Premier League preview and odds: Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur

Published on: 31/12/2015

Premier League preview and odds: Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur

January 3, 2015 13:30pm - Goodison Park

Premier League

Everton will be looking to abort their descent down the Premier League table when they extend a New Years welcome to title candidates Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

Sticky patch for Toffees

Everton have won just one of their last six Premier League matches and now find themselves occupying the bottom half of the league table. Their only win during that spell came courtesy of a last second Tom Cleverley winner at Newcastle.

They followed up that win with a narrow 3-4 home defeat at the hands of Stoke City. That defeat leaves the Toffees nine points adrift of the top four with half the season gone.

Spurs marked as genuine contenders

After going about their business without much fanfare this season, Tottenham have now become serious title contenders. Of all the teams linked with a challenge for the Premier League crown, Spurs are perhaps the most sensible choice. They have been consistent throughout the campaign and continued to improve at a very steady rate. If their trajectory continues at the same pace, they should be in the mix come May.

Mauricio Pochettinos men have lost just one of their last 18 Premier League matches and are unbeaten in their last eight away matches. They have also scored on all but one of their road trips including the last eight in a row.

Team news

Everton are without the injured group of Tom Cleverley, Phil Jagielka, James McCarthy, Tony Hibbert and Bryan Oviedo.

Meanwhile, Spurs will have to cope without Moussa Dembele, Clinton N`Jie and Alex Pritchard.

Recent form (League)

Everton: LWLDD

Tottenham Hotspur: WWWLD

Betting odds and tips

Everton have scored in their last five home games and Spurs have netted in their last eight away fixtures. Back Both Teams to Score at 4/7 with Bet365.

Romelu Lukaku has scored 15 goals this season including five in December. He can be backed in the anytime goal scorer market at 7/5 with Betfair.

By Neil Morris

Published on: 31/12/2015

Any odds displayed within this preview were correct at the time of publishing (31/12/2015 14:34:21) but are subject to change.