Two headed goals by Tottenham Hotspur's Micky van de Ven helped his side to a 3-0 Premier League win over Everton on Sunday as the visitors became the first team to win in the Merseyside club's new stadium.
Tottenham made a sluggish start but took the lead in the 19th minute when Dutch defender Van de Ven nodded in from virtually on the goal line following a corner. Jake O'Brien thought he had equalised soon after but his powerful header was disallowed for an infringement on Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
Van de Ven doubled Tottenham's lead with another close-range header from another corner in first-half stoppage time to leave Everton with a mountain to climb.
Vicario made some superb saves in the second half as Tottenham protected their advantage and substitute Pape Matar Sarr headed a late third to secure the victory that lifted Tottenham to third in the table with 17 points from nine games.
Everton vs Tottenham latest news
- GOAL! Van de Ven doubles up!
- NO GOAL! O'Brien equaliser ruled out by VAR
- GOAL! Van de Ven heads home the opener
Full-time!
18:31 , Alex Young96min: There’s the whistle! Spurs climb into third.
Everton 0-3 Tottenham
18:28 , Alex Young94min: Tel replaces Johnson in Spurs’ final change.
Everton 0-3 Tottenham
18:26 , Alex Young91min: Five minutes added on and the Hill Dickinson Stadium is almost empty.
GOAL!
18:24 , Alex Young89min: That settles it!
Richarlison does brilliantly to head a cross back where it came from and Sarr nods home.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:22 , Alex Young88min: A late chance for Spurs as Spence sends Sarr into the area but the offside flag is eventually raised.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:21 , Alex Young86min: Alcaraz replaces Gueye in an attacking roll of the dice from Moyes.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
18:19 , Alex YoungIf Spurs can hold on, this will be such a satisfying win for Frank. After a tough week, his side have stood up brilliantly to a really tough test. Can they finish the job?
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:18 , Alex Young84min: Everton are awarded a corner when it should have been a goal kick. Ball is whipped in but Richarlison heads clear unchallenged.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:17 , Alex Young83min: Spurs are managing the game well, as they have done well under Thomas Frank this season.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:12 , Alex Young78min: Sarr is on for Kudus.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:11 , Alex Young76min: Everton corner after a nice touch from Barry to bring the ball down and then fire at goal.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:08 , Alex Young74min: Huge, huge shouts for an Everton penalty as Kudus and Gueye collide in the area, but it’s no foul.
SAVE!
18:07 , Alex Young73min: Another stunning save from Vicario to deny Ndiaye from the edge of the area, even with a couple of deflections to boot.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:05 , Alex Young71min: The rain is hammering it down now.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:03 , Alex Young68min: Tarkowski goes to ground when competing for a cross into the box, wants a penalty but VAR say no.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
18:02 , Alex Young67min: Double change for Everton now as Barry and Rohl replace Beto and O’Brien..
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
18:01 , Alex YoungSo poor from Richarlison. Tarkowski made a complete mess of the bouncing ball but Richarlison can only blast it straight at Pickford.
Needs to be more composed than that.
SAVE!
18:00 , Alex Young65min: Surely, surely, Richarlison has to score that?!
He gets a lucky bounce into the area and has plenty of time to beat Pickford, but fires a volley straight at the keeper.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:55 , Alex Young61min: This time, Kudus’ corner sails over everyone.
Two changes for Spurs as Simons and Kolo Muani are replaced by Bergvall and Richarlison.
Simons does not look too happy about it.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:54 , Alex Young60min: A long delay and finally Kudus’ effort deflects behind for a corner.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:53 , Alex Young59min: First booking of the game for Garner as he wipes out Kudus with a very late challenge. Spurs have a free kick about 25 yards out, dead centre of the goal.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:52 , Alex Young58min: Richarlison is being readied.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:51 , Alex Young57min: Spurs are really slowing things down, and referee Craig Pawson is urging them to, well, stop doing that.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
17:50 , Alex YoungThat's an absurd save from Vicario. Beto looked certain to score with the overhead kick, but the reactions from the Spurs goalkeeper are incredible.
As good as anything he produced in Monaco.
SAVE!
17:49 , Alex Young55min: Beto, from point-blank range, with an overhead kick, is somehow - somehow - denied by Vicario, who was moving in the opposite direction.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:48 , Alex Young54min: Everton fans growing restless in the stands.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:46 , Alex Young51min: Spurs are back to sitting deeper and deeper and losing possession on the counter.
Not ideal this early in the second half.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:43 , Alex Young50min: Dewsbury-Hall goes down in the area to prompt calls for a penalty but even the player didn’t appeal.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:42 , Alex Young48min: It’s very quiet inside the ground as the home fans slowly make their way back to their seats.
Everton 0-2 Tottenham
17:40 , Alex Young47min: Ndiaye’s first involvement of the second half is to send a cross into Row Z.
Spurs taking their time over the goal kick.
Second half
17:39 , Alex Young46min: Back underway.
As it stands, Spurs are up to third in the Premier League table.
Ndiaye and Grealish the two very big threats on the wings for Everton, and you’d expect that to continue in the second half.
Spence and Porro have two very big jobs on their hands.
Spurs don’t create too many opportunities in open play, but from set-pieces they look very dangerous every time.
They also look likely to concede from corners, though.
Half-time!
17:24 , Alex Young53min: A long way back for Everton now.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
17:23 , Alex YoungMight as well have the north London derby as some sort of set-piece shootout I reckon.
Another corner brings another goal for Spurs and Van de Ven is now on a hat-trick.
Without trawling the archives, I'd suggest he's never taken home the match ball before.
GOAL!
17:22 , Alex Young50min: Van de Ven again! Just before the break, the defender flicks on a perfect delivery from Porro to nod home from a yard!
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:19 , Alex Young49min: Bentancur heads over from the back post.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:18 , Alex Young48min: Straight into the wall and out for a corner.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:18 , Alex Young47min: Simons wins a free kick on the corner of the Everton area.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
17:16 , Alex YoungVicario does not fill you with a huge amount of confidence from these corners. Everton putting it right on top of him each time and he keeps getting caught up in the scrum. That nervousness can't be helping the defence.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:15 , Alex Young45min: Danso hits the deck after another corner is cleared. He should be fine.
There is seven minutes added after various stoppages.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:14 , Alex Young43min: Spurs are retreating and retreating as half-time approaches. Kolo Muani not showing enough for the ball to provide an out.
CHANCE!
17:11 , Alex Young40min: Beto left looking to the heavens as Ndiaye’s cross fizzes across goal without a crucial touch.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:10 , Alex Young39min: This is a real battle, for both teams.
Another Everton corner, Vicario gets nowhere near it but Danso heads clear.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:07 , Alex Young35min: This time Everton deal with the corner.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:05 , Alex Young34min: Pickford pushes away Kudus’s corner from underneath his crossbar, Spurs recycle possession and win another corner.
A bit of argy-bargy between Van de Ven and Pickford.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:04 , Alex Young33min: A big, long throw from Danso wins another corner for Spurs...
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:03 , Alex Young31min: Spurs need to calm things down, which they are trying to do with more patient possession.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
17:01 , Alex YoungThey don't have the equaliser but Everton do have the home fans properly involved again.
A lot of frustration in the stadium - going to be a real test these 15 minutes before half-time for Spurs.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
17:01 , Alex Young29min: Ndiaye may be at fault for Everton’s goal not standing, but he’s running rings around Spurs on the right wing.
Surely he will be involved positively this afternoon.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
17:00 , Alex YoungLoud, loud boos as the referee goes over to the monitor. Hard to argue that Ndiaye wasn't interfering with Vicario when he was in an offside position.
Unsurprisingly, it's chalked off after that VAR review. Sure Craig Pawson is delighted that he has to then explain that to a very angry set of supporters.
NO GOAL!
16:59 , Alex Young28min: Ndiaye is ruled offside and interferring, and the goal is chalked off!
VAR check
16:57 , Alex Young26min: Hold on, VAR want the referee to have a look at an offside or a foul...?
GOAL!
16:56 , Alex Young25min: That lead didn’t last long!
Another goal from a corner as O’Brien heads in.
Vicario and Van de Ven feel the goalkeeper was fouled.
Everton 0-1 Tottenham
16:53 , Alex Young21min: Simons is currently down receiving some treatment. He looks in some pain, unsure what caused it.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
16:52 , Alex YoungSpurs haven't particularly looked like scoring from open play, but who cares if you can do it from set-pieces instead.
For the first time this afternoon, the away end is where the noise is coming from.
GOAL!
16:51 , Alex Young19min: Perfect time to score!
Van de Ven heads home underneath the crossbar after Bentancur heads Kudus’s corner back across goal.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:49 , Alex Young18min: Deary me, Xavi Simons!
A slack pass almost gifts Everton an opening but, thankfully for Spurs, Beto is played offside.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:47 , Alex Young16min: Everton pressing well without the ball. Spurs boasting 62 per cent possession but not yet making any in-roads on the Everton defence.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:45 , Alex Young13min: A nervy Danso clearance almost plays Spurs into trouble, barely clears 30 yards from goal and Dewsbury-Hall and Garner come striaght back at Spurs before the move breaks down.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:41 , Alex Young10min: First link up between Kudus, Kolo Muani and Simons, which ends with the latter getting pushed off the ball inside the area by Keane. Fair challenge so almost mistimed.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:38 , Alex Young7min: Porro lucky to avoid an early booking for a foul on Grealish.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:37 , Alex Young6min: Nice link-up between Kudus and Bentancur sends the latter into the area, but he cannot find a team-mate in the centre.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:35 , Alex Young3min: Grealish should score!
Ndiaye does superbly down the right, squeezes in a cross which Beto misses and Grealish fires straight at Vicario. Huge save.
Everton 0-0 Tottenham
16:33 , Alex Young2min: One huge kick over the top sends Beto scampering after it, but Vicario calmly claims.
Spurs fans making all the early noise.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
16:32 , Alex YoungInterestingly from my position somewhere in the clouds, it looks like Kudus as the No10 for Spurs. Simons on the left, Johnson on the right where he normally looks more comfortable.
Kick-off!
16:30 , Alex Young1min: Up and running on Merseyside!
Everton have won every single Sunday home game since David Moyes’ return. Will that continue today?
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
16:23 , Alex YoungPretty heavy rain, freezing cold and an Everton side that are yet to lose in their new stadium.
If Spurs are going to come away with all three points, you'd think they're going to have to do it the ugly way.
Hope Kevin Danso has been loosening up those shoulders for the long throws...
Tottenham can move up to third with a victory this afternoon, which would put quite a different spin on the season so far ahead of facing Chelsea next weekend.
Final prep ahead of kick-off.
Thomas Frank's pre-match thoughts
15:55 , Alex Young"It's great for Randal, great for the team, great for me and great everyone supporting Tottenham. He is growing physically; there are more layers to add but I'm happy with what I've seen.
"I admire David Moyes a lot, he makes extremely competitive teams and now at a new stadium. We want to compete in the best atmospheres and it's up to us to perform - and we will. I have big confidence in the group.
"We have an extremely good focus and mentality, and have been difficult to play against."
Spurs have not won away at Everton since a 6-2 thumping in December 2018.
But Everton have only won twice at home against Spurs since 2012, and one of those was last time out.
Matt Verri checks in
15:37 , Alex YoungOur man on Merseyside.
🗣️ "Spurs need a positive result, and a positive performance."
— Standard Sport (@standardsport) October 26, 2025
Here's @MattVerri on Merseyside.#EVETOT | #THFC pic.twitter.com/2ESbmeqCKn
Confirmed team news in full
15:32 , Alex YoungEverton XI: Pickford; O'Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Beto
Subs: Travers, Coleman, Aznou, Dibling, Alcaraz, Rohl, Iroegbunam, McNeil, Barry
Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Simons, Johnson; Kolo Muani
Subs: Kinsky, Byfield, Gray, Bergvall, Sarr, Richarlison, Tel, Odobert, Scarlett
It’s four changes for Spurs from the 0-0 draw at Monaco.
Kolo Muani comes in for his first start, and is joined by Simons, Spence and Johnson in the line-up.
Richarlison, Bergvall, Odobert and Gray drop to the bench.
Matt Verri at Hill Dickinson Stadium
15:19 , Alex YoungAs expected, Frank once again sticks with his preferred midfield duo of Bentancur and Palhinha, as Simons comes back in at No10.
The big news is that Kolo Muani makes his first start for Spurs, nearly two months after joining. Richarlison only on the bench against his former club - he's looked very leggy recently.
Tottenham XI
15:17 , Alex Young...and Spurs!
Up the Spurs! ✊
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 26, 2025
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Everton XI
15:15 , Alex YoungHere’s how the hosts line up!
Your Toffees to face @SpursOfficial! 🔵#EVETOT pic.twitter.com/cigKHA1KJe
— Everton (@Everton) October 26, 2025
Team news is imminent.
Moyes managing ambitions at Everton
14:55 , Alex YoungDavid Moyes is keen to raise ambitions but admits it is not the case of flicking a switch to turn around Everton's fortunes.
The Toffees have not won back-to-back league matches since August but were comfortably inside the top 10 until last weekend's defeat at Manchester City and heading into the weekend they were only three points behind fifth-placed Chelsea.
"It is for us to keep away from the wrong end of the table," he said ahead of the visit of Tottenham.
"But I want the expectations to be risen, which I think they have, but in the same breath I need sometimes just to say 'Hey, wait a minute here, just don't forget where we've come from'.
"I think the players are all quite clued-in, they know what I expect and what I'm looking for and where we want to be.
"I think Evertonians will understand when I say we're getting much, much better, but we've got a long journey to go to get to the levels.
"The first time I was here it took 11 years to probably get there, maybe a bit sooner, but it wasn't a journey which we could easily just turn up and say we were going to switch the light on here and everything's going to change.
"It's not, but we're we're doing a big job in trying to get it turned around as quick as we can."
Frank backs Richarlison against former side
14:45 , Alex YoungFollowing a fine start to the season, Spurs have now won just one of their last five matches eeither side of the October international break.
Richarlison had started the campaign in strong form, but his last goal was on September 21.
Ahead of Richarlison's return to Everton, Thomas Frank backed him to improve on his record of five goals against his former employers after being asked if it could spark him back into life.
"Yeah, hopefully. I think Richarlison started the season very well and, touch wood, he's in a good place," Frank said.
"I can't remember a spell this long where he hadn't had anything, so big praise to the medical guys and the sport performance guys to put him in a very good place. Plus himself, working hard on that."
Frank makes new Tottenham vow ahead of Everton clash
14:34 , Alex YoungAfter flat performances against Aston Villa and Monaco, a vow from Thomas Frank.
"I'm convinced that we will play with top intensity against Everton," the Tottenham boss declared at his press conference on Friday. "I'm also convinced that we will perform well, very competitive."
Frank admitted his team were "out of sync" and lacking in intensity in midweek against Monaco, when they escaped with a goalless draw but on another day could have conceded five.
Spurs have for the majority of this season been impressive off the ball and their defensive improvements from last term are significant.
Frank is confident there will be a return to those standards on Sunday for Spurs' first visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium, but there was also an acceptance that a more long-standing issue is unlikely to be solved so quickly.
He continued: "Completely free-flowing and all that? That can be maybe not."
Everton vs Tottenham prediction
14:26 , Alex YoungTottenham are the only team yet to lose away from home in the Premier League this season, but that record could come under threat on Sunday.
A pair of shaky performances against Villa and Monaco has left Frank with tricky questions to answer.
They struggled to create chances in both of their last two outings, and Frank has not had much time on the training ground to work on a fix. With Grealish back in the side, Everton will be well placed to punish an ineffective attack.
Expect a cagey affair. One goal could make all the difference.
Everton to win, 1-0.
Early Spurs team news
14:18 , Alex YoungKevin Danso will continue alongside Micky van de Ven at centre-back, with Cristian Romero still out with an adductor strain.
Romero has returned to individual training on the grass but it remains uncertain when he will be available to Thomas Frank again. Destiny Udogie, who has not played for Spurs since returning from international duty with a knee injury, is also still out.
The midfield partnership of Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Bentancur has come under scrutiny, but this could be their third start in a week.
Archie Gray is an option in his preferred position should changes be made, while Lucas Bergvall and Pape Matar Sarr are also pushing to start having had limited minutes recently.
Dominic Solanke is not yet ready to return after ankle surgery and Frank has a decision to make up front.
Randal Kolo Muani has made two brief cameos off the bench and the Spurs boss could opt to give him his first start in midweek against Newcastle after admitting he is not yet up to full speed.
Early Everton team news
14:11 , Alex YoungJack Grealish was ineligible to face his parent club Manchester City last week, and will be back in contention for Everton.
Jarrad Branthwaite will miss out after undergoing hamstring surgery, with Nathan Patterson also sidelined.
How to watch Everton vs Tottenham
14:04 , Alex YoungTV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on Sky Sports. Coverage starts at 4pm GMT on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR ahead of the 4.30pm kick-off.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Sky Go app.
Welcome
13:59 , Alex YoungGood afternoon and welcome to the London Standard’s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Everton and Tottenham.
Spurs are looking - and are very much in need of - a win to settle some rumbles of discontent, having lose to Aston Villa last weekend and then served up a miserable 0-0 draw with Monaco.
Their fine away form today comes up against Everton’s unbeaten run at home. What will come out on top? Kick-off is at 4.30pm.
