Premier League LIVE: Preparation for Aston Villa vs Bournemouth and four other games

Everton went undefeated in their first 27 home league games against Fulham between 1949 and 2018 (W23 D4) and won each of their last 22 games. Since then they have lost their last three home games against the Cottagers.

Fulham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Everton (W3 D2), keeping four clean sheets. All three wins in this run came at Goodison Park.

Since losing their first four Premier League games this season, Everton are unbeaten in four games (W2 D2). The Toffees have only gone five times unbeaten under Sean Dyche once, in April and May this year.

Fulham have scored first in each of their last five Premier League games (W2 D1 L2), although they have lost the last two. Only six teams have lost three times in a row after scoring first, most recently Sheffield United in April and May last season.

Everton have kept six clean sheets in their last seven Premier League games in October (W4 D2 L1), including both games this season. Since the 2022-23 season, the Toffees have averaged 0.75 points per game in August and September (W20, W3, D6, L11), compared to 1.55 points per game in October (W5, D2). Draw, 4 defeats).

Since Sean Dyche's first Premier League games for Everton, only Arsenal (33) have scored more goals from set pieces (excluding penalties) than the Toffees (27).

Fulham manager Marco Silva has won each of his last two Premier League away games against Everton, whom he coached 53 times between August 2018 and December 2019. In this series, Harry Redknapp was at West Ham between 2006 and 2009 (five times in a row).

Everton have made just 22 substitutions in the Premier League this season, fewer than any other team. Since the 2014-15 season, Sean Dyche has made the fewest substitutions per game (2.4) of any manager who has taken charge of more than 50 games.

Dwight McNeil has been involved in six goals in his last six Premier League games for Everton (3 goals, 3 assists). He is only the third Toffees player with three goals and three assists in the first eight games of a season, after Francis Jeffers in the 1999/2000 season and James Rodriguez in the 2020/21 season.

Raúl Jiménez has scored or assisted in each of his last five Premier League appearances for Fulham (4 goals, 1 assist). No Cottagers player has done this in six consecutive games, while only three players aged 33 or older have scored or assisted in six in a row: Gus Poyet in 2001 at age 34, Dennis Bergkamp at age 35 that year 2004 and Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the age of 35 in 2017.