Everton vs Arsenal Preview

October 21, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Sunday’s Premier League action kicks off at Goodison Park where Everton take on Arsenal.

The Toffees stretched their winless run to four games on Thursday evening with defeat to Lyon in the Europa League while they have taken just one point from the last six available to them in league leaving them just two points ahead of the relegation zone.

They could end the weekend in the bottom three if they and other results go against them with manager Ronald Koeman already among the favourites to be the next manager to leave their post.

Wayne Rooney could be recalled after being rested midweek while Gylfi Sigurdsson, Leighton Baines, Idrissa Gueye and Phil Jagielka may also return while James McCarthy is in line for his first appearance since March having recovered from a knee injury.

Rooney is priced at 9.0 (8/1) to open the scoring with Ladbrokes, with Sigurdsson a 10.0 (9/1) chance with a number of firms.

The home win can be backed at 4.0 (3/1) with the visitors widely available at 2.05 (21/20) with the draw priced at 3.6 (13/5).

The Gunners bounced back from last weekend’s defeat to Watford with victory over Crvena Zvezda though they left it late to secure the three points with Olivier Giroud scoring five minutes from time.

That win was their fifth in six games in all competitions and another triumph here could take them back into the top four.

Alexis Sanche is likely to return for Arsene Wenger’s men though there are doubts over the fitness of Aaron Ramsey, Laurent Koscielny, Danny Welbeck, Calum Chambers and Francis Coquelin.

Alexandre Lacazette is priced at 4.2 (16/5) to get the first goal of the game with Sporting Bet, with Giroud widely available at 5.0 (4/1).

Both of last season’s meetings between the sides ended in home victories, with both teams scoring in the game while three of the last four clashes have seen at least three goals.

Unibet offer a price of 1.84 (16/19) for there to be over 2.5 goals this time around while you can back both teams to score at 1.7 (7/10) with several companies.

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