Scotland v Côte d'Ivoire will be the first senior international match hosted by an #EFC stadium since Brazil v Japan at Goodison Park in June 1995.

Both of Everton's league meetings with Leeds this season will have been played on Monday night - the first time in #EFC history that both league meetings against an opponent in a season will have been played on Monday night, and in a few weeks, Manchester United will be the second.

Everton Women have lost all 6 of their home games in the WSL this season. #EFC

Jack Grealish has had more goal involvements (8 - 2 goals, 6 assists), created more chances (38) and won more fouls (58) than any other #EFC player in the Premier League this season.

RIP Tommy Wright (1944–2026) Wright joined #EFC in 1961, made his debut in 1964, and remained at the club until injury cut his career short in 1974. He played 374 games, won the FA Cup in 1966 and was ever-present in the Blues' title-winning 1969/70 First Division campaign.

Jack Grealish has had more goal involvements (8 - 2 goals, 6 assists), created more chances (38) and won more fouls (58) than any other #EFC player in the Premier League this season.

Teams #EFC have beaten away from home who were on a run of 8+ consecutive home wins in the top flight: Aston Villa (14 - Oct 1931) Wolves (10 - May 1947) QPR (9 - Aug 1976) Sheffield United (8 - Apr 1928) Sheffield Wednesday (8 - Feb 1964) Aston Villa (8 - Jan 2026)

Teams #EFC have beaten away from home who were on a run of 8+ consecutive home wins in the top flight: Aston Villa (14 - Oct 1931) Wolves (10 - May 1947) QPR (9 - Aug 1976) Sheffield United (8 - Apr 1928) Sheffield Wednesday (8 - Feb 1964) Aston Villa (8 - Jan 2026)

Everton's last 6 Premier League games away from home: Wins - 4 Draws - 1 Losses - 1 Points - 13 Goals scored - 5 Goals conceded - 2 Clean sheets - 5 #EFC

Everton have beaten Aston Villa in the Premier League for the first time since the Villans' return to the top flight in 2019. #EFC #AVLEVE

James Garner's stats against Aston Villa: Touches - 73 Successful passes - 43 Successful attacking third passes - 13 Successful long balls - 5 Chances created - 1 Pass accuracy - 90% Recoveries - 14 Ground duels won - 9 Successful tackles - 7 Interceptions - 4 Clearances - 4 #EFC #AVLEVE

Jordan Pickford's stats against Aston Villa: Touches - 49 Goals conceded - 0 Saves - 5 Saves from shots inside the box - 2 Punches - 2 Clearances - 2 Claims - 1 Successful long balls - 14 Long ball accuracy - 52% #EFC #AVLEVE

Harrison Armstrong's stats against Aston Villa: Touches - 35 Successful passes - 22 Successful attacking third passes - 8 Successful long balls - 3 Chances created - 1 Pass accuracy - 88% Ground duels won - 2 Recoveries - 2 Successful tackles - 1 Fouls won - 1 #EFC #AVLEVE

Merlin Rohl's stats against Aston Villa: Touches - 33 Successful passes - 14 Successful attacking third passes - 7 Chances created - 2 Pass accuracy - 78% Recoveries - 4 Ground duels won - 3 Shots blocked - 1 Successful dribbles - 1 Successful tackles - 1 #EFC #AVLEVE

Nathan Patterson's stats against Aston Villa: Touches - 44 Successful passes - 17 Pass accuracy - 77% Clearances - 6 Recoveries - 5 Ground duels won - 3 Aerial duels won - 3 Successful tackles - 2 Shots blocked - 1 #EFC #AVLEVE

Jake O'Brien's stats against Aston Villa: Touches - 48 Successful passes - 23 Successful forward passes - 10 Pass accuracy - 72% Clearances - 8 Recoveries - 5 Shots blocked - 2 Ground duels won - 2 #EFC #AVLEVE

Idrissa Gueye assisted Pape Gueye's winner for Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final - he is only the second #EFC player to either score or assist a goal in the final of a major international competition (after Richarlison ⚽️ in the 2019 Copa America final).

Everton's last 6 Premier League games away from home: Wins - 4 Draws - 1 Losses - 1 Points - 13 Goals scored - 5 Goals conceded - 2 Clean sheets - 5 #EFC

Everton have beaten Aston Villa in the Premier League for the first time since the Villans' return to the top flight in 2019. #EFC #AVLEVE

RIP John Clinkard (1954–2026) Clinkard joined #EFC as a physio in October 1981 following a spell at Fulham, succeeding Jim McGregor. Nicknamed "Magnum" due to his likeness to Tom Selleck, he was at the club until 1988 when he joined Oxford United to be closer to his family.

Players who won a penalty on their #EFC debut.

Players who won a penalty on their #EFC debut.

First-team players that were unavailable for #EFC for their match against Sunderland: Carlos Alcaraz 🚑 Jarrad Branthwaite 🚑 Seamus Coleman 🚑 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 🚑 Jack Grealish 🟥 Idrissa Gueye 🌍 Tim Iroegbunam 🚑 Michael Keane 🟥 Iliman Ndiaye 🌍 #EVESUN

Everton are the first team in FA Cup history (excl. qualifying rounds) to score a penalty in normal/extra time but fail to score any in a penalty shootout in the same game. #EFC

Everton are the first team in FA Cup history (excl. qualifying rounds) to score a penalty in normal/extra time but fail to score any in a penalty shootout in the same game. #EFC

Everton's substitutes against Sunderland and the number of first-team appearances they made for #EFC prior to the match: Mark Travers - 2 Tom King - 0 Thierno Barry - 23 Adam Aznou - 0 Braiden Graham - 0 Reece Welch - 2 Elijah Campbell - 0 Malik Olayiwola - 0 Callum Bates - 0

Everton's 3-0 penalty shootout defeat to Sunderland was the first time in the club's history that they failed to score a single penalty in a shootout. #EFC

First-team players that were unavailable for #EFC for their match against Sunderland: Carlos Alcaraz 🚑 Jarrad Branthwaite 🚑 Seamus Coleman 🚑 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 🚑 Jack Grealish 🟥 Idrissa Gueye 🌍 Tim Iroegbunam 🚑 Michael Keane 🟥 Iliman Ndiaye 🌍 #EVESUN

Everton's substitutes against Sunderland and the number of first-team appearances they made for #EFC prior to the match: Mark Travers - 2 Tom King - 0 Thierno Barry - 23 Adam Aznou - 0 Braiden Graham - 0 Reece Welch - 2 Elijah Campbell - 0 Malik Olayiwola - 0 Callum Bates - 0

Michael Keane's red card against Wolves was his first straight red card in his entire senior career (424 appearances for club and country). #EFC

Everton at home in the Premier League in each of the last 5 seasons: 2021/22 - W9 D2 L8 (29 pts, 1.53 PPG) 2022/23 - W6 D3 L10 (21 pts, 1.11 PPG) 2023/24 - W8 D4 L7 (28 pts, 1.47 PPG) 2024/25 - W5 D9 L5 (24 pts, 1.26 PPG) 2025/26 - W4 D3 L4 (15 pts, 1.36 PPG) #EFC

Everton players who have scored a goal and have been sent off in the same game. #EFC

Harrison Armstrong's stats against Wolves: Touches - 43 Successful passes - 19 Successful forward passes - 10 Pass accuracy - 76% Ground duels won - 6 Recoveries - 4 Clearances - 4 Fouls won - 3 Successful dribbles - 2 Successful tackles - 2 Interceptions - 2 #EFC #EVEWOL

#EFC players who have been sent off after receiving 2 yellow cards for dissent: Duncan Ferguson (vs Blackburn - September 1996) Kurt Zouma (vs Watford - February 2019 [after FT]) Jack Grealish (vs Wolves - January 2026)

Everton players who have provided multiple assists in a Premier League game on at least 3 occasions: Mikel Arteta - 4 (174 apps) Jack Grealish - 3 (18 apps) Andy Hinchcliffe - 3 (143 apps) Kevin Mirallas - 3 (151 apps) Steven Pienaar - 3 (189 apps) Leighton Baines - 3 (348 apps) #EFC

#EFC at home in 2025/26 Premier League: Against Spurs, Newcastle and Brentford: Games - 3 Goals conceded - 11 Goals conceded from set pieces (excl. pens) - 5 Errors leading to goals - 4 Other: Games - 7 Goals conceded - 3 Goals conceded from set pieces (excl. pens) - 0 Errors leading to goals - 0

Beto's goal against Brentford was the first time an #EFC substitute scored or assisted a goal in the Premier League this season.

Everton have lost their first game of a calendar year in 8 of the last 9 years - 6 of those games (and defeats) were at home. #EFC

Happy New Year, Evertonians! #EFC

Teams Everton have beaten in the league 3 times in a calendar year without conceding a goal: West Ham (1969) Manchester City (2008) Nottingham Forest (2025) #EFC

Thierno Barry's first 2 goals for #EFC have come against the same opponent (Nottingham Forest) but in different games - the first player to do so since Nikola Vlasic against Apollon Limassol in 2017, and the first player to do so in league games only since Alan Ainscow against Birmingham in 1981/82.

James Garner's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 52 Goals - 1 Assists - 1 Successful passes - 20 Chances created - 3 Pass accuracy - 87% Clearances - 8 Ground duels won - 7 Recoveries - 5 Successful tackles - 3 Successful dribbles - 2 Interceptions - 2 Fouls won - 2 #EFC #NFOEVE

Jordan Pickford's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 65 Goals conceded - 0 Saves - 6 Saves from shots inside the box - 2 Big chances saved - 1 Claims - 2 Successful long balls - 13 Long ball accuracy - 37% #EFC #NFOEVE

Jake O'Brien's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 39 Successful passes - 22 Successful forward passes - 14 Successful long balls - 4 Pass accuracy - 88% Headed clearances - 9 Recoveries - 6 Aerial duels won - 5 Ground duels won - 2 Successful tackles - 2 #EFC #NFOEVE

James Tarkowski's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 39 Successful passes - 23 Successful forward passes - 9 Pass accuracy - 82% Clearances - 13 Headed clearances - 7 Aerial duels won - 6 Shots blocked - 3 Ground duels won - 3 Successful tackles - 2 #EFC #NFOEVE

Tyler Dibling's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 45 Successful passes - 17 Pass accuracy - 81% Recoveries - 9 Ground duels won - 5 Successful dribbles - 3 Interceptions - 3 Fouls won - 2 Shots blocked - 1 #EFC #NFOEVE

Merlin Rohl's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 50 Successful passes - 18 Pass accuracy - 86% Ground duels won - 4 Successful tackles - 4 Clearances - 4 Recoveries - 3 Aerial duels won - 3 Shots blocked - 1 #EFC #NFOEVE

Nathan Patterson's stats against Nottingham Forest: Touches - 38 Successful passes - 15 Pass accuracy - 71% Clearances - 6 Ground duels won - 3 Successful tackles - 3 Recoveries - 2 Interceptions - 1 #EFC #NFOEVE

Premier League games Everton won away from home in 2025 - 9 Premier League games Everton won home and away in 2024 - 8 #EFC

Everton have beaten Nottingham Forest twice in December 2025 - the first time the Blues beat the same opponent in the league twice in a calendar month since April 1982 (also against Nottingham Forest). #EFC