Everton vs Boreham Wood Match Analysis and Prediction

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Boreham Wood will be traveling to face Everton for their fifth round of the FA Cup on Thursday night.

The hosts defeated Brentford in the previous round to advance to this level of the competition, while Boreham Wood managed to beat Bournemouth.

Last time out in the Premier League, Everton were left displeased with Chris Kavanagh’s decision not to penalise a seemingly clear handball in the area by Manchester City’s Rodri, and the Citizens broke the Toffees’ resistance through Phil Foden after a costly mistake by Michael Keane.

Everton have lodged a complaint to the Premier League over recent refereeing decisions, but Frank Lampard and his side have no time to dwell on that now, as they aim to avoid becoming victims of one of the greatest giant killings the FA Cup has ever witnessed.

The Toffees have made the quarter-finals in the last five times that they have reached the fifth round and will be desperate to give their supporters to cheer amid their dreadful Premier League fortunes.

However, three wins from their last 10 at Goodison Park in all competitions will not serve to increase the confidence on the blue half of Merseyside, and Boreham Wood travel North West with nothing to lose.

Facing Bournemouth would seemingly mark the end of Boreham Wood’s magical FA Cup run, but the National League promotion hopefuls had a whole bunch of other ideas at the Vitality Stadium.

Captain Mark Ricketts scored after 38 minutes on the Cherries’ turf, and despite Scott Parker sending on the likes of Todd Cantwell and Dominic Solanke to try to salvage something, it was a fruitless effort.

Boreham Wood defeated Barnet, St Albans City and AFC Wimbledon in the earlier rounds and travel to Goodison having not conceded a single goal in the competition so far.

Everton vs Boreham Wood head to head

The two teams have not previously met and this will be the first time they face each other in a competitive match.

Everon latest home form

Despite recently defeating Leeds United in the league, Everton have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home. They lost their last home league match 1-0 to Manchester City. In their last five matches, they have won two and lost three, scoring 9 goals and conceding 6.

Everton 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion 02/01/22

Everton 0-1 Aston Villa 22/01/22

Everton 4-1 Brentford 05/02/22

Everton 3-0 Leeds United 12/02/22

Everton 0-1 Manchester City 26/02/22

Everton latest away form

Everton have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having won just one of their last five away matches. They defeated Hull City 3-2 after extra time in the FA Cup on January 8. In their five most recent matches, they have scored 6 goals and conceded 10.

Chelsea 1-1 Everton 16/12/21

Hull City 2-3(E) Everton 08/01/22

Norwich City 2-1 Everton 15/01/22

Newcastle United 3-1 Everton 08/02/22

Southampton 2-0 Everton 19/02/22

Boreham Wood latest home form

Boreham Wood have been on a good run of form at home, and they have not lost in any of their last ten matches. They defeated Maidstone United through penalties after a 1-1 draw in the FA Trophy on January 15. In their last five matches, they have won four and drawn one.

Boreham Wood (P)1-1 Maidstone United 15/01/22

Boreham Wood 1-1 Weymouth 22/01/22

Boreham Wood 3-1 King’s Lynn Town 29/01/22

Boreham Wood 2-0 Altrincham 15/02/22

Boreham Wood 1-0 Eastleigh 26/02/22

Boreham Wood latest away form

Boreham Wood have recently been on a relatively poor form on the road, having failed to win in any of their last three matches. They lost 3-0 to Wrexham in the FA Trophy on February 2. In their last five matches, they have won two, drawn one and lost two.

Halifax Town 0-1 Boreham Wood 25/01/22

AFC Bournemouth 0-1 Boreham Wood 06/02/22

Wrexham 3-0 Boreham Wood 12/02/22

Maidenhead United 2-0 Boreham Wood 19/02/22

Torquay United 0-0 Boreham Wood 22/02/22

Everton news

January arrivals Anwar El Ghazi, Donny van de Beek and Dele Alli are all cup-tied and will be absent in Thursday’s contest, although Beek had to be taken off with a cramp in the Manchester City defeat.

Tom Davies, Yerry Mina, Ben Godfrey, Fabian Delph and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will all remain diselined.

Boreham Wood news

Boreham Wood defender Jamal Fyfield could have a chance of returning from his hamstring injury in time for Thursday’s match.

Number one Nathan Ashmore is also back in the squad after a 16-week layoff, while right-back Kane Smith has not played since going off injured against Maidenhead United on February 19.

Prediction and Odds

Even with Boreham Wood still boasting their 100% defensive record in the FA Cup, we see Everton getting better of them on Thursday.

With wounded Lampard’s still reeling from the weekend’s injustice and determined to regain a measure of conficence, the visitors’ FA Cup journey should come to an end here.

Odds: 1 1.60 X 2.10 2 2.35