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11’ – Awful pass out from Tarky and Brentford turn it into a goal. He passes it straight to a pair of Brentofrd players, the ball is won by Janelt who puts it into the box and that man Thiago beats Keane
to the ball and places it past Pickford, 1-0 to Brentford. 12th goal of the season for the striker, behind only Haaland.
10’ – Barry does well to win a throw-in off Ajer. Taken long by Mykolenko, Kayode heads back to his goalie just in front of Tarky. .
7’ – McNeil very active and very involved early on. He looks up for it and this portends well for the Blues.
6’ – Barry goes down after a strong challenge from Collins. He’s going to get a buffeting today from him and Ajer.
4’ – Chance! Thiago lost the ball in his defensive third trying to counter, Grealish nicks it and sets up McNeil for the shot, it’s deflected and Kelleher does well to save for a corner.
The Bees have conceded only once from a corner this season, Tarkowski wins the header and Thiago heads off the line!
3’ – Everton as they do at home pressing up high early with the Bees feeling them out.
1’ – Brentford get us underway and go straight for goal, Damsgaard’s header well over.
We have a minute’s applause to remember all the Evertonians that we lost in 2025.
Starting Lineups
Everton – Nailed it in the predicted lineups piece for the first time!
Brentford – Bees very transparent about who plays where.
Match Preview
Everton will start the new year at the friendly confines of Hill Dickinson Stadium as they host Brentford who are a point and spot behind the Toffees. The Blues’ highly impressive win when stripped to bare bones at Nottingham Forest is now behind them and David Moyes needs to find a way to do the same at home as well.
Under Keith Andrews, the Bees have done just about enough as they always have, but do have ambitions of climbing further up the table.
Match Details
Competition: Premier League Matchweek 20
Date and start time: Sunday, January 4th at 7:00a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m ET / 3:00 p.m. BST
Stadium: Hill Dickinson Stadium, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 52,769
Weather: 35°F/2°C, light rain, 25% chance of precipitation, 2 mph winds
How to Watch/Listen
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Last Meeting
The two sides drew both their games last season, nil-nil at home at Goodison Park in November, and then a 1-1 away draw in February.
