Everton’s 2021/22 Statistical Summary

Bradley Cates Reports

A statistical summary of the 2021/22 season.

 

Stats Of The Season

  • Everton’s 3-1 win over Southampton in August was the first time they won by at least 2 goals on the opening day of the season since 1996.
  • Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored in each of Everton’s first 3 league games this season. He also did so the previous season, becoming the first Everton player to score in the first 3 league games of the season in back-to-back seasons since Dixie Dean in 1933/34 and 1934/35.
  • Abdoulaye Doucoure’s assists in Everton’s 3-1 win over Burnley in September were in the 65th and 66th minute – only the second time an Everton player provided 2 assists in a minute in a Premier League game (after Magaye Gueye against Sunderland in April 2012).
  • Everton’s penalty shootout defeat to QPR in the League Cup in September was their 5th loss in penalty shootouts against lower league opposition (won only once).
    • The penalty shootout defeat to QPR also extended Everton’s record of losing every single penalty shootout that went to sudden death (4 defeats out of 4).
  • Everton’s 1-0 defeat to West Ham in October was their 500th home league defeat in their history.
    • The defeat to West Ham was also the first time they lost successive home games against West Ham since March 1930.
  • Josh King’s hat-trick in Everton’s 5-2 defeat to Watford in October made him the first player to score a hat-trick against Everton at Goodison Park since Bradley Allen for QPR in November 1993.
    • This was also only the third time a player scored a hat-trick against Everton having previously played for the Blues (after Harry Hammond for Sheffield United in February 1895 and Tommy Browell for Manchester City in September 1925).
  • Everton lost 10 home league games in 2021 – their joint-most ever in a calendar year (with 1929, 1958 and 1993).
  • Everton’s 2-1 win over Arsenal in December meant they beat the Gunners in 3 consecutive meetings – the first time they did so since April 1986.
  • Demarai Gray’s winning goal in Everton’s 2-1 win over Arsenal in December was the first time Everton scored a winning goal in the 90th minute after falling behind at half-time since against Fulham in April 2010. The player who scored the winning goal for Everton against Fulham was Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
  • Jarrad Branthwaite’s goal in Everton’s 1-1 draw against Chelsea in December was his first right-foot shot in his senior league career.
  • Everton had 3 consecutive games postponed in December. Excluding the first lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this was the first time Everton had 3 consecutive games postponed since the Big Freeze of 1963.
  • Everton did not play a competitive match between Boxing Day and New Year’s Day this season. Since the inaugural Football League season and excluding seasons scrapped due to war, this was only the third time this had happened in the club’s history (after 1892/93 and 1962/63).
  • Everton’s 3-2 defeat to Brighton in January was their first ever home defeat to Brighton.
  • Everton lost their first game of 2022 – they lost their first game of a calendar year in each of the last 5 years, and 4 of those games were at Goodison Park.
  • Everton’s match against Aston Villa in January was the first match at Goodison Park where the Blues were managed by a former Everton club captain (Duncan Ferguson) and their opponents were managed by a former Liverpool club captain (Steven Gerrard) since Everton v Liverpool in September 1993 (Howard Kendall and Graeme Souness).
  • Salomon Rondon’s hat-trick for Venezuela against Bolivia in January made him the first Everton player to score a hat-trick in an official international match since Gary Lineker against Poland in the 1986 World Cup.
  • Frank Lampard lost his first league game as Everton manager in the Blues’ 3-1 defeat to Newcastle in February. He was the first permanent Everton manager to lose his first league game in charge since Gordon Lee in 1977.
  • Everton lost each of their first 4 league games of 2022 – only the third time they lost each of their first 4 league games of a calendar year (after 1977 and 1997).
  • Everton’s FA Cup match against National League side Boreham Wood in March was the first time they played a match against non-league opposition in the fifth round of the FA Cup since against Telford in 1985.
  • Vitalii Mykolenko captained Everton in their 2-0 win over Boreham Wood in March, becoming the youngest non-English captain in the club’s history and 8th youngest ever captain overall.
  • Jordan Pickford conceded 5 goals on his birthday in Everton’s 5-0 defeat to Tottenham in March. He was the first Everton goalkeeper to concede 5 goals in a competitive match on his birthday.
  • Alex Iwobi’s 99th-minute winning goal against Newcastle in March was Everton’s latest ever goal in normal time.
    • Iwobi’s goal against Newcastle was also scored on St. Patrick’s Day. As well as Ireland, St. Patrick is the patron saint of Nigeria, Iwobi’s homeland.
  • Everton’s 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in March was their biggest FA Cup defeat since they lost 4-0 to Liverpool in January 1955.
  • Everton had a player sent off in 3 consecutive league games (Jonjoe Kenny against Wolves, Allan against Newcastle and Michael Keane against West Ham) – the first time this had happened in the club’s history.
  • David Moyes’ West Ham did the league double over Everton this season. This was only the third time a former Everton manager did the league double over the Blues since they left the club (after Cliff Britton with Preston in 1958/59 and Johnny Carey with Nottingham Forest in 1966/67).
  • Mike Dean awarded Everton 2 penalties against Burnley in April – they were the only penalties he awarded Everton in his entire refereeing career.
  • Everton’s 1-0 win over Manchester United in April extended their run to 14 consecutive home wins on Grand National weekend.
  • Everton’s 1-0 win over Chelsea on May 1st was their first ever home win on that date in what was their 6th attempt.
  • Everton’s 1-0 win over Chelsea in May was the first time they beat the reigning European champions since they did the league double over Liverpool in 1984/85.
  • Richarlison’s goal from Cesar Azpilicueta’s error against Chelsea in May was the only time Everton benefitted from an error directly leading to a goal in the Premier League this season.
  • Everton scored 2 non-penalty goals against Leicester in May – this was the only away game this season where they scored 2 non-penalty goals.
  • Everton beat the reigning European champions (Chelsea) and FA Cup winners (Leicester) this season – the first time they did so in the league since 1982/83 (5-0 vs European champions Aston Villa and 3-1 vs FA Cup winners Tottenham). Coincidentally, both wins in both seasons were back-to-back.
  • Everton’s 0-0 draw against Watford in May was the first ever goalless draw between the two sides in what was their 33rd meeting.
  • Jarrad Branthwaite’s red card against Brentford in May made him the first teenager to be sent off for Everton since Wayne Rooney against Birmingham in December 2002.
    • Branthwaite’s red card against Brentford in the 18th minute was the earliest an Everton player was sent off since Tony Hibbert against Sigma Olomouc in August 2009 (6th minute), and the earliest in a league game since Iain Turner against Blackburn in February 2006 (9th minute).
  • Everton had 2 players sent off against Brentford in May (Jarrad Branthwaite and Salomon Rondon) – the first time this had happened since against Liverpool in October 2007 (Tony Hibbert and Phil Neville).
  • Everton’s 3-2 defeat to Brentford in May was only the second game in the club’s history where they had a player sent off in both halves. The only other game was against Barnsley in the FA Cup in January 1915 (George Harrison in the first half, Bobby Parker in the second half).
  • Everton’s 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in May was the first time they came from 2+ goals down at half-time to win a league game since against Derby in April 1977.
  • Everton’s 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in May was their 1,878th win in the top flight.
  • Everton failed to do a league double over a team this season – the first time they failed to do so since 1997/98.
  • Everton have lost 21 Premier League games this season – the most since 1993/94 (22).
  • Everton received 6 red cards in the Premier League this season – more than any other team.
  • An opposition player was not sent off in any Everton game this season – the first time this had happened since 1990/91.
  • Everton conceded 66 league goals this season – the most since 1975/76 (also 66).
    • On a goals-per-game basis, they conceded 1.74 goals per league game this season – the highest since 1959/60 (1.86).
  • Everton’s goal difference this season was -23 – their worst goal difference since 1950/51 (-38).
  • Everton’s average possession in the Premier League this season was 39.1% – the joint-lowest in the league (with Burnley).
  • Everton’s pass accuracy in the Premier League this season was 73.3% – only Burnley (69.2%) and Watford (72.9%) had a worse pass accuracy.
  • Everton scored 5 own goals in the Premier League this season – more than any other team.
  • Everton had 10 errors directly leading to goal in the Premier League this season – more than any other team.
  • Everton had 49 big chances in the Premier League this season – only Norwich (37) had fewer.
  • Everton conceded 22 goals from set piece situations in the Premier League this season (excluding penalties) – more than any other team.
  • Michael Keane scored 2 own goals in the Premier League this season – he was one of only 2 players to score more than one own goal (with Jamaal Lascelles).
  • 2 first-half substitutes scored in the first half for Everton this season – Yerry Mina against Brentford in February and Donny van de Beek against Arsenal in May. Prior to this season, no first-half substitute scored in the first half for Everton since Steven Naismith against Chelsea in September 2015.
  • Everton came from behind at half-time to win a Premier League game 3 times this season. Before this season, the last time they came from behind at half-time to win a league game was against West Brom in September 2015.

 

Premier League Top Threes (Total)

  • Games – Pickford/Gordon (35), Gray (34)
  • Starts – Pickford (35), Keane (31), Coleman (30)
  • Sub appearances – Rondon (12), Gordon/Alli (10)
  • Subbed off – Gray (19), Gordon (11), Richarlison/Iwobi/Allan (7)
  • Minutes – Pickford (3,150), Keane (2,793), Coleman (2,658)
  • Goals – Richarlison (10), Gray/Calvert-Lewin (5)
  • Assists – Richarlison (5), Doucoure/Gray (4)
  • Goal involvements – Richarlison (15), Gray (9), Calvert-Lewin (7)
  • Shots – Richarlison (72), Gray (65), Gordon (44)
  • Shots on target – Richarlison (23), Gordon (18), Gray (17)
  • Chances created – Gray (42), Iwobi (36), Gordon (35)
  • Big chances created – Richarlison (7), Gray (6), Gordon (4)
  • Big chances missed – Richarlison (6), Calvert-Lewin/Iwobi (3)
  • Successful passes – Keane (927), Doucoure (862), Allan (766)
  • Pass accuracy (min. 500 passes) – Gray (81.5%), Allan (80.0%), Iwobi/Doucoure (79.6%)
  • Successful long balls (outfield players only) – Keane (125), Holgate (75), Coleman (53)
  • Long ball accuracy (min. 50 long balls) – Gray (53.8%), Doucoure (50.0%), Keane (49.0%)
  • Successful crosses – Gray (34), Townsend (28), Gordon (23)
  • Cross accuracy (min. 20 crosses) – Kenny (43.5%), Iwobi (34.4%), Coleman (31.7%)
  • Successful dribbles – Gray (55), Richarlison (40), Gordon (38)
  • Successful tackles – Doucoure (75), Allan (74), Coleman (61)
  • Interceptions – Keane (62), Coleman (32), Doucoure (28)
  • Clearances – Keane (128), Holgate (93), Godfrey (91)
  • Headed clearances – Keane (72), Godfrey (47), Holgate (46)
  • Shots blocked – Keane (28), Godfrey (19), Holgate (17)
  • Aerial duels won – Keane (97), Calvert-Lewin (94), Richarlison (66)
  • Fouls committed – Doucoure (39), Richarlison (36), Allan (30)
  • Yellow cards – Richarlison (9), Allan/Holgate (7)
  • Fouls won – Richarlison (68), Gordon (64), Townsend (69)
  • Offsides – Richarlison (21), Gordon (8), Rondon (5)

 

Premier League Top Threes (Per 90)

  • Shots – Richarlison (2.6), Gray (2.5), Calvert-Lewin (2.3)
  • Shots on target – Calvert-Lewin (0.9), Richarlison (0.8), Gordon/Gray (0.7)
  • Chances created – Townsend (1.9), Digne (1.7), Gray/Iwobi (1.6)
  • Successful passes – Allan (31.5), Doucoure (30.6), Keane (29.9)
  • Successful long balls (outfield players only) – Keane (4.0), Holgate (3.2), Coleman (1.8)
  • Successful crosses – Townsend (1.7), Gray (1.3), Digne (1.2)
  • Successful dribbles – Gray (2.1), Townsend (1.6), Gordon (1.5)
  • Successful tackles – Allan (3.0), Doucoure (2.7), Digne (2.5)
  • Interceptions – Keane (2.0), Kenny (1.8), Mykolenko (1.4)
  • Clearances – Keane (4.1), Godfrey (4.0), Holgate (3.9)
  • Shots blocked – Keane (0.9), Godfrey (0.8), Holgate (0.7)
  • Aerial duels won – Calvert-Lewin (6.6), Keane (3.1), Holgate (2.7)
  • Fouls committed – Doucoure (1.4), Richarlison (1.3), Allan/Calvert-Lewin/Digne (1.2)
  • Fouls won – Gordon (2.5), Richarlison/Townsend (2.4)