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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Manchester United	Everton
Shots	11 shots/match▲	8 shots/match
Shots on target	5 shots/match▲	2 shots/match
Expected goals	1.07 xG/match▲	0.58 xG/match
Possession	60%●	40%
Corners	2 corners/match	2 corners/match
Fouls	12 fouls/match	12 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

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Manchester United: 11 shots, 5 on target, 1.06 xG. Everton: 8 shots, 2 on target, 0.57 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Manchester United 1.06 xG · Everton 0.57 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Everton's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Manchester United have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Everton's recent record differs from the season

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Everton's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.2 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.77 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.2 goals/match	0.77 goals/match	1.42 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Manchester United have recorded the higher season possession share.

53.2%●PossessionManchester United · Everton40.3%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 12.9 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester United	Everton	Baseline
Possession	53.2%	40.3%	50.2%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

4Manchester United

0Draws

1Everton

9 Mar 2024Manchester United — Everton · Premier League2–0

26 Nov 2023Everton — Manchester United · Premier League0–3

8 Apr 2023Manchester United — Everton · Premier League2–0

9 Oct 2022Everton — Manchester United · Premier League1–2

9 Apr 2022Everton — Manchester United · Premier League1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Manchester United favored in 10 of 13 directional metrics · Everton in 1 · 2 too close

1.31 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 13/130.77 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 13/131.62 goals/match

1.49 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 13/131.08 xG/match

1.48 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 13/13▲1.4 xG/match

13.5 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 13/1312.8 shots/match

10.9 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 13/1312.8 shots/match

5.08 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 13/133.85 shots/match

3.85 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 13/134.38 shots/match

53.2%●Possessionseason · 13/1340.3%

5.08 corners/match●Cornersseason · 13/134.38 corners/match

4.15 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 13/135.69 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

11.2 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 13/1311 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

46%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 13/1331%

69%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 13/1346%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Manchester United65

Everton2.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Manchester United50.8

Everton21.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Manchester United87.5

Everton48.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Manchester United37.5

Everton82.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Manchester United35

Everton22.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Manchester United42.5

Everton12.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Manchester United47.5

Everton23.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Manchester United13 matchesEverton13 matches

1.31 goals/match▲Goals scored13/130.77 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowed13/131.62 goals/match

1.49 xG/match▲Expected goals13/131.08 xG/match

13.5 shots/match▲Shots13/1312.8 shots/match

5.08 shots/match▲Shots on target13/133.85 shots/match

53.2%●Possession13/1340.3%

5.08 corners/match●Corners13/134.38 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.2 fouls/matchFouls13/1311 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Manchester United7 matchesEverton7 matches

1.57 goals/match▲Goals scored7/70.71 goals/match

1.14 goals/match▲Goals allowed7/71.86 goals/match

1.41 xG/match▲Expected goals7/71.14 xG/match

13 shots/match▲Shots7/712.3 shots/match

4.71 shots/match▲Shots on target7/73.86 shots/match

50.6%●Possession7/738.3%

4.71 corners/match●Corners7/74.14 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.3 fouls/matchFouls7/712.6 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.88 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.94 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples13 / 13home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 1 Dec 2024, 17:30 UTC · analysis-v4