Chris Beesley shares ‘woeful’ Everton Premier League verdict as Toffees face ‘harsh reality’
Everton are facing a “harsh reality” in the closing stages of the Premier League season due to their “woeful” away form, according to the Liverpool Echo’s Chris Beesley.
The Toffees have just one away win to their name from their 15 league matches this season, along with six draws.
Only Nottingham Forest (six) have fewer away points than Everton (nine) in the current campaign, as per SportsMole.
“The harsh reality facing Everton though is that their away form has been woeful for the past couple of seasons now,” Beesley wrote for the Liverpool Echo.
“In the 2020/21 season, played mostly behind closed doors and largely eradicating home advantage, the Blues picked up 11 away wins – including their first Merseyside Derby success at Anfield since 1999 and a first-ever victory at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium – but since crowds came back en masse at the start of the 2021/22 campaign it’s mostly been a trail of tears for them.”
He added: “Home comforts alone may not be enough to save Everton now. So the Blues boss and his players require a swift cure to their collective travel sickness if they’re to keep their heads above water.”
Disastrous travels
Everton’s away form this season has been simply unacceptable, with nine points on the road from 15 matches a really, really worrying statistic.
The fact that only Leicester and Southampton sit below the Toffees in the home form table is also a real issue, but that away form will be playing on the mind of Sean Dyche more in the weeks to come.
Unfortunately for the Toffees, things aren’t really looking up in that regard as they must still travel to in-form Crystal Palace and high-flying Brighton before the season finishes.
It makes the home fixtures that bit more important, but again that will not bring much confidence to supporters given the fact both Newcastle and Manchester City make the trip to Goodison soon.
It’s a nervous time for the club, who only just managed to stay in the top flight last time out, in what has been a tough couple of years for Toffees fans.