Everton take on Emery Arsenal in a must win match for the Gunners if they are to cement their number 3 spot in the premier league.

Match Official – Kevin Friend
Stadium – Goodison Park
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Everton

Marco Silva Everton have hit form after a string of poor results that saw them win just 3 matches out of 10. They have been doing well of recent. Currently in 10th position with 43 points, a win for them can see them move as high as 8th, thus ranking higher than Leicester City and Marco Silva former employers Watford. With no fresh injury concern, Marco Silva is expected to stick with the same lineup that defeated West Ham united. Four clean sheets in their last 5 matches put them I strong position against the gunners.

Team News

Predicted Line-up: 4-2-3-1: Pickford, Digne, Zouma, Keane, Coleman, Gomes, Gueye, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin

Unavailable – Yerry Mina (Injured)

Arsenal

This is a tough test for Unai Emery Arsenal. The race for top-four is getting tougher by the day. There is no easy matches again. Currently in fourth position, they can move back to 3rd with a win at Goodison park. They won 5-2 there last season and will be hoping to replicate that again.

Unlike Everton with just 1 player injured, Arsenal have lot of injured and suspended players. This is a source of concern for Emery. Granit Xhaka has not yet resumed full training following the injury he picked during the last international break while playing for Switzerland. Torreira is also serving his last game of his match ban. The good news is Lauren Koscielny is back and is likely to feature. Emery will be expected to make some changes to the team that started against Newcastle. One man that is expected to start in the same position is Mesut Ozil. The German playmaker is in form just at the right moment and his match of the match performance against Newcastle means he is likely to start this weekend if they are to break the recently formidable Everton defense.

Team News

Predicted Line-up: 3-4-1-2: Leno, Koscielny, Monreal, Sokratis, Niles, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Guendouzi, Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Doubtful: Granit Xhaka, Laurent Koscielny

Unavailable: Rob Holding(injured), Danny Wellbeck(injured), Hector Bellerin(injured), Lucas Torreira(suspended)

Prediction

Everton have been in rich vein of form of recent losing just once out of their last 5 matches. They have also succeeded in keeping 4 cleansheets in the process. This includes cleansheets against top teams like Liverpool and Chelsea. They will hope to contain the Arsenal duo of Lacazette and Aubameyang if they are to get something out of this match.

Arsenal on the other hand will be hoping to improve their poor away form. They have been in good form of recent and will want to build on that. With just 1 win in their last 5 away matches, it’s a source of concern for Emery. They will hope to be clinical against this Everton side.

Match Facts

  • Arsenal have won 6 of their last 7 matches against Everton
  • Everton have kept 4 cleansheets in their last 5 matches
  • Everton have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 matches
  • Arsenal have never kept an away clean sheet this season

TIP

Everton vs Arsenal: Over 2.5 goals. There will be more than 2 goals scored in the match.

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