The second round of fixtures in the 2020/21 Premier League season kick off on Saturday the 19th of September. The first match to take place is at Goodison Park between Everton and West Bromwich Albion.
The hosts come into the game in 8th place while the visitors are down in 20th position, although it is still early days.
Everton started their 2020/21 campaign with a good 1-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur. All three of the new signings included in the starting XI performed well, with Allan and James Rodriguez the standout performers. However, it was home grown striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin who struck the only goal of the game with a great header from a free kick.
The Toffees finished last season in disappointing fashion and won only one of their 6 final games. Despite suffering defeat in their last home match of the campaign against Bournemouth, Goodison Park has become a difficult place for away teams to get a win. Trends show Everton are undefeated in 11 of their last 12 home Premier League games.
They will be hoping to turn more draws into victories this season as Everton have been held in 5 of their last 8 league games at home. Carlo Ancelotti will also be hoping for more from his defence as Everton have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 5 home matches.
It was a disappointing start to the Premier League season for West Bromwich Albion last weekend as they slumped to a 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Leicester City. It was always going to be a difficult first game back in the topflight for The Baggies without any fans inside the stadium against a leading Premier League club.
However, Slaven Bilic would have hoped for a better display by his team and they need to improve to have any chance of getting something from this match.
West Bromwich Albion proved difficult to beat away from home in the Championship last season. Trends show they lost only 3 of their last 19 away Championship matches, which is a tremendous record. Their ability to score goals was key to their away performances and West Bromwich Albion managed to find the back of the net in 17 of their last 19 away Championship games.
However, it is worth noting that last time in the Premier League West Bromwich Albion managed to win only 3 of their 19 away matches.
Looking ahead to the team news and Everton are set to name the same starting XI from the game against Spurs. That means an attacking trio of James Rodriguez, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Richarlison.
Slaven Bilic will want to avoid making any rash decisions following the defeat last week. However, Hal Robson-Kanu and Charlie Austin will be hoping to start the game in attack.
Everton will be feeling confident following their victory against Tottenham Hotspur and have the quality to come out on top in this game. Ancelotti will be keen to see his team keep another clean sheet and Everton could win this match to nil.
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