Everton, under caretaker coach Leighton Baines, had Beto score the opening goal at the end of the first half before Iliman Ndiaye scored an injury-time penalty to beat League One’s Peterborough 2-0 at home to enter the FA Cup last 32.
A few hours before the match, the Toffees sacked Sean Dyche and appointed Baines, the club’s legendary left-back, as the manager, with veteran right-back Seamus Coleman as his assistant. At
Goodison Park, the home team adjusted their formation to use Jake O’Brien, Michael Keane and Jarrad Branthwaite as the three center backs, with Nathan Patterson and Vitaliy Mikolenko as wing backs.
Joao Virginia had a chance to guard the goal, as did young forward Harrison Armstrong, while the midfield pair still used the main players Orel Mangala and Gana Gay.
Baines’ team had more ball possession and created more chances from the beginning. But they had to wait until the 42nd minute for the lead, ทางเข้า UFABET สำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ สมัครวันนี้ รับโบนัสฟรี with Armstrong passing the ball through to Beto who slipped past the goalkeeper and finished softly.
Peterborough, 19th in League One, had a close chance in the 80th minute when Gustav Lindgren’s shot was off target, and in the 8th minute of added time, Branthwaite took a free kick and won a penalty for N’Diaye to seal the win.
Despite winning and advancing to the next round, Everton faced a worry before the end of the game when Armando Broja, the striker on loan from Chelsea, was substituted in with a serious injury. to the point of having to be carried out on a stretcher. In
the FA Cup on Thursday, another team from the Premier League took the field, Fulham, who opened their home and crushed Watford 4-1 with goals from Rodrigo Muniz, Raul Jimenez, Joachim Andersen and Timothy Castagne.
In another match on the same day, Sheffield United lost at home 1-0 to Championship rivals Cardiff City, stopping their journey at the third round.