Arsenal will have taken plenty of confidence from their dramatic 3-1 win over Manchester United before the international break, which is just as well given they have an awful record at Everton.
On their past five visits to Goodison Park, the Gunners have failed to claim a win and lost four of those games, including a 1-0 reverse last season that upset their momentum in the Premier League title race with champions Manchester City.
That was in the early days of Sean Dyche’s tenure on Merseyside, however, and any enthusiasm over Everton’s final-day escape from relegation has evaporated amid a return of one point from their opening four Premier League games.
A change in ownership does not feel ideally timed for a club that has lurched from one crisis to another over recent years, meaning a fixture against Mikel Arteta’s high-fliers looks like a tall order for the Toffees even if history is on their side.
The Sporting News will follow the Everton vs. Arsenal match live, providing score updates, commentary, and highlights as they happen.
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Everton vs Arsenal live score
| 1st Half | Goal scorers | |
| EVE | 0 | |
| ARS | 0 |
Lineups:
Everton (4-2-3-1, right to left): 1. Jordan Pickford (GK) — 18. Ashley Young, 6. ,James Tarkowski, 32. Jarrad Branthwaite, 19. Vitaliy Mykolenko — 8. Amadou Onana, 27. Idrissa Gueye — 10. Arnaut Danjuma, 16. Abdoulaye Doucoure, 7. Dwight McNeil — 14. Beto
Arsenal (4-3-3, right to left): Raya (GK) — White, Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko — Vieira, Rice, Odegaard — Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli
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Everton vs Arsenal live updates, highlights, and commentary
20th minute: Arsenal think they have the lead but VAR intervenes. Martinelli opened up his body for an excellent finish across Pickford following Vieira’s slide-rule pass. However, Nketiah was adjudged to be offside when he retrieved Gabriel’s initial punt forward. Everton got away with one there, with their line ambling out and Mykolenko very close to playing Nketiah onside.
Everton want offside but it’s Martinelli’s run looks good. The hosts ambled out
16th minute: Nketiah is caught offside, giving Everton a little bit of respite. The hosts are snapping into challenges pleasingly, but the ball is generally coming straight back. There’s a lack of composure or quality in possession from Dyche’s men.
12th minute: Branthwaite is caught out, playing a back pass to Pickford and not noticing Nketiah’s run. A week or so on the same training pitches for England doesn’t stop the Arsenal striker clattering into the Everton goalkeeper. That’s a free-kick.
9th minute: Nervy moments for Everton, who are being penned in here. Young tries to clear a corner and only succeeds in booting it against a teammate for another one. The Gunners work this one short and Vieira ends up with space to shoot, skying wastefully into the Gwladys Street End.
4th minute: Delightful backheel from Nketiah looking for Odegaard in the Everton box but Branthwaite reads it well.
3rd minute: Arsenal have started nicely here and McNeil is forced to head Zinchenko’s cross behind for a corner. Tarkowski, the match-winner in this fixture last year, gets up for a towering clearance.
2nd minute: Young steps in to clip the wings of a crisp Arsenal passing move. Everton look to break and Vieira intercepts smartly in midfield. That will settle him down.
1st minute: Eddie Nketiah gets us underway.
5 mins to kickoff: Z-Cars pipe up and here come the team to a throaty Goodison roar. There will be a moment’s silence in memory of the victims of the recent tragedies in Morocco and Libya.
15 mins to kickoff: Arteta has been speaking to Sky Sports about his selection decision in goal, with a busy week including Arsenal’s Champions League return and a North London Derby seemingly prominent in his thinking.
I think I mentioned it that we wanted to build a squad with two quality players in each position, with different characteristics, and we have got that now.
And to maximise that they have to play games, and we have a lot of things coming up now.
And we have the same with other players we have rotated and there will be a lot of game-time in the next few weeks.
35 mins to kickoff: Arteta flagged that this was going to happen once he had two goalkeepers of Ramsdale and Raya’s quality and declared he did not have an outright No.1. Still, it feels shocking to see Ramsdale ditched after starting 52 consecutive Premier League games. Indeed, since signing he has played 76 of the Gunners’ 79 top-flight matches. He is one of the faces of their rebirth under Arteta. It’s a huge call, especially at an expectedly hostile Goodison Park where Sean Dyche’s Everton will not be shy when it comes to pumping balls into the box.
55 mins to kickoff: Two changes for Everton, with Dwight McNeil and Vitaliy Mykolenko set to combine down the left. Striker Beto gets a home debut, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin back among the replacements.
TEAM NEWS! 📋
2️⃣ changes as McNeil and Mykolenko come in for Garner and Patterson.
🇵🇹 Beto makes his Goodison debut🔵 #EVEARS 🔴 pic.twitter.com/qIKPLNg2CL
— Everton (@Everton) September 17, 2023
1 hour to kickoff: The teams are in and Arteta has made a big call, selecting David Raya in goal and dropping Aaron Ramsdale to the bench. Fabio Vieira gets his first start of the season in midfield, meaning Kai Havertz has to be content with a place among the substitutes. Gabriel Jesus is also on the bench after his goalscoring cameo against Manchester United, with Eddie Nketiah leading the line once more.
🔴 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎 ⚪️
🧱 Gabi at the back
🪄 Vieira in midfield
📞 Eddie leads the lineCOME ON YOU GUNNERS! pic.twitter.com/vBORtGlw2w
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 17, 2023
1 hr 20 mins prior to kickoff: Team news will be with us shortly. After early season experimentation yielded mixed results, Mikel Arteta went back to the formula that underpinned Arsenal’s success last season for the 3-1 win over Manchester United. Ben White, Gabriel, William Saliba and Oleksandr Zinchenko in the defence, a single holder behind two central midfielders and Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli either side of the central striker. If Arteta opts for more of the same at Goodison, it would certainly go down well with the travelling support.
Matchday on Merseyside 👊
📍Goodison Park pic.twitter.com/Qm8Ue4WaPV
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 17, 2023
1 hr 40 mins prior to kickoff: Given this is only the fifth game of the season for both sides, the distance between top and bottom in the Premier League is pretty vast. Arsenal need a win to draw level on 13 points with Liverpool and Tottenham, who are two points behind Manchester City. The defending champions have the only remaining 100% record. Well, if we’re talking about wins. Burnley and Luton are pointless in three and four games respectively, with Everton and Sheffield United on one apiece on account of the 2-2 draw the shared at Bramall Lane before the international break.
2 hours prior to kickoff: Hello and welcome to the Sporting News’ live coverage of Everton vs. Arsenal in the Premier League.
Working with a smile 😁 pic.twitter.com/sahUUAd8Lm
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) September 13, 2023
Everton vs Arsenal lineups, team news
Dominic Calvert-Lewin is available again after recovering from a facial injury to hand Dyche a huge boost in attack, although recent arrival Beto will lead the line from kickoff. Jack Harrison (groin) remains out but Dwight McNeil is in for his first Premier League start of the season at the expense of James Garner.
Vitaliy Mykolenko replaces James Patterson, meaning Ashley Young will switch to right-back.
Everton lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Pickford (GK) — Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko — Onana, Gueye — Danjuma, Doucoure, McNeil — Beto
Arteta has pulled the trigger on a decision that has been looming since David Raya joined from Brentford last month, with England international Aaron Ramsdale dropped to the bench alongside Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus as Fabio Vieira and Eddie Nketiah start.
Thomas Partey (groin) remains on the sidelines for Arsenal, along with long-term absentee Jurrien Timber (ACL). Arteta was buoyed by the 16 players who departed on international duty all returning unscathed.
Arsenal lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Raya (GK) — White, Gabriel, Saliba, Zinchenko — Vieira, Rice, Odegaard — Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli
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Everton vs Arsenal live stream, TV channel
The Everton vs. Arsenal match from the Premier League kicks off at 4:30 p.m. local time at Goodison Park in Liverpool.
Below are the corresponding times, TV channels, and live streams to watch the match in regions around the world
| Region | TV | Streaming |
| USA | NBC USA Network | Fubo, NBC app/website, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo |
| Canada | — | |
| UK | Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League | Sky GO, Now TV |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| India | Star Sports Select 1 | Hotstar VIP, JioTV |
| Hong Kong | Now Premier League 1 (Ch.620-621) | Now TV |
| Malaysia | Astro SuperSport 3 | Astro Go, sooka |
| Singapore | 221-222 Hub Premier 2 | StarHub TV+ |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport Premier League | Sky Sport NOW |
UK: This match will be available for live broadcast and streaming via Sky Sports services.
USA: This game is available on NBC and can be live streamed on Fubo, with Deportes En Vivo providing coverage in Spanish.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streaming exclusively via Fubo in Canada, with discounts currently at more than 9% for annual plans and more than 20% for quarterly and monthly plans.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.