Everton vs Arsenal – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Sreya

Everton vs Arsenal – Everton host Arsenal at the Goodison Park on 13th December, Tuesday as the busy festive period of the English Premier League takes shape. Arsenal are second in league standings with thirty one points, trailing league leaders Chelsea by one point.

Arsenal are in a rich vein of form and won 3-1 against Stoke City on Saturday. Everton, on the other hand are ninth in league table with twenty points and have won only twenty matches in the league this season.

Ronald Koeman’s side lost 3-2 to Watford in the weekend and are winless in their last five league matches. Everton drew their last home game against Manchester United but face a difficult prospect tomorrow.

Team News

Muhamed Besic, Matthew Pennington and Yannick Bolasie are sidelined through injuries for Everton while Arouna Kone is a doubt. Arsenal will be without the injured Chuba Akpom, Santi Cazorla, Mathieu Debuchy, Yaya Sanogo and Skhodran Mustafi. Per Mertesacker and Danny Welbeck are yet to regain match fitness.

Everton Possible Starting Lineup: Maarten Stekelenburg, Seamus Coleman, Ramiro Funes Mori, Ashley Williams, Leighton Baines, Gareth Barry, Idrissa Gueye, Kevin Mirallas, Ross Barkley, Aaron Lennon, Romelu Lukaku.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Hector Bellerin, Gabriel Paulista, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sanchez.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Everton vs Arsenal H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs resulted in four wins for Arsenal and one draw. In fact, Arsenal are undefeated in nineteen of their last twenty matches against Everton in all competitions.

Everton have not lost any of their last ten matches at the Goodison Park and are expected to put up a strong fight to put an end to their recent streak of poor results, but Arsene Wenger’s men are expected to overcome this challenge, especially considering the fact that they are the closest challengers to Chelsea for the league title.

Arsenal are likely to win 2-1 tomorrow.