After a hectic European mid-week, the English teams will fight for three points in the domestic league that has been interesting this season. The race for the top four has already intensified and Arsenal who have had a very good start will be hoping to get a win against an Everton side low on confidence.
Arsenal are fresh from a 2-0 victory against Bayern Munchen and will face Everton who lost their last game at home against Manchester United. This article is a preview of the match between the two teams. It also includes Team news, Predictions and Expected Line-ups.
The Arsenal vs Everton match will be played on Saturday the 24th of October at the Emirates Stadium. The kick-off is scheduled at 5:30 pm BST (10:00 pm IST).
Team News:
Arsenal were dealt a big blow during the Munchen game as Welsh star Aaron Ramsey suffered an injury that will keep him out of the game for at least a month. He joins the likes of Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck and Thomas Rosicky who will miss out the Everton game due to various injuries. David Ospina will also not be available for selection.
For the visitors, Tom Cleverly has recovered from an injury and will be in contention for a starting place in the game against Arsenal. Steven Pienaar and Bryan Oviedo, while Leighton Baines have all recovered well from their niggles but may not take a part in this game. Martinez will have the final say before the match.
Everton will surely be low on confidence as they were beaten 3-0 by Manchester United in their last league game. The club has no kind of European commitments and this might help the manager to get his team up and raring to go. However, the task at hand is very hard as Arsenal are fresh from a scintillating victory against Bayern in the mid-week.
Sanchez, Ozil and Walcott were very good in the Champions League fixture and will once again be the biggest threat for Everton to deal with. Petr Cech also had a great outing and picked up a clean sheet that will give him plenty of confidence going into this match. Roberto Martinez will have to marshal his troops to get a result out of this game if he wants to stay alive in the race to the European spots.
Arsenal’s defense was shaky going into the mid-week game but they were outstanding on the day as they hardly gave Bayern an easy chance at goal. If they are able to negate the threat from the likes of Lukaku and Naismith, this game will be all the more easy for the home side.
Expected Lineups:
Arsenal:
Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Arteta, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud
Everton:
Howard, Coleman, Jagielka, Stones, Galloway, McCarthy, Barry, Lennon, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku
Predictions:
The Gunners will play their second home game in the space of 4 days and will hope that the fans will give them the push that will take them over the line on Saturday. The squad is blooming with confidence and Arsene Wenger will hope that his team picks up all three points from this tricky fixture. However, it may not be easy if Martinez’s men turn up in full.
Our Prediction
Arsenal 2-2 Everton
Betting Odds:
Arsenal: 2/5
Draw: 7/2
Everton: 11/2