This weekend of Premier League action brings a full and fun slate of contests on Saturday, while Sunday brings a very interesting fixture between two sides that have staged a very evenly matched series over the years.
Tottenham Hotspur will visit Goodison Park to take on Everton in a late afternoon/early evening match that will mark the 176th meeting between the two clubs. Tottenham have taken of the previous meetings while Everton have come out on top 55 times. The series has seen 54 during its duration.
Everton will have the advantage of playing on their home ground and coming into this match pretty much fully fit. Meanwhile Spurs are heading into the weekend pretty banged up, but still considerably favored to take all three points.
Let’s take a look at who Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino could select in his first team in this one.
The Bank Tottenham Hotspur FC Starting XI Prediction 4-3-3 vs Everton FC
Attack: Harry Kane, Lucas Moura, Dele Alli
Midfield: Harry Winks, Moussa Sissoko, Erik Lamela
Defense: Danny Rose, Juan Foyth, Toby Alderweireld, Ben Davies
Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris
Tottenham Hostpur vs Everton FC FYIs
Kick-off: 4 pm (BST), Sunday December 23rd, Goodison Park
Google Result Probability: Tottenham win- 42%, Draw 28%, Everton win- 30%
Odds via Sport Pesa: Tottenham win 5/4, draw 12/5, Everton 9/4
Injury Report: go to this link
Prediction: Spurs 2, Everton 1
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