Match Preview
Everton vrs Fulham
Premiership Match Day 11 25/26 at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Saturday 8th November 2025 KO: 15:00
Referee:
Andy Madley (West Yorkshire)
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Fulham are off to the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday afternoon to face Everton in the Premier League.
Fulham were in desperate need of a pick-me-up result following a miserable four-game losing streak in the Premier League, and the Craven Cottage faithful certainly had plenty to cheer about last weekend as Marco Silva’s men eased to a 3-0 win over basement club Wolves.
Ryan Sessegnon’s early opener was followed by the first-half dismissal of Wolves defender Emmanuel Agbadou. Harry Wilson then doubled Fulham’s advantage with a sweet 20-yard finish after the break, before Yerson Mosquera turned the ball into his own net to ensure that the hosts would pick up maximum points for just the third time this season.
Silva was delighted to see his Fulham side keep a rare clean sheet - just the second in their last 19 Premier League games - and he has hailed the importance of their victory over Wolves despite noticing “a bit of tension” in his team, who now sit 15th in the table and just one point behind Saturday’s opponents Everton.
Fulham’s away form will need of improve if they wish to climb the table, as they have picked up the joint fewest-points on the road in the Premier League this season (one along with Wolves). The Cottagers have lost each of their last four away games and last suffered more in a row between November and January in the 2023-24 season.
Silva and co can at least take some optimism from their recent record against Everton, as they have lost just one of their last seven Premier League meetings with the Toffees (W3 D3), although it was the aforementioned 3-1 loss at Craven Cottage in their last encounter six months ago.
Everton snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when they came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on home soil at the beginning of October, but they have since failed to win any of their last three Premier League games.
Back-to-back defeats without scoring against Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur were followed by a 1-1 draw at Sunderland last Monday, with Iliman Ndiaye’s stunning solo goal cancelled out just 43 seconds after the interval by Granit Xhaka. The result leaves Everton in 14th place with five points separating them from both the relegation zone and the top six.
A concern that lingers for Everton is that their strikers continue to misfire; £27m summer signing Thierno Barry is yet to score in 10 Premier League appearances, while Beto has only found the net once across 600 minutes of top-flight football this term. The Toffees can ill-afford for their poor form to continue if they wish to mount a serious challenge for a top-10 or top-seven finish.
Everton head into Saturday’s contest having won only one of their last seven Premier League matches (D3 L3) after coming out on top in five of their previous six in the division (L1). After losing 3-0 to Spurs in their most recent home game, the Toffees are seeking to avoid losing consecutive home matches for the first time since December and January last season.
While the Merseysiders are winless in their last four against Fulham (D1 L3), Moyes has won 19 of his 32 Premier League managerial meetings with the Cottagers (D4 L9), at least seven more than he has against any other team. The Scotsman could become just the third manager to win at least 20 times against a single opponent in the division, after Sir Alex Ferguson (eight teams) and Arsene Wenger (four teams).
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Fulham have lost just one of their last seven Premier League games against Everton (W3 D3), though it was in their last meeting at Craven Cottage in May (1-3).
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After winning 22 consecutive home league games against Fulham between 1961 and 2018, Everton are now winless in their last four against the Cottagers (D1 L3).
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Fulham registered their third Premier League win of the season on MD10 against Wolves (D2 L5), though all three wins have come at home. The Cottagers have lost their last four away from home, last losing more in a row between November and January in the 2023-24 season.
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Three of Fulham’s 12 Premier League goals have been opposition own goals, benefitting from those in their three wins this season against Leeds, Brentford and Wolves. Indeed, own goals are their leading scorer this season, one ahead of Ryan Sessegnon and Harry Wilson (two goals each).
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Everton’s David Moyes has won 19 of his 32 Premier League games against Fulham (D4 L9), at least seven more than he has versus any other side. He could become just the third manager to win 20+ times against a single club in the competition, after Alex Ferguson (8 teams) and Arsène Wenger (4 teams).
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Only Raúl Jiménez (7) has scored more Premier League goals for Fulham in 2025 than Ryan Sessegnon (6). Sessegnon has two more goals in 2025 (6 in 23 games) than he managed in 75 appearances between 2018 and 2024 (4).
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Fulham’s Alex Iwobi has created eight chances for Harry Wilson in the Premier League this season, the most one player has created for a single teammate in the competition in 2025-26.
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Everton lost 3-0 in their last home Premier League match against Spurs, their first defeat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Toffees last suffered consecutive home defeats in December and January last season, while under David Moyes they last did so in back in October 2011.
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Everton have only won one of their last seven Premier League games (D3 L3), this after winning five of their six directly beforehand (L1).
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Everton are completing an average of 302 passes per game in the Premier League this season, their highest in a campaign since 2020-21 (367). Indeed, only in 2011-12 (311) and 2012-13 (336) have they averaged more on record (from 2003-04) in a league campaign under David Moyes, while their 79.6% passing accuracy is their highest on record under the Scot.
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Source Oliver Thomas at SportsMole/BBCSports