Arsenal FC 2-0 Everton FC: Premier League Match Report, 24 October 2026

Our preview of this match was written on 18 October 2026 but only went live on 1 November, after the final whistle. Its pick is reviewed below as it was written, and it is left out of our win rate and bankroll.

Everton arrived without an away defeat and left with one. Arsenal FC 2-0 Everton FC, a goal up at the interval and a second after it, with nothing from the visitors in either half. Who scored, and when the second goal came, is not on record.

Arsenal started the day second on 18 points from seven, goal difference +6. Everton were eighth on ten at +1, and three draws from three trips — 1-1 at Bournemouth, 0-0 at Tottenham, 2-2 at Hull City — were the core of that start. The home side's pattern won out. Arsenal are now four from four at the Emirates, against Coventry City, Chelsea, Leeds United and Everton, with nine scored and two conceded. It was their fifth clean sheet in eight, and only the second time this season they had led at half-time; four of their six earlier wins came from goalless first halves.

Everton have now lost twice in a row, both times 2-0 and both times without scoring, after Chelsea won at their ground a week earlier. The fixture kept its shape as well. Five meetings are on record between these clubs and Everton have won none of them, scoring once across the five; the previous one at the Emirates, in March, also finished 2-0.

Eight matches settle nothing, but this one took Arsenal to 21 points from a possible 24. Manchester City had lost 2-1 at Villa Park earlier the same day, so the win drew Arsenal level with them on points, City staying top on goal difference, +11 to +8. Eight rounds in, that is a table position rather than a race. The more useful comparison is with last season: Arsenal were champions on 85 points, a little over 2.2 a game, and 21 from eight is ahead of that rate.

Everton went the other way. They stay on ten points, and their goal difference has dropped below zero for the first time this season, to -1. Ten from eight is almost exactly the rate of last season's thirteenth-place 49. Two defeats in a row is a short run rather than a trend, but it is the first time this season they have gone two matches without a point.

Our preview's call was Arsenal FC Win at 1.55. It came with high confidence and rested on four things: a home record of three wins from three, six wins from seven overall, an opponent without a win in four meetings on record, and an Everton side with three goals from three away games. The match contradicted none of them.

The preview named the draw as the real threat, citing Everton's three away draws and four from seven overall, and that was a fair reading. At 1-0 at half-time the draw was still one goal away, and the record does not say how long that lasted. The label ran ahead of the evidence, though: "high" leaned on a three-game home record, the same size as the away sample it was weighed against.

Verdict: not counted. The pick would have won, but the preview only went live after kick-off.