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Everton vs Swansea live score and goal updates - latest here

Lunes 18 de Diciembre del 2017

Everton vs Swansea live score and goal updates - latest here

Everton have climbed the table under Sam Allardyce but their opponents are bang in trouble

Everton have climbed the table under Sam Allardyce but their opponents are bang in trouble

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Yannick Bolasie has been left out of tonight's squad as Everton host Swansea at Goodison Park.

Sam Allardyce indicated at his pre-match press conference that he could return after over a year but has stuck with Rooney, Sigurdsson and Calvert-Lewin in the attacking positions.

Swansea striker Wilfried Bony is fit and starts for the Premier League's bottom side, meaning the viistors are almost at full-strength.

Follow the action live below.

Everton: Pickford, Kenny, Holgate, Williams, Martina, Gueye Schneiderlin, Lennon, Rooney, Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin. Subs: Keane, Jagielka, Sandro, Davies, Vlasic, Lookman, Robles.

Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Fer Roque, Carroll, Dyer, Bony, Narsingh. Subs: van der Hoorn Abraham, Nordfeldt, Clucas, Ayew, Rangel, Sanches.

Referee: Jonathan Moss (County Durham)

Swansea took the lead from a corner which trickled all the way to the back-post where Fer managed to tap the ball home into an empty net. The defending was poor from Everton but on the balance of play, Swansea deserved their lead as they were the more adventurous and confident side on the ball. It looked as though that result would hold until half-time but a Roque Mesa challenge from behind on Aaron Lennon in the box gave Everton a chance to restore parity in added time. Rooney’s penalty was struck well but Fabianski managed to push the shot onto the post and keep the clean sheet. Unfortunately for him, the first to react to the loose ball was Dominic Calvert-Lewin who dispatched his opportunity with confidence and brought Everton level. The match is perfectly poised heading into the second half, and both sides should believe that they can win all three points.

It was a first half of relatively little quality as both sides had their share of difficulties capitalizing on opportunities. Narsingh has done well against Cuco Martina on the right-hand side but despite getting into great positions, his final attempts have been poor.

HALF-TIME: Everton 1 - 1 Swansea City.

EVERTON STILL MANAGE TO SCORE! The ball comes back into play off the post after Fabianski’s save and the first to react to the chance is Dominic Calvert-Lewin who manages to slide the ball past Fabianski and into the net! Paul Clement thought his side avoided disaster but Everton makes the most of the situation. 1-1!

Wayne Rooney has his penalty saved by Fabianski and the Everton captain tonight misses a great opportunity to level the two sides before half-time!

SAVE! The Everton penalty is pushed onto the left post by Fabianski and Rooney is denied his tenth goal of the season!

PENALTY TO EVERTON WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF! Roque Mesa is unable to deal with Lennon as the English winger receives the ball from a Wayne Rooney pass and Mesa takes down Lennon from behind – a clear penalty.

Goal! Everton 1-1 Swansea (Calvert-Lewin)

Lennon is fouled by Mesa and it’s soft, very soft, but there was contact.

Fabianski dives low to push Rooney’s penalty on to the post but Calvert-Lewin is there to gobble up the rebound.

All level at the break, finely poised.

Overall Possession Ratio

Possession

Everton are in possession looking to close the first half with a goal which would see them level at the interval but Swansea are once again doing well to limit the Toffees attacking options. That seems to have been the story of the match so far as Everton have looked unimpressive going forward.

Martin Olsson has a great strike at goal from the left where he is unmarked but the effort curls just away from goal and Pickford is furious that the left-back was not closed down appropriately.

Fer is penalized for obstructing Sigurdsson who took up a central position. The free-kick is whipped in by the Icelandic forward to the far post and Ashley Williams pulls his header back for Wayne Rooney, but Rooney strays just offside and the referee blows his whistle.

Williams has a great chance at the back post to head home the equaliser.

He heads back across goal to waste it but he was adjudged to be narrowly offside.

Williams then slips and crashes to the turf, taking the ball to prevent Narsingh from going in one on one.

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Nathan Dyer is booked after diving in on Kenny with a two-footed challenge. That was a poor attempt at a tackle and he is deserving of his yellow card.

AND FROM THE CORNER, A GOAL! Tom Carroll’s left-foot cross gets through the box and is met by Leroy Fer who was thoroughly unmarked. All the Dutch midfielder had to do was tap the ball home into an open net, which he dually obliged. 1-0 Swansea!

Tom Carroll receives the assist as his corner kick led to the goal.

Goal! Everton 0-1 Swansea (Fer)

It’s poor marking from Everton and Allardyce will be furious.

Leroy Fer ghosts his way to the back post and converts from close range.

The visitors lead 10 minutes before the break.

Leroy Fer wins a free-kick from Morgan Schneiderlin which slows a bit of the mounting Swansea momentum. The free-kick is played short to Naughton before coming into the feet of Abraham who wins a corner kick.

A lovely bit of Everton pressure heavily involving Wayne Rooney comes to an end as Naughton and Narsingh combine to dispossess the former England captain who then cynically tugs back Naughton, giving away a free-kick.

From the free-kick, Carroll takes with his left foot and the effort was precise, curling up and over the wall but Pickford was alert to the situation and managed to catch it with a diving save.

Overall Possession Ratio

Possession

FANTASTIC FROM LENNON BUT JUST WIDE! Aaron Lennon receives the ball in space before turning and putting the ball between Mawson’s legs but Lennon’s shot was poor and missed the target by a significant margin.

Mason Holgate is booked for a last-ditch challenge just outside his penalty area on Nathan Dyer who was breaking with pace, although replay suggests that the young defender’s first touch was on the ball.

STAT: Despite being ten places higher, Everton still own a poorer defensive record than Swansea, conceding twenty-nine goals to the Swans’ twenty-two.

Narsingh once again gets free down the right, jinking his way past Cuco Martina but his curling effort goes just high of Pickford’s goal and out for a goal kick. Narsingh and Abraham are linking up very well but the final product has been poor thus far.

Narsingh threatens for Swansea, he drives down the line, before cutting inside Martina.

A powerful drive is just too high to threaten the Everton goal but it’s a warning to the hosts.

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Lovely touch from Calvert-Lewin, he carries it forward and Rooney drags a man away to open up the channel towards goal.

His shot lacks accuracy though and is easily gathered.

Everton look a threat when they break in transitions though.

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The ball comes to Roque Mesa just outside the Everton penalty area. The Spanish midfielder takes it down off his chest and hits a volley but the effort is wayward and poor.

It’s Everton’s turn to sit on the ball and try and find space in the Swansea defensive third. The home side have been camped in the opposition half for some time now but have not manufactured any room to attempt a shot on target.

Calvert-Lewin wins a corner while being marked by Fernandez on the left flank. Sigurdsson’s delivery does not beat the Swansea man stationed at the front post however, and the ball is cleared to Jordan Pickford.

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