Everton and Arsenal meet at Goodison Park, in a match for the 33rd round of the Premier League. Arsenal won at home by (2-0) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 09-23-2018. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 22-10-2017, for the Premier League, which ended with Arsenal’s victory by (2-5). The goals of the match were scored by W. Rooney (12 ‘) and O. Niasse (90’), for Everton, and Nacho Monreal (40 ‘), M. Özil (53’), A. Lacazette (74 ‘), A. Ramsey (90 ‘) and A. Sánchez (90’), for Arsenal. Despite being a match between 9th and 3rd of the table, it is actually a match between the 9th classified in home matches and the 10th as a visitor.
Everton:
The home team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 43 points won, after 12 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Chelsea, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in an away match against West Ham United, by (0-2). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, usually conquer as many points at home as outside. In his last games he scored 23 goals and suffered 21 at home, against 22 scored and 21 suffered as a visitor. In the last 10 home league matches Everton has a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 12 points out of 30 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (7 out of 16 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 32 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 13 times and never got the comeback.
Everton enter this day motivated, after a triumph stranger, by 0-2, in the visit to the land of the West Ham: Zouma and Bernard marked the goals of the victory. One of the great valences of the locals is the capacity they demonstrate in a situation of disadvantage, because in most of the time they manage to give a good response. The Everton presents some difficulties in the aerial soccer, attending to the low average of stature of its players. We believe that the local team will act in a 4-3-3, in which the three most advanced pieces are Richarlison, Bernard and Calvert-Lewin. The coach of Everton will not be able to count on Yerri Mina, for being injured.
Arsenal:
The away team is currently in the 3 rd position of the league, with 63 points won, after 19 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Manchester United, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Newcastle United, by (2-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 44 points, against only 19 in their away matches. For the championship, Arsenal won 10 points out of 30 possible, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent final result at halftime was 1-1 (5 out of 17 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 11 of the last 14 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 31 matches in this competition, they have only had 2 comebacks in their 10 home matches.
The Arsenal enters this motivated action, after a home victory by 2-0 in the reception to the Newcastle: Ramsey and Lacazette marked the goals of the triumph. Contrary to the opponent of this round, Arsenal usually acts in a 5-2-3, privileging a style of game of constant transitions, in which the three most advanced men are Ozil, Iwobi and Lacazette. The two great valences of the visiting team are the way they manage to turn around a situation of disadvantage and the ease to create situations of danger. The Arsenal coach will not be able to count on Bellerín, Holding and Welbeck, for being injured.
