{"id":232006,"date":"2025-10-17T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232006\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:37:07","slug":"everton-news-is-jordan-pickford-premier-leagues-busiest-keeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232006\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton news: Is Jordan Pickford Premier League&#8217;s busiest keeper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sure, when it comes to save percentage, Pickford is middle of the pack, but that is an entirely predictable consequence of facing far more shots than any other keeper in that time \u2013 see above graphic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the interests of balance, Pickford has also conceded a lot more goals than any other keeper in that time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, as my colleague Chris Bevan pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cwy1507gg3do\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">earlier this week<\/a>, Pickford actually prevented the most goals in the Premier League last season so is continuing to prove his worth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Things are looking up too. Having broken Gordon Banks&#8217; consecutive clean sheets for England record earlier this week \u2013 he has not conceded a goal for his country at all in 2025 \u2013 club side Everton are sitting eighth in the early standings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eyeing a top-six spot for the first time?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His words on signing his contract extension were notable, stating &#8220;we want to be a team that competes in Europe&#8221; and &#8220;hopefully some silverware as well&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For one of this grand old club&#8217;s most loyal recent servants, that kind of legacy would be fitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sure, when it comes to save percentage, Pickford is middle of the pack, but that is an entirely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-232006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}