... only 11 players have played for both Everton and Bournemouth in the past!
- they were: Jimmy Miller, Johnny King, Jimmy Gabriel, Alan Whittle, Ian Bishop,
- Warren Aspinall, Joe Parkinson, Bjarni Vidarsson, Dan Gosling, Christian Atsu and Sylvain Distin

- Tony Hibbert only ever played for Everton, of course!
- the final appearance of his career came in April 2016
- it was in our 2-1 home League win - you guessed it - Bournemouth

- unsurprisingly, he didn’t score!
- he made 329 appearances and 297 starts without a goal (265 and 242 in the League)
- that will surely never be rivalled by another Everton player!  

- we have a 100% home record in the past against Bournemouth
- P4 W4 in the League and P2 W2 in cup competitions
- we’ve scored 20 times in those 6 fixtures too and conceded just 7!
- they are the only team we’ve played more than 5 times at home that we have a 100% record against!

- the Cherries last trip to Goodison in January 2019 ended in a 2-0 win for us
- with the goals coming from Kurt Zouma on 61 minutes and Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the 5th minute of injury time

- since then we’ve been defeated at their place
- 3-1 last September, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin again scoring our goal
- that victory took the Cherries up to 8th place at the time, a different position than they find themselves in this time

- another win today would give them their first ever League ‘double’ against us! 

- a draw against Bournemouth would be our 3rd on the run at Goodison this season
- that hasn’t happened since a run of 5 successive home draws (4 in the Premier League) in January/February 2015

- if we don’t lose to the Cherries it will take our unbeaten home run up to 13 games in all competitions, 12 in the Prem
- we haven’t achieved that since a run of 14 games unbeaten at Goodison in all comps between March & December 2013
- and a run of 17 in the Prem between January and December 2013

- if Gylfi Sigurdsson plays against Bournemouth it will be his 100th appearance for us in the Premier League
- currently he's made 88 starts + 11 as a sub
- he’d be the 49th player to reach that milestone for the club!  

- if Seamus Coleman plays, it will be his 274th League appearance for us
- exactly the same as another Republic of Ireland legend, Kevin Sheedy, achieved!
- they would be joint 31st on our all-time list!

- if Jordan Pickford plays he will have been ever-present in goal for us this season in all 43 games in all competitions
- nobody has done that for us since 2010/11
- back then, both Leighton Baines and Sylvain Distin each appeared in all 44 of our matches

- the last keeper to manage it for us was Tim Howard back in 2008/09 with 48 appearances in all in that campaign

- will Leighton Baines get a game?!
- he will be 35 years and 228 days old on July 26th
- 3 days older than the legendary Howard Kendall was when he played his last game for us in January 1982!

- after his superb header at Sheffield United, can Richarlison nab another goal against the Cherries?!
- if he does, he’ll move on to 27 for us in his Premier League career here
- that’s the same as achieved by Mikel Arteta and Louis Saha
- they’d all be in joint 11th place on our all-time Prem scoring chart, which is headed by Romelu Lukaku on 68!

- will either Richarlison or Dominic Calvert-Lewin score against Bournemouth?
- if they do they will be on 14 Premier League goals for us this season
- only Romelu Lukaku (3 times) and Yakubu (once) have bettered that since 1995/96
- that was when Andrei Kanchelskis hit 16 League goals for us

- Richarlison’s goal at Bramall Lane took him to 15 goals in all competitions for us this season
- the same as teammate Dominic Calvert-Lewin
- the last time we had 2 players scoring 15 or more goals for us in a season was back in 1986/87
- Trevor Steven, Adrian Heath and Kevin Sheedy all managed 16 goals apiece during that campaign in all competitions!
- it was our most recent title-winning season!

- Everton are yet to lose at home under Carlo Ancelotti!
- his current home Prem record is W4 D5 L0
- if the run continues, it will be his 10th League game without defeat here at Goodison for him
- that would beat the club League record at Goodison for a manager at the start of his Everton reign
- which is currently held by Billy Bingham (W5 D4 L0) back in 1973

- 1 goal for Bournemouth, by the way, would take us up to 2,500 conceded in our Top Flight history at home
- in our 2,278th game

- and it would be the 7,400th against us in our entire competitive history, in our 5,467th match!

- the match is, of course, our final League game of the season
- the first time we’ve ever met the Cherries in the campaign closer

- which teams have we met the most in the final League game of the season?
- Chelsea and Arsenal jointly is the answer - 9 times each over the years

- there have only ever been 2 penalties in all of our previous encounters with Bournemouth
- and both were to the Cherries!

- Joel Robles saved Charlie Daniels’ effort at the Vitality in our 2-0 FA Cup 5th Round win in February 2016
- and Josh King scored in the 2-2 Premier League draw in August 2018, also at their place!

- COYB!

- here's a reminder of the most recent additions to the site:

- which 11 Everton players started the most games together?
- what about consecutively?
- which two players started the most times together for us?
- what about the Holy Trinity? Or The 1995 FA Cup winning team? Or Dean and Lawton? How many times together?
- have a look at the new 'Frequent/Consecutive/Memorable Starting Line-Ups section' - it's got it all!

- what was our oldest ever starting line-up? And the youngest?
- which seasons were our oldest and youngest? Which managers went with youth and who went wth old codgers?!
- it's all here in the new 'Average Starting Line-Up Ages section'!

- which Everton player made the most substitute appearances in a single season?!
- in all competitions and in the League alone?
- the new 'Most Sub Apps In One Season' section has the answers!

- which Everton substitute has scored the most goals for us?
- which opposition sub has scored the most against us?
- the new 'Goals by Substitutes' section will let you know!

- Test cricketers have a small number on their shirt or cap
- it shows where they fit in in terms of the historical chronology of their country
- now you can see what number every Everton player would wear!
- have a look at the 'Everton Players Numbered Chronologically' section!

- who's managed the most times against Everton?
- who's managed the most clubs against us?!
- well, there's a new 'Opposition Managers' section that will tell you everything you need to know!

- the 'Goals in Most Consecutive Matches' section has been updated!
- it now includes details of which Everton players have scored in the most successive home & away games too!

- who was the last Everton man to play 50 or more games in a season?
- who has played the most games in one season?!
- the new '50 or More Appearances in a Season' section will tell you!

- on the flip side, which players only ever managed 1 game for the club?!
- find out in the new Just One Appearance section!

- we used 39 different players in 2017/18 in all competitions and 15 of them scored a goal
- is that a lot?! how does it compare to other seasons?
- find out in the new 'Number of Players Used and Goal Scorers - Season-by-Season' section!

- who was the last Everton player to feature in every game in a season?!
- have a look at the new Ever Presents section to find out!

- and how often have we completed League 'doubles' over our opponents in the past?
- alternatively, how often have we been on the receiving end of a double?!
- you can now find out in the new League Doubles For and Against section

- ever wondered which Everton player has been substituted the most times?!
- well, now you can find out - have a look at the new Subbed Off section for full, fascinating details!

- Richarlison was the last Everton player to score on his debut
- who else has managed that feat for the club?!
- have a look at the new Scored on Their Debut section to find out!

- Wayne Rooney has long departed, of course, but who else has had 2 separate spells at the club?!
- the new Two or More Spells at Everton section will tell you!

- Jordan Pickford looks like he'll be our keeper for some years to come
- but who else has appeared for us between the sticks in the past?!
- the new Goalkeepers section has all the details!

- and don't forget there's also a new History In Short section too!
- you can see at a glance how many times we've finished in each position in the League
- and where exactly we've been knocked out of the various cup competitions
- have a peek!