Premier League preview and odds: Everton vs Arsenal

Published on: 18/03/2016

Premier League preview and odds: Everton vs Arsenal

March 19, 2016 12:45pm - Goodison Park

Premier League

Arsenal will be trying to keep their feint title hopes alive on Saturday, when they travel to Goodison Park to face an Everton side struggling to escape the lower half of the table.

Toffees looking for boost ahead of Cup semi-final

Everton have had forgettable Premier League campaign but still have an FA Cup semi-final to look forward to. A win against third-ranked Arsenal would give them a massive boost and could also set them on course for a top-half finish.

They come into this game on the back of a 2-0 win at home to Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final. Prior to that game, they were beaten 2-3 at home in the league to West Ham United.

In total, Roberto Martinez`s men have won just one of their last eight home matches in the league, having drawn two and lost the other five. They have conceded at least one goal in 15 of their last 17 home games in the league.

Gunners fighting for top four

After slipping behind in the title race and getting dumped out of the Champions League by Barcelona, it appears as if Arsenal just have a top four finish to play for. Although that might not be enough to secure Champions League football is Liverpool go on to win the Champions League.

The Gunners have won just one of their last eight games in all competitions, and two of their last nine in the Premier League. Away from home, they have won one of their last six fixtures and come into this game on the back of defeats to Barcelona (3-1) in the Champions League, and Watford in the FA Cup (2-1).

Team news

The home side will be without the injured pair of Tyias Browning and Tony Hibbert.

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger will have to make do without Aaron Ramsey, Petr Cech, Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Tomas Rosicky and Jack Wilshere

Recent form (League)

Everton: LWLWW

Arsenal: DLLWW

Betting odds and tips

Both teams are enduring poor spells in the league making this game a tough one to call.

Instead, Both Teams to Score at 4/7 with Bet365.

By Neil Morris

Published on: 18/03/2016

Any odds displayed within this preview were correct at the time of publishing (18/03/2016 17:19:34) but are subject to change.