Everton’s 2016/17 Statistical Summary

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43 Points 18
13 Wins 4
4 Draws 6
2 Losses 9
42 Goals Scored 20
16 Goals Conceded 28
8 Clean Sheets 5
277 Shots 225
111 Shots On Target 80
55% Shot Accuracy % 47%
21% Conversion Rate % 12%
209 Chances Created 185
13 Games Everton Scored First 6
6 Games Opponents Scored First 11
9 Leading At Half-Time 1
2 Losing At Half-Time 8
4/45 Points Lost From Winning Positions 7/21
11/21 Points Earned From Losing Positions 5/36

Shot accuracy and conversion rate exclude blocked shots.

Team Stats

  • Everton have won 13 home games in the Premier League this season – as many as the previous two seasons combined.
  • Everton have earned 43 points at Goodison Park this season – the most since 1989/90 (45).
  • Everton have earned 18 points away from home this season – the fewest since 2003/04 (10).
  • Everton have earned 25 more points at home than away – the biggest points differential between home and away records in a season since 1989/90 (31).
  • Everton scored only 25 league goals at Goodison Park in the whole of 2016. Everton had already bettered that tally in 2017 by scoring their 26th on April 9th.
  • Everton’s 4-0 win over Manchester City was the first time the club had two teenage goalscorers in a game (Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman) since James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe scored against Fulham in 2007.
  • January 2017 was the first time Everton went through an entire calendar month with a 100% record without conceding a goal in the league since November 2002.
  • Everton have scored 18 goals in the final 10 minutes of Premier League games – no other team has scored more.
  • Everton have conceded 6 goals in the opening 10 minutes of Premier League games – only Hull (7) have conceded more.
  • Everton have made 9 goalline clearances in the Premier League this season – more than any other team.
  • There is a 20-goal difference between Everton’s top 2 goalscorers in the league this season (Romelu Lukaku – 25, Ross Barkley – 5) – the biggest difference since there was a 21-goal difference in 1977/78 (Bob Latchford – 30, Duncan McKenzie – 9).

Player Stats

  • Romelu Lukaku has scored 25 league goals this season – more than any other Everton player in a single season in the Premier League era, and the most since Gary Lineker scored 30 in the 1985/86 First Division. It is also the 2nd highest tally in the Premier League this season (after Harry Kane, who scored 29).
  • Romelu Lukaku is the 6th player in Everton’s history to score 25+ goals in all competitions in successive seasons (after Bert Freeman, Dixie Dean, Tommy Lawton, Roy Vernon and Bob Latchford).
  • Romelu Lukaku is the 4th player in Everton’s history to score 20+ goals in all competitions in 3 consecutive seasons (after Dixie Dean, Roy Vernon and Bob Latchford).
  • Romelu Lukaku has scored more league goals than any other Everton player in the Premier League era (68).
  • Romelu Lukaku is the first Everton player to score two hat-tricks in a league season since Tony Cottee in 1992/93.
  • Romelu Lukaku has had 55 shots on target in the Premier League this season – only Harry Kane (58) has had more.
  • Romelu Lukaku has scored 24 goals excluding penalties in the Premier League this season – no other player has scored more (Harry Kane also 24).
  • Romelu Lukaku has scored 20 goals from open play in the Premier League this season – more than any other player.
  • Romelu Lukaku is the only player in the Premier League this season to score 5+ goals with his left foot, right foot and head (12, 7 and 6 respectively).
  • Romelu Lukaku has scored 9 goals in the final 10 minutes of Premier League games this season – 3 more than any other player.
  • Maarten Stekelenburg’s penalty saves against Manchester City made him only the 2nd goalkeeper in Everton’s history to save 2 penalties in the same game (after Tommy Fern against Sunderland in 1921).
  • Maarten Stekelenburg’s penalty saves came within the space of 27 minutes. He has made as many penalty saves in 27 minutes as 5 Premier League teams has made in the entire season (including Everton) and more than the other 15.
  • Maarten Stekelenburg has made as many goalkeeping errors leading to a goal as clean sheets in the Premier League this season (3).
  • Idrissa Gueye has made 136 successful tackles in the Premier League this season – more than any other player. It is also the 2nd highest amount of successful tackles in the top 5 European leagues (after Sporting Gijon’s Sergio Alvarez, who made 144).
  • Idrissa Gueye scored his first Everton goal against Sunderland – exactly like his namesake Magaye Gueye.
  • Ross Barkley is the first player to score Everton’s first and last home game of the season since Graeme Sharp in 1983/84.
  • Ross Barkley has created 84 chances in the Premier League this season – 24 more than any other English player.
  • Phil Jagielka was the first Everton defender to score in 3 consecutive games (against Manchester United, Leicester and Burnley) since Dave Watson (against Liverpool, West Ham and Manchester United) in 1991.
  • Phil Jagielka was the first Everton defender to score in 3 consecutive league games since Billy Cook (against Blackpool and Derby twice) in 1938.
  • Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s goal against Hull made him the first Everton player with a double-barrelled surname (i.e. hyphenated) to score in a game in any format since John Eyton-Jones scored in a friendly against Burnley in March 1888.
  • Morgan Schneiderlin’s goal against West Brom made him the first Everton number 2 to score in a competitive game since Steve Watson scored a hat-trick against Leeds United in September 2003.
  • Before this season, no player has scored multiple own goals for Everton in the Premier League. Now, there are two (Shay Given and Ryan Shawcross).
  • Leighton Baines’ goal against Southampton was his 23rd from a penalty – no other player has scored more penalties for the club (Trevor Steven and David Unsworth also 23).