Everton Take Care of Business in Win Over Southampton

In the penultimate round of the Premier League, Everton made light work of bottom-of-the-table Southampton with a convincing 2-0 victory at Goodison Park.

Ukrainian left-back Vitalii Mykolenko played the full 90 minutes and delivered one of his most composed performances of the season. The 24-year-old received a match rating of 8.1 — the second-highest among all players on the pitch.

Only Iliman Ndiaye outshone him. The Senegalese forward was the star of the show, bagging a clinical brace and earning a stellar rating of 9.0. His goals secured three vital points for the Toffees, who continue their late push to climb the Premier League table.

2024-25, England - Premier League

Everton - Southampton 2:0 (2:0)
Goals: Ndiaye Il., 6 (1:0); Ndiaye Il., 45 (2:0)

Everton: Pickford; O´Brien; Mykolenko; Coleman (Young, 18); Doucoure A. (Alcaraz C., 65); Gueye I.; Branthwaite (Keane M., 74); Garner J-s; Ndiaye Il. (Calvert-Lewin, 75); Mcneil (Harrison, 65); Beto
Bench: Virgínia; Patterson N.; Iroegbunam; Chermiti
Yellow Cards: Garner J-s 88

Southampton: Ramsdale; Stephens; Harwood-Bellis; Bree J.; Wood N. (Archer C., 61); Welington; Downes; Aribo (Smallbone, 60); Fernandes M.; Sulemana (Stewart R., 62); Dibling (Robinson Jay, 68)
Bench: McCarthy A.; Sugawara; Manning; Ugochukwu
Yellow Cards: Downes 80