Everton U21s 5 - 1 RB Leipzig U21s
Everton U21s hammered RB Leipzig U21s in the final group game of the Premier League International Cup at Goodison Park on Tuesday night to secure their place in the quarter-finals.
Everton go top od Group A ahead of Real Madrid after they secured an excellent win tonight.
Group A
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Everton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 | Monaco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 |
| 7 | Southampton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
A number of the better players from Everton's U21 side have gone out on loan for the second half of the season -- Will Tamen, Francis Okoronkwo and George Finney -- making tonight's task that bit more difficult on paper. But Reece Welch and Eli Campbell returned from their first-team bench-warming duties to get a run out.
Roman Dixon made his long-awaited return from a serious but unspecified injury that kept him out since last April; he was withdrawn at the break, with Everton leading 3-1 after excellent goals from Malik Olayiwola and Braiden Graham with a brace.
Everton remained sold in the second half, with late goals from Reece Welch and Ceiran Loney.
Pickford, Dixon (46' Samuels-Smith), Van Schoor (82' Thomas), Welch, Campbell, Bates, Boakye, Akarakiri (72' Gomez), Benjamin (86' Loney), Olayiwola (72' Pita), Graham.
Subs not Used: Lukjanciks, Moonan
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2 Posted 20/01/2026 at 20:51:55
3 Posted 20/01/2026 at 21:05:09
The team was— Pickford,Dixon.Welch, Campbell,Van Schoor, Bates,Akarakiri, Boakye, Olayiwola, Grahamand Benjamin.
SubsLukjanciks, Thomas and Samuels —Smith.
That Olayiwola needs watching I think he has just signed his first professional contract and Graham needs no introduction to a lot of Bluenoses.
4 Posted 20/01/2026 at 21:13:41
5 Posted 20/01/2026 at 21:35:10
6 Posted 20/01/2026 at 21:50:48
Sunderland cup tie or Wolves league game but being honest there wasn’t many players left to use as subs.
Christy (5) That’s me making the assumption Dixon hasn’t played this season through injury.
7 Posted 20/01/2026 at 22:03:23
8 Posted 21/01/2026 at 10:31:13
Then Braiden Graham's first goal where he ran from the half way line and lashed the ball home from the edge of the penalty area with his weaker left foot — a cracker!
9 Posted 21/01/2026 at 17:51:43
1 - Everton
2 - Real Madrid
3 - Manchester City
No question remark; purely rhetorical.
10 Posted 21/01/2026 at 19:48:29
"It was Dixon's first competitive action since a serious injury halted his move to the League One club at the start of the season." He's set to join Stockport County on loan, when fully fit.
No inkling what that injury was. Nada. Just kept him out for months and months and months.
11 Posted 22/01/2026 at 10:16:46
I don't think Everton are very good at reporting injuries, still waiting for news of Alcaraz's injury for what it is after about a month.
Also, Tim's slight twinge -- no news on that.
12 Posted 22/01/2026 at 13:01:43
Need to know basis only, I reckon. Just turn up, pay up, and shut up.
There you are — that can be our new motto, if rendered into the Latin vernacular.
13 Posted 22/01/2026 at 13:06:10
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1 Posted 20/01/2026 at 13:38:30
I'm not interested in going although I'll be at the Ipswich game in the FA Youth Cup if they announce it in time!