Having lost five of their first seven Premier League games against Sunderland (W1 D1), Everton have since lost just four of their last 26 (W16 D6).
Sunderland have lost eight of their last 10 Premier League away games against Everton (W2), going down 6-2 (November 2015) and 2-0 (February 2017) in their last two visits.
This is Sunderland’s first Premier League game at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Black Cats have lost in 46 of the 52 grounds they’ve played in the competition (88.5%), with only Fulham (90%) losing in a higher share among teams to have played at 50+ grounds.
Everton have lost their final home league match in just one of the last 10 seasons (W8 D1), winning the last five in a row since a 3-1 loss to Bournemouth in 2019-20.
Sunderland have lost their final away league game in six of the last nine seasons, winning the other three consecutively between 2020-21 and 2022-23.
Everton are winless in their last five Premier League games (D3 L2), their longest run without a win this season. They’ve conceded at least twice in all five games, with the Toffees last having a longer run of conceding 2+ goals in October/November 2020 (6).
Sunderland have drawn 12 Premier League games this season, only having more in 2014-15 (17). Four of these have been 0-0, with the Black Cats only having more goalless draws in 2014-15 (9) and 2011-12 (5).
Only Arsenal, Manchester City and Crystal Palace have kept more clean sheets than Sunderland in the Premier League this season (11). It’s the most by a promoted club in a single campaign since Leeds in 2020-21 (12).
Only Wolves (11) have scored fewer first half goals than Sunderland (12) in the Premier League this season, with the Black Cats netting a league-high 68% of their goals this term after half-time (25/37).
Beto is Everton’s top scorer in the Premier League this season with nine goals. Five of these have come in his last five appearances, having scored just four in his first 30 this term.