Former Everton manager Frank Lampard believes fan expectations can cause poor results for the club.
The Toffees are in a spell of poor home form, having lost their last five league matches at Goodison Park.
Lampard, who was in charge of the club from January 2022 to January 2023, spoke about why several managers had failed to bring success to the Toffees.
"Goodison Park, it can be an amazing place," said Lampard, when asked about Everton's home loss to Luton at the weekend.
"I think sometimes some of the bigger hitters in the league come there and we managed to get results there. That's gone on since me, and happened a long time before me.
"But when you're given the onus of a game, and you've got a promoted team it brings up different challenges: Can you control a game? What can you do on the ball? Can you break a team down? And of course when these teams are coming up [from the Championship] now these teams are very organized.
"They are ready to go. They know that if they can stifle you and stop you, these teams will be set up to do that, I'm sure Luton with a back five will make it very difficult, and you get your nose in front with a set pieces; it's a consistent theme. It's something that's a frustration because it [Goodison Park] should be a fortress."
Lampard added: "The reality is that where Everton are now, at this current moment - where they were before me, when I was there, and since then, is that these games are huge. Even if you're to make it difficult for an Arsenal or a [Manchester] City when they come to Goodison, you need to pick up points in these [bottom half] games."