Premier League Club-By-Club Predictions: After a strong run to close 2024-25, can Everton bring the same form into 2025-26?

After pulling off Hail Mary after Hail Mary like Aaron Rodgers breaking Arizona Cardinal hearts, Everton will come into the 2025-26 campaign looking to establish some sort of higher standard. But with the relegation battle looking to be at its feistiest in years, can Everton escape the oncoming storm?

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Each of the last four seasons has seen Everton hanging out around the relegation zone as if they were best friends. 

Unfortunately, all friendships must come to an end at some point. 

Fortunately for Everton, the fourth successive “broken friendship” between Everton and the relegation zone saw the club once again ensure its survival in the Premier League. 

And with the club moving into a new stadium to start the season, the Toffees are going to be more than eager to ensure that they have the best possible start to life in their new home. 

But can that include surviving another relegation battle? 

What Noah says:

A new era begins for Everton in the 2025-26 season.

Not only will this be the first full season without Sean Dyche in charge, but it will be Everton’s first season at their new stadium: the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

While much of the roster will remain intact from last season, Everton is currently finalising a transfer for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, which could help to reinforce the midfield and even the scoring. 

While their preseason performance leaves much to be desired, Everton will have almost two weeks to get ready for their first Premier League fixture - a Monday matchup with Leeds United. A home debut against Brighton and a trip to Molineux Stadium take Everton to the first international break; this is followed by encounters with Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Tottenham as part of the six games preceding November. 

November begins with a crucial fixture against Sunderland before a home date with Fulham sets the Toffees up for encounters with Manchester United and Newcastle to close the month out. December sees Everton play a home-and-away series with Nottingham Forest, with games against Chelsea and Arsenal sandwiched between the two encounters. 

Two of Everton’s five January fixtures will be against relegation contenders, with Wolves and Leeds United coming to Merseyside. But of their fourteen remaining games, half of them are against European contenders; such a slate could easily decide whether Everton survives or not. 

Following David Moyes’ return as Everton manager in January of last season, Everton went 8-7-4 (wins, draws, losses) in the Premier League. This followed a 3-8-8 start under the leadership of Sean Dyche. 

Whether Moyes’ and Co. can maintain that form throughout this season remains to be seen; should the club continue to make moves in the transfer window (Jack Grealish is rumoured to be in talks with Everton on a transfer), their survival will only be a matter of performance. 

I think Everton will survive the drop when all is said and done. While it may take until the final few weeks, I believe the squad will be good enough to make sure that the Toffees remain in the Premier League. 

Projected finish: 15th   

What Ellie says:

Everton comes into this season with hopes of challenging for the top half of the league, but due to minimal changes within and a shift to the new change and still settling with new manager, Dyche, they will struggle to keep their games under control and may very well find themselves in a relegation battle with the newly promoted sides.

A rocky season awaits as they start with what is seen as a must-win game against Leeds, before a couple of tricky games and then away at Anfield. Jumping into the new year, where from March through to May, they face Arsenal away and then host Liverpool and Manchester City, all whilst these teams may well be in the middle of a title fight.

I think it will be tricky for the side, but I believe they will narrowly survive relegation and live to see another season in the top tier of English football.

Projected finish: 17th

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Article written by Noah Guttman and Ellie Swain