Everton take on Arsenal at Goodison Park in the stand-out match of this week’s Premier League games.
With all the talk of who will win the Premier League, there is a rather interesting battle for the fourth Champions League spot taking place. The chief protagonists are Everton and Arsenal and both meet on Sunday.
Interesting to note that no team has ever had 60 or more points after 31 games of a Premier League season and failed to finish in the top four. Everton and Arsenal have both exceeded this tally.
All eyes will be on Goodison Park when Everton and Arsenal face each other on day 33 of the 2018/2019 Premier League campaign.
The Toffees gave fans some cheer at the weekend, with the team beating West Ham United on the road, but they have slim chances of booking their place in the Champions League.
Marco Silva’s men are eyeing their third consecutive win in the national championship and the fact that they outplayed Chelsea in their last home game in the English top flight is surely giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of the visit of Arsenal.
The Gunners do not want to give up on their Champions League dream and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at Everton.
Unai Emery’s troops want this win more than the Toffees and despite the fact that the hosts have been in a fine form of late, away win should be considered.
Arsenal have been handed a triple injury boost with Unai Emery confirming that Aaron Ramsey, Laurent Koscielny and Granit Xhaka could all be fit to face Everton on Sunday.
Ramsey played a key role in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Newcastle on Monday night with the Welshman scoring the opening goal and running the game as we won our tenth home league game in a row to move third in the table.
The midfielder sparked fears he had aggravated a muscle issue that had kept him out of action for his country during the international break after he limped off midway through the second half last night.
However, Arsenal boss Unai Emery has offered a positive update after confirming that Ramsey was only suffering from cramp and should be available for Sunday’s crucial trip to Goodison Park.
Koscielny was surprisingly omitted from the squad against Newcastle and it’s been revealed that he ruled himself out of the game on the morning of the match due to pain in his foot. Thankfully it doesn’t sound serious and while Koscielny will no doubt be assessed over the coming days, he should be back in contention to take on Everton at the weekend.
Emery has also confirmed that Xhaka was ruled out of the Newcastle match after suffering a knock while away with Switzerland during the international break. However, the Arsenal boss has described the injury as ‘small’ so Xhaka isn’t expected to be on the sidelines for long.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named on the bench last night and Emery has revealed the decision was made due to the striker suffering from a temperature recently. Auba made a great impact off the bench in the second half so he’ll be pushing for a start against Everton on Sunday.
Head to Head
Everton Arsenal
7 Total wins Total Wins 33
6 Home Home 21
1 Away Away 12
Played 53 Draw 13
