CARABAO CUP : EVERTON VS MANSFIELD TOWN – 27/08/2025 (PHOTO – BETO CELEBRATES)

CARABAO CUP – EVERTON VS MANSFIELD TOWN – 27/08/2025

MANSFIELD TOWN MADE 351 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 1 CORNER, AND 3 SHOTS IN YESTERDAY’S MATCH AGAINST EVERTON BUT NO GOALS UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM IN THIS GAME. EVERTON MADE 687 PASSES WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 66% POSSESSION), 5 CORNERS AND 14 SHOTS WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING CRACKERS FROM CARLOS ALCARAZ AT 51 MINS., (BELOW)

AND BETO AT 89 MINS., (BELOW)

MEANING THAT THE MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO EVERTON, AND THAT MANSFIELD TOWN WILL NOW EXITE THE CARABAO CUP.

MANSFIELD TOWN’S MANAGER NIGEL CLOUGH SAID AFTER THE MATCH THAT HE WAS “PROUD OF HIS TEAM” AND THAT THEY “COULDN’T HAVE DONE MUCH MORE”

AND THAT ALTHOUGH HIS TEAM HAD FRUSTRATED EVERTON FOR LONG PERIODS, THE 2 – 0 SCORELINE WAS A FAIR REFLECTION OF A MATCH WHERE EVERTON’S QUALITY EVENTUALLY TOLD. HE ALSO REFLECTED ON THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE FANS AND THAT THE 15-MINUTE DELAY TO KICK-OFF IMPACTED THE TEAM’S INITIAL RHYTHM.

EVERTON’S MANAGER DAVID MOYES SAID AFTER THE MATCH THAT HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE 2 – 0 WIN

WHILST STATING THAT THEY WEREN’T CLINICAL, BUT PLAYED WELL ENOUGH, AND NOTED THE POSITIVE RETURN OF INJURED PLAYERS SEAMUS COLEMAN AND VITALLI MYKOLENKO. HE ALSO PRAISED HARRISON ARMSTRONG FOR HIS IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE AND EMPHASISED HIS DESIRE TO TARGET A CUP RUN FOR SILVERWARE CONSIDERING IT A MORE REALISTIC PROSPECT THAN LEAGUE SUCCESS.

BY AMANDA WATERS