean bill of health entering their trip to Goodison Park on Sunday.

Everton

Everton enters this game off the back of a 3-1 win at Fulham, where Vitaliy Mykolenko, Michael Keane and Beto all got on the scoresheet after Raul Jimenez had given the Cottagers a 17th-minute lead.

Prior to that match, the Toffees had drawn 2-2 at home with Ipswich after suffering defeats to Chelsea (1-0) and Manchester City (2-0) in the aftermath of a superb 1-0 win away at Nottingham Forest where Abdoulaye Doucoure fired in a 94th-minute winner.

Southampton

Southampton have not won any of their last five matches, with their most positive results being a 0-0 stalemate against Manchester City, as well as a 1-1 draw at West Ham United where Lesley Ugochukwu scored a superb strike in the 93rd-minute.

The Saints’ other three matches have resulted in defeats to Leicester City (2-0), Fulham (2-1) and Aston Villa (3-0).

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