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Everton season review
- Updated: May 15, 2016
Stats, quotes and expert opinion on Everton’s disappointing 2015/16 Premier League season.
Finishing position: 11th (same as last season)
Total points: 47 (same as last season)
FA Cup: Semi-finals
Capital One Cup: Semi-finals
Top scorer: Romelu Lukaku (18)
WhoScored Top Rating: Ross Barkley (7.30)
After a season dogged by defensive frailties and woeful home form, Roberto Martinez was sacked by Everton ahead of the final weekend.
The season did not begin promisingly, but success against champions Chelsea in early September, courtesy of a Steven Naismith hat-trick, looked like it was going to rejuvenate the talented Toffees. However, back-to-back defeats in mid-October against Arsenal and Manchester United put paid to that hope.
Romelu Lukaku’s form helped to keep the naysayers off Martinez’s back; a strike and two assists in a 6-2 win over Sunderland in early November instigated a run of ten goals in ten games in all competitions for the Belgium international, but problems at the other end meant his strikes were often in vain.
Martinez’s side dropped seven points from winning positions in that run alone – and finish the season with only two sides having …
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