Everton vs Arsenal tips: Blunt Toffees to come unstuck against powerful Gunners
- Robbie Savage
- 16 September 2023
Planet Sport Bet ambassador Robbie Savage thinks Arsenal can make light work of low-scoring Everton on Sunday afternoon.
There are positive signs for Everton. In the Carabao Cup, they went to Doncaster and won. Beto and Arnaut Danjuma looked very very lively, but this is a completely different test against an Arsenal side playing with confidence on the back of the 3-1 win against Manchester United.
Sean Dyche is going to need that Goodison Park crowd to get right behind the team like they did when he took over and they beat Arsenal last February.
They are going to need all that energy, and all that emotion in this game as well.
But they can't hit the target at home. They've created numerous chances at Goodison, and they’ve been unlucky in a few decisions. But for me, Arsenal are going to be too good for Sean Dyche’s men.
No more goals for Everton at Goodison in this game. I’m going for a clean sheet for Arsenal and a 2-0 win.
Robbie’s tip: Everton 0-2 Arsenal
Everton vs Arsenal team news
Jarrad Branthwaite, Andre Gomes, Dominic-Calvert Lewin, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane and Lewis Dobbin could all be in contention this weekend.
Seamus Coleman, Dele Alli and new signing Jack Harrison will remain on the sidelines, allowing Nathan Patterson, Idrissa Gueye and Beto to continue their run in the team.
The visitors will be without Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny in midfield but Decan Rice, Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz are fit to start after international duty.
Gabriel Jesus marked his return to fitness with a goal against Man Utd and will partner Gabriel Martinelli in attack. They could be joined by Fabio Viera or Reiss Nelson if Bukaya Saka isn’t fit.
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Key stats
- Everton beat Arsenal 1-0 here last season. Five of the Toffees' six home Premier League wins came via the same scoreline.
- Everton have mustered just 11 goals in 15 home matches, failing to score more than once in any of those games.
- Arsenal have kept 15 clean sheets since the start of last season, including one in a 4-0 win against Everton at the Emirates.
- Gabriel Jesus loves playing against Everton. The Brazilian has scored eight times in nine appearances and averages a goal every 71 minutes.
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There's no doubt that this has the potential to be a banana skin for Arsenal. The Gunners will need to be on top form to guard against a slip-up, but they've navigated games like this well in the past.
Of course, they were beaten 1-0 here last season and Everton have a good record in the fixture, but that's all the more reason to expect a professional showing.
The Gunners have found a backbone on their travels in the past 12 months, grinding out 1-0 wins against the likes of Leeds, Chelsea, Leicester and Crystal Palace.
