Anjishnu Roy 08/02/2025 97comments  |  Jump to last

Everton will face an uphill battle in the fourth round of the FA Cup as they have lost seven of their last nine meetings against Bournemouth.

However, home advantage could work in favour of the Toffees whose six wins against the Cherries have all come at Goodison Park.

Bournemouth have also beaten twice in the Premier League this season. They secured a sensational 3-2 comeback at Goodison Park in August with the visitors scoring three goals in quick succession after the 87th minute to stun the hosts. The two sides’ most recent encounter ended in a 1-0 win for Andoni Iraola’s on home soil.

While the Cherries may have the upper hand over Everton in recent matches across all competitions, in the FA Cup, they have never been able to get past the Toffees. Bournemouth were eliminated by Everton in their previous ties against each (in round three in 1937 and in round five in 2016).

Goodison Park has also been a strong hunting ground for Everton in the FA Cup. They have won eight of their last 10 matches in this competition on home soil. However, one of those defeats was against Luton Town in the fourth round last season.

Form Guide:

Everton: W-L-W-W-W

Bournemouth: W-D-W-W-L

Recent Form:

• Everton: Under the renewed leadership of David Moyes, Everton has secured three consecutive Premier League victories, including a commanding 4-0 win over Leicester City. This resurgence has lifted them nine points clear of the relegation zone. 

• Bournemouth: Prior to a recent 2-0 defeat to Liverpool, Bournemouth enjoyed a 12-match unbeaten streak across all competitions. They currently sit seventh in the Premier League, just three points shy of the top four, reflecting a strong season under manager Andoni Iraola. 

Head-to-Head Statistics:

• In their last nine encounters across all competitions, Bournemouth has emerged victorious seven times, while Everton has won twice. Notably, each of Everton’s last six wins over Bournemouth has occurred at Goodison Park. 

Key Players:

• Everton: Forward Iliman Ndiaye has been in impressive form, scoring four goals in his last five appearances, including in each of his last three matches. 

• Bournemouth: Despite recent injuries, players like Dango Ouattara have stepped up, contributing significantly to the team’s attacking prowess. 

Tactical Insights:

Moyes has implemented tactical adjustments, such as revitalizing Jesper Lindstrøm and repositioning Jake O’Brien and Vitalii Mykolenko, which have positively impacted the team’s performance. 

“It’s not me personally who has made the change,” Moses said. “I think the players have changed how they perceive themselves. There are a lot of talented players here and they’ve shown it. The last thing we need here is pressure. They don’t need it because they’ve been living under so much pressure from different things: the form, even their own supporters saying: ‘No, we’re not liking this.’

Injury Concerns:

• Everton: Key players like Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Armando Broja, Dwight McNeil, and Orel Mangala are sidelined due to injuries. 

• Bournemouth: The team is dealing with injuries to right-backs Adam Smith, Julian Araujo, and James Hill, as well as defender Marcos Senesi and forwards Evanilson and Enes Unal.

 

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Nicolas Piñon
1 Posted 08/02/2025 at 13:30:47
Come on you Blues
Lets RIP this championship aside with Moyess magic wand
COYB!
Derek Knox
2 Posted 08/02/2025 at 13:44:47
Be interesting to see the line-up for this one. Don't expect many changes, but want to see our strongest one take this game on, hope to see Alcaraz either from bench or in start.
Craig Walker
3 Posted 08/02/2025 at 13:45:47
They have never managed to get past the Toffees in the FA Cup.

Hope we get a win and no injuries ahead of the RS. Would love a favourable home tie in the next round.

COYB

Dennis Stevens
4 Posted 08/02/2025 at 13:48:36
Is this piece AI generated?
John Daley
5 Posted 08/02/2025 at 13:53:35
“… in the FA Cup, they [Bournemouth] have never failed to get past the Toffees. Bournemouth were eliminated by Everton in their previous ties against each (in round three in 1937 and in round five in 2016).“

Link

Khalid Ahsein
Editorial Team
6 Posted 08/02/2025 at 13:53:50
Dennis Stevens #4

No this is a real human who did it. New stuff incoming for TW but Lyndon will explain all in a post soon !

Go Toffees

John Daley
7 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:04:40
Link

Nah

Stan Grace
8 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:07:17
If this is the level of insight for a match preview from the new editorial team, then I'll be spending much less, if any, time on TW from now on.
It reads like something from Goodison news.
'Everton will face an uphill battle in the fourth round of the FA Cup as they have lost seven of their last nine meetings against Bournemouth'.
Inspiring stuff.
Dave Abrahams
9 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:13:57
Khalid and Anjishu, welcome with your new football adventure, are you lucky people? Will you bring us some luck? Have you both previously been involved with professional football in England? More importantly what is your stance on Liverpool FC——be honest now with that last question, your answer means a lot to a lot of us on here!
Kim Vivian
10 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:17:33
Stan - you read Goodison News? :-o
And I agree with you re this new content. Not a good start in my opinion. I wonder how many times the authors have visited (..."the" haha) Goodison Park.
Martin Mason
11 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:24:48
I for one will help support the new people running the site at least initially. TW is great but an alternative, possibly more measured view, will not go amiss. Good look all in their new ventures.
Paul Kossoff
12 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:29:46
Where is Lyndon? Come back, all is forgiven.👮👮👮
Bill Whity
13 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:31:45
What's happening with TW
Bill Whity
14 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:31:45
w
Les Callan
15 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:34:14
What ? No team news yet.
Alan J Thompson
16 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:35:22
I believe Mykolenko is out for this game, anybody know the line-ups and the reason for his absence? And who is I.Heath?
Jonathan Tasker
17 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:35:28
“ the Goodison Park”
The writer is not a native English speaker
Stan Grace
18 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:37:17
Kim #10,
Ha, ha. I confess I have read their wonderful attempts at journalism.

Apologies to the new editorial team, I should be less reactionary and more supportive of your efforts to start a new venture. I hope things go well.

Christy Ring
19 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:39:51
Mykolenko has a tight calf, not in squad as a precaution. I thought Moyes would make a few changes and give Tim some game time.
Neil Lawson
20 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:42:56
No fun on the forum. Is Dyche back in charge? I've registered with Lyndon's lot and likely to jump ship. Such a shame.
COYB.
John Nugent
21 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:45:22
Help !!!

What's happening? Who is Lyndon's lot?

Bill Gall
22 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:49:00
15 min before ko no team news / supposed to be on TSN in Canada yet they list Wigan v Fulham seems the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
Kevin Molloy
23 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:51:58
this site is now a dead duck. Everyone I migrating over to Evertonia
John Nugent
24 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:52:02
This just doesn't seem right. I now understand that TW is in new hands.
Well not a good start.
Anyone got a link for the game please
Neil Lawson
25 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:52:06
Feel like I'm being disloyal, but Evertonia.com
Mike Corcoran
26 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:52:24
Same team bar young in for Myko, 3 kids on the bench with Charly
Mike Corcoran
27 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:53:37
Showing on SuperSport Premier League ZA channel if you have dodgybox
Neil Lawson
28 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:54:40
Nothing g much happening on the other site either. Is this the end of our match days as we know it? Back to the pool in Tenerife and BBC website. Doh
Liam Wilson
29 Posted 08/02/2025 at 14:54:49
No automatic updates. Use of the indefinite article, "the" Goodison Park, is a typical mistake for AI foreign translations. We are now in a dangerous place on this site. I do wonder how a robot is going to navigate the global humour which we have come to love/tolerate on TW.
Iakovos Iasonidis
31 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:00:18
What is happening with toffeweb? end of an era?
Stuart Sharp
32 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:00:19
Anyone got a stream?
Iakovos Iasonidis
33 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:00:27
https://tv247365.link/rl_1
Joseph Elworthy
34 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:01:25
Any links lads?
Neil Lawson
36 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:02:44
Playing a minute and haven't scored. Not looking good !!
James Marshall
37 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:03:30
Looks like TW has been sold off to unscrupulous buyers who have little interest in the supporters!
David McMullen
38 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:03:33
Forum broke?
Stefan Busby
39 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:05:19
Any links?
Peter Quinn
40 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:05:51
From earlier article

Lyndon Lloyd

127 Posted 08/02/2025 at 08:05:54

Flag this comment

Mike (18), we did meet once at West Ham (a) in 2000 — a cracking 4-0 win and a hat-trick from the soon-to-be persona non grata, Mr Barmby — and a year later decided to combine our two sites.

I've submitted a General Forum article that hopefully the new landlords will be kind enough to publish but I repeat the message here below as well. I apologise to you all for the confusion the change has caused. This was always going to be the hard part...

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Dear ToffeeWeb community,

After 24 years running this website together under the ToffeeWeb.com banner, Michael and I will be stepping away. TW will continue to be the news resource and community like it always has been, just with a different voice.

If you were a visitor or member of ToffeeWeb — no matter for how long or how frequently — I sincerely thank you. So many of you have been like family and your support means the world. I'm so proud of the platform we built here, the community that grew up around it and nothing has given me greater pleasure than to provide something that so many have found so useful.

Of course, this being the Internet, I've not really gone anywhere. You can still find me on the socials at Twitter/X at @EFCLyndon or Bluesky at @efclyndon.bsky.social

And, of course, Up The Toffees!

Christopher Marston
41 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:07:54
Why did Lyndon leave and where has Michael Kenrick gone?
Ged Simpson
42 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:08:44
Sad. V v sad
Peter Quinn
44 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:12:07
Good luck to the new team. you have some act to follow. Thanks to LL and MK for a fantastic ride over the last 20 years. I intend to switch between the site and Evertonia. It would be nice to hear from MK. We will all miss the good cop/bad cop act of our two previous editors.
Peter Moore
46 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:14:33
Yes, cheers Lyndon and Michael, a superb service indeed for the wide diaspora of evertonians local and all across the globe...up the Toffees.
David McMullen
47 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:18:03
OHH.

That's a disappointment.

David McMullen
49 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:33:15
Bit disappointed so far they must think they still have Dyche as manager. I hope half time will sort that out.
Jamie Crowley
50 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:35:19
Boys - Evertonia.com

See you there.

John Nugent
51 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:41:43
RIP TOFFEEWEB
George Cumiskey
52 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:46:36
Getting absolutely played off the park no press whatsoever, is Doucouré on the pitch ?
Bill Gall
53 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:48:03
you do not realize how important ToffeeWeb was until itt is gone, piss poor coverage of Everton today, if you can find something.
Robert Williams
54 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:48:25
WTF is Traks doing today, absolute liability -!!
Alan J Thompson
55 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:55:53
I suppose this is what passes for the match report.

A first half of fannying and piss farting about to no purpose and when we did look to get further forward there was no width or intent with the one exception for Ndiaye.

Tarkowski's tackle was stupid and he should just have shepherded the Bournemouth man so as to limit his shooting options and then the second was just a mess.

It seems we've gone from kick it down their end and see if we can get it back under Dyche to pass it around for no good reason. So that's the Cup out of the way.

David West
57 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:57:30
I thought it would be a tougher test today.
Tarks is not a play out from the back CB.
Myko missing affects our balance with obrien at RB, the width we've had recently has gone.
Big second half needed now. A change of tactics needed.
3 at the back ?
I'd put Harrison on for young, play him LWB.
Lindstrom RWB.
Alacaraz for dacoure.
Go and have a go, we are out as it stands, who cares if it's 4-0 or 2-0.

Christy Ring
58 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:58:56
Should bring on Dixon, put O'Brien beside Branthwaite, bring Charly on for Doucoure, so poor in the first half.
Andrew Clare
59 Posted 08/02/2025 at 15:59:56
I'm gonna miss ToffeeWeb.
Paul Ferry
60 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:01:18
Don't you think that these Mumbai entrepreneurs would have the respect to introduce themselves to us? So, from now on, we have a couple of lads who have never posted on ToffeeWeb editing and moderating us and making decisions about what and who to publish.

Lyndon and Michael are not beyond reproach for "selling" ToffeeWeb to people with seemingly no Everton credentials.

Get down to the Goodison Park.

Phil Smith
61 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:06:26
Team crying out to be freshened up today - Pats should have been given a go with O’Brien CB and Tarks rested. Gana also should have been rested for the new lad. Needless to say Duke should not have started and young Tim should have played. We have the oldest team in the league. Sometimes you just need more energy in there over experience. 3 changes atvthe half or this result in on the gaffa.
Mark Tanton
62 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:06:49
What utter bottle jobs we are
Larry O'Hara
63 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:09:02
Just to say the live forum is now working…
John Wignall
64 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:12:40
Paul Ferry
65 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:13:36
Message from Anjishnu and Khalid
"Today marks a momentous and proud occasion for us as we become custodians of this iconic football site. We are committed to leading ToffeeWeb into an exciting new era both on and off the pitch. Providing immediate stability to the site has been a key priority, and we are delighted to have achieved this. While restoring ToffeeWeb to its rightful place will take time, today is the first step in that journey.”
Robert Williams
66 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:15:10
And to top all that I've lost my link completely -what a shit show!
John Wignall
67 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:21:52
Back to normal
Darryl Ritchie
68 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:21:55
It looks like “ the new manager bounce” is just about over.
Christopher Marston
69 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:24:12
Anjishnu and Khalid

Do you support Everton?

John Wignall
70 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:29:09
All over the place at the. Back
Rob Jones
71 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:37:54
Should be level here. Great recovery after Tarkowski's match-fixing in the first half... :P
Geoff Trenner
72 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:43:05
Can’t watch as at work, but according to BBC we have hit woodwork 3 times. Is that right?
Andrew Clare
73 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:44:53
I'm gonna miss ToffeeWeb.
Christy Ring
74 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:52:05
Alcaraz looks special, hit the crossbar four times, should have brought in a striker as well, Beto totally anonymous today, centreback has him in his pocket.
Christy Ring
75 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:53:13
The two new editors, are you Evertonians?
George Cumiskey
76 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:56:07
Lost it in the first half with a shocking performance especially from Tarks.

Simon Dalzell
77 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:58:38
Dreadful. As usual out the Cup very early. Shows the size of the task.
Joe McMahon
78 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:59:49
Awell, Everton were not going to win the FA Cup anyway. Bournemouth are another team we don't win against anymore. I would however like to see us win a cup before my time is up. 30 years now, FFS.
David West
79 Posted 08/02/2025 at 16:59:58
What the fuck !!¡!! Anjishnu and Khalid ??
Are Lyndon & Michael still around ?

Stuart Sharp
80 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:01:36
Uncharacteristic shitshow at the back. Unlucky not to score 2nd half, but we look every bit the team at the opposite end of the table to them. Deliveries into the box continue to amaze me... so consistently poor.
Alan J Thompson
81 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:04:55
A lot better second half and with a bit of luck the three that hit the post could have gone in but at least we stopped just messing and passing around for no particular reason. Moyes must find somebody to give it width and be effective as that today looked like he was messing around trying to find an as yet new, undiscovered style of play. A promising second half but a loss all the same.

Oh, and just for a change that Referee gave a good arguement FOR VAR.

Neil Lawson
82 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:04:58
We lost. Relying on my son who had a dodgy stream for details. Not a great day. Blue Kipper long gone TW about to follow. Can't rely on the one eyed prejudiced and jaundiced views served up on BBC. What's a fella to do ?
Colin Glassar
83 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:05:50
These two (mods) sound like Elon clones. Ffs, is nothing sacred in this world?
George Cumiskey
84 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:14:24
Lost the game in the first half with a shocking performance especially from Tarks, sat back and let them walk all over us.
Jack Convery
85 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:22:49
Crap day all round and now France have just scored. J M and J and the little donkey !!!
Charles Ward
86 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:24:17
Blimey out the Cup at the first real test and TW has been outsourced!

Not a great day all round.

So sad that the previous editors have moved on before the move to BMD.

The site will not be the same.

Jack Convery
87 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:24:20
30 years now without a trophy. Oh the joy of being Blue.
Robert Tressell
88 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:29:43
Fairly typical of games throughout the season. We should have done better against a weakened Bournemouth but there we go.

No cup again.

Anthony Dwyer
89 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:30:26
Worst game I've ever seen Tarks play, game screamed out lack of goalscorer.

At least we showed some fight 2nd half, and the subs added something. Alkarez, Timmy and even Harrison all affected the gane well.

Ultimately though, out of the cup, season over.

Colin Glassar
90 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:37:45
Crap game. TW takeover. Shit weather. And now I can’t even log on to the other site.

I’m going to bed.

Steve Shave
91 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:38:24
Chat GPT running the site now it seems, along with our defence today.
George Cumiskey
92 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:47:51
Surely now he's got to drop Doucouré who was awful again, and I'd play Keane instead of Beto who was terrible as well.
Bill Fairfield
93 Posted 08/02/2025 at 17:57:01
Well the curtain has come down on cup football at Goodison Park. There’s been some great days and nights down the years. We were punished for two bad mistakes today. Thought Tarks had a nightmare. Good effort second half, thought we were unlucky on a few occasions.
Team were applauded off at the end, by the fans that were left. UTT.
Tony Abrahams
94 Posted 08/02/2025 at 18:16:38
I genuinely hope that Michael and Lyndon, have made a fortune Paul F, considering all the hard work that they have put into this website over the years.

I don’t know much about Musk drones, but do believe that one day soon the robot is going to take over the world, and it’s going to become a very, very boring fucking place.

When things are bad the only thing left is humour, but not today because it’s now official that Everton haven’t won a trophy in thirty fuckin years.

Colin Crooks
95 Posted 08/02/2025 at 18:31:39
Tarkowski's lamentable form early in the season completely derailed us. Now he costs us the chance of a trophy. Sick of hearing excuses or him.

You cannot win football matches when you captain and center back gives away goals as cheaply as he has this season.

Si Cooper
96 Posted 08/02/2025 at 19:16:52
Thanks to Lyndon and Michael. Hope you are both well and thriving.
Shame about the seeming ‘midnight flit’ (although the lack of proper updates after Monday was alarming). Hope it wasn’t motivated / accelerated by jumped-up posters telling them their opinions weren’t welcome.
No disrespect to the new guys but there is currently a huge difference to the flow of information on the site and I can’t see many sticking with it unless something much closer to normal service is restored pdq.
It’s disappointing we are out of the cup but our priority is still league survival anyway. That’s going to take decent performances and player resilience. Loads still to play for, starting Wednesday night. UTFT!
Bobby Mallon
97 Posted 08/02/2025 at 20:17:47
I'm just fecking sick of reading (oh well it's only the cup, we have the league now). Its not just the Fa cup, it was our last ever cup run at goodison and the players let us down. This s squarely on their shithouse shoulders of those players. Getting beat by fucking bournmouth AGAIN should not be happening.
Bobby Mallon
98 Posted 08/02/2025 at 20:18:23
Oh and get the live fucking forum back
David Wall
99 Posted 08/02/2025 at 23:22:23
I’m sorry, but Tarkowski isn’t good enough to play on our team under Moyes.
He’s fine blocking shots, and if he wins the ball hoofing it down the field, but when they start playing the ball to each other, he is found out.
We need O’Brien at center back alongside Brathwaite with Patterson and Miko as the fullbacks
Don Alexander
100 Posted 09/02/2025 at 02:59:46
Well what a bad day that was, with the demise of the ToffeeWeb as we know and love it and the performance and result at the Goodison Park, as our new, erm, "leaders" of their (not our) ToffeeWeb term it.
Robert Tressell
101 Posted 09/02/2025 at 07:52:10
A sad reminder that we're not very good. Moyes has given the place a lift but yesterday was very much like a lot of the early season matches where we should have scored but didn't. Instead, we huffed and puffed against a well organised side (with a few very talented players) that picked us off in the press.

Hugely disappointing that our last cup run at Goodison has fizzled out before it really began. Next year.

Dave Abrahams
102 Posted 09/02/2025 at 08:36:08
Robert (101), Robert I think quite a few fans were stressing that it was too early to get carried away by the victories against Spurs and Leicester two very poor teams and the win v Brighton was exactly how Dyche won a lot of his games in charge.

Moyes is now finding out, if he never knew, how poor and threadbare this squad is and we will continue to lose to against the better teams which Bournemouth were yesterday, the second half was a big improvement but there were still huge gaps in the defence and midfield when Bournemouth decided to attack, thankfully Alcaraz can make a difference to the team with his addition to the squad, those three wins and nine precious points stopped us from making more additions to the squad but the fight to stay up is still there until we get those extra points.

Derek Thomas
103 Posted 09/02/2025 at 09:26:21
Kevin @ 23; Why? Michael and Lyndon oversaw the site, but in reality, we are the site, its all about the contributors inter-action and if we stick to the rather loose guidelines, nobody hears from the editor from one year till the next, unless he chooses to post as a 'private individual'.

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