Everton vs Arsenal Preview

April 4, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

Gareth Barry Everton

Sunday’s game at Goodison Park sees Everton face Arsenal in the race to secure a top four finish.

The hosts go in to the game on the back of five straight Premier League victories, a run which has seen them move to within four points of Arsene Wenger’s men, while their only defeat in March came at the Emirates Stadium in the quarter finals of the FA Cup.

The Toffee’s are on course to break their record Premier League points tally of sixty-five, and will be just two points short of that total if they secure victory here.

Ross Barkley is set to feature despite suffering a calf injury in the win over Fulham last time out, though Phil Jagielka and Steven Piennar remain out with respective hamstring and knee injuries.

Romelu Lukaku is favourite to get the first goal of the game at 7.0 (6/1) with Bet Victor, with Kevin Mirallas at 9.0 (8/1) chance with Ladbrokes.

The home win is priced at 2.5 (6/4) with most firms, with Arsenal widely available at 3.0 (2/1). The draw is 3.45 (27/11) with 888 Sport.

Despite sitting pretty on top of the table just two months ago, the visitors now face a real fight to guarantee qualification for next season’s Champions League.

They have won just one of their last five league games, and go into this fixture after following their 6-0 drubbing at Chelsea two weeks ago with back to back draws against Swansea City and Manchester City.

The Gunners are set to welcome back Aaron Ramsey, who has been out of action since Boxing Day while Nacho Monreal should also be available.

Kieran Gibbs is doubtful with an ankle injury though Abou Diaby, Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Mesut Ozil, Laurent Koscielny, Ryo Miyaichi and Serge Gnabry are definitely out.

Olivier Giroud is 8.0 (7/1) to open the scoring with Bet Victor, with Lukas Podolski is a 9.5 (17/2) shot with the same firm.

Everton have won eleven league matches in front of their own fans so far this season, though just four of those victories have come to nil, so you may want to take advantage of Coral’s offer of 4.75 (15/4) to for a home win with both teams to score.

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