Everton Vs Tottenham: Match Thread

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Everton Vs Tottenham Hotspur​

Barclays Premier League
Venue: Goodison Park Date: Wednesday, 5 January Kick-off: 1945 GMT
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Toffees entertain high-flying Spurs at Goodison Park


Tottenham go in search of their fourth consecutive Premier League success against Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.

Spurs have claimed nine points from a possible nine over the festive period with victories over Aston Villa, Newcastle and Fulham.

Everton, who drew 1-1 at White Hart Lane earlier this season, have drawn at Wigan and lost at Stoke since claiming a superb 2-1 win at Manchester City.

Rafael van der Vaart, who has been one of the signings of the season, cancelled out Leighton Baines' superb free-kick for Everton when the teams met in October.

The Toffees are not great on home soil in the Premier League against the Spurs having won only two of 18 meetings between the sides, although they have drawn the last three.

Everton news
Everton will be without key defender Phil Jagielka after he aggravated the thigh strain he sustained against Manchester City in the 2-0 defeat to Stoke.

Dutch stopper John Heitinga (knee) could replace him and line up alongside veteran French defender Sylvain Distin if he passes a fitness test.
Everton will be without leading scorer Tim Cahill as the Australia international has now linked up with his country for this month's Asian Cup in Qatar.

Winger Seamus Coleman is also doubtful for manager David Moyes after a blow to the ribs. Everton's boss must decide whether to stick with Louis Saha, who is yet to score in the league this term.

Spurs news
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has injury worries ahead of their trip up north with Alan Hutton and William Gallas both doubtful to play.

Hutton hobbled out of Spurs' 1-0 win over Fulham with a foot injury and was replaced by Vedran Corluka while Gallas finished the victory nursing a tight hamstring.

Jermain Defoe and Younes Kaboul remain suspended while back-up keeper Carlo Cudicini (shoulder), Tom Huddlestone (ankle), Ledley King (groin), Jamie O'Hara (back) and Jonathan Woodgate (groin) remain sidelined.
England international Peter Crouch could be given the nod up front after an ineffective display up front by Russian ace Roman Pavlyuchenko against the Cottagers.
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Everton are without defender Phil Jagielka, who aggravated a thigh strain against Stoke on New Year's Day.

John Heitinga and Seamus Coleman face late fitness tests, but Tim Cahill has left to join the Australia squad at the Asian Cup in Qatar.

Tottenham have concerns over the fitness of defenders Alan Hutton and William Gallas after they picked up injuries against Fulham.

Jermain Defoe and Younes Kaboul are still unavailable due to suspension.


Everton
Doubtful: Coleman (ribs), Heitinga (knee)
Injured: Barkley (leg), Jagielka (thigh)

Tottenham
Suspended: Defoe (one match), Kaboul (two matches)
Doubtful: Hutton (foot), Keane & Gallas (both hamstring)
Injured: Cudicini (shoulder), Huddlestone (ankle), King (groin), O'Hara (back), Woodgate (fitness)

Everton have traditionally been labelled slow starters to a season, but this campaign is proving to be more pedestrian than most.

With just one victory in their last 10 matches, the Toffees are stuck in 13th place and are just three points clear of the relegation zone.

Midfielder Tim Cahill, one of the few players to emerge with credit this season, is now absent at the Asian Cup with Australia, denying manager David Moyes his top scorer and his side's only real goal threat so far. In fact, they have scored as many goals through their own net as they have managed to put past the opposition in their last three games.

In contrast, Harry Redknapp's Tottenham side are flying. Unbeaten in their last 11 matches, they have even managed to keep back-to-back clean sheets, thanks in part to the return of Michael Dawson to shore up their previously porous defence.

This match pits arguably the two form left-sided players in the league against each other. Leighton Baines has been outstanding for Everton this season and has buried the ghost of his World Cup snub, while the performances of Tottenham's Gareth Bale has seen his status upgraded to world class.

Two goals over the Christmas period lifted his tally for the season to 11. Few defenders have been able to shackle the Welsh winger, but the wily skills of Phil Neville neutralised his threat at White Hart Lane in October with a defensive display that turned him into a surprise hit on social networking side Twitter as fans lauded his performance.

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Head-to-head
• Everton have not won any of their last six home matches against Tottenham since a 3-1 victory in April 2004. This is their longest current run without a home victory against another Premier League club.
• They have met 37 times in the Premier League. Everton have won five, Tottenham 18 and there have been 14 draws.
• Everton manager David Moyes has only ever lost three of 15 league matches against teams managed by Harry Redknapp.


Everton
• Everton have lost 99 Premier League matches at Goodison Park.
• The Toffees have only managed to win two of their last nine home games.
• They have scored an own goal in three successive games, two of them from defender Phil Jagielka.



Tottenham
• The club have not won on any of their last six visits to Merseyside to play either Everton or Liverpool.
• Manager Harry Redknapp has won only one of 27 visits to the city of Liverpool as a manager - his only ever win was Portsmouth's 3-0 success at Everton in August 2008.
• Tottenham have only managed to claim back-to-back away victories twice in the league under Harry Redknapp.


LEADING GOALSCORERS

Everton

Cahill: 9 goals (9 league); Arteta: 3 goals (3 league); Beckford & Coleman: 3 goals (2 league)

Tottenham

Bale: 11 goals (7 league); Van der Vaart: 10 goals (8 league)




MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Probert
Assistant referees: Stuart Burt & David Richardson
Fourth official: Peter Walton
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[Kushal]

Let's make it a 100 games lost at Goodison for Everton!

Come on you Spurs!!

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Cutting it fine Christopher ;-)

 

[Spurger King]

I think this is going to be a real bruiser of an encounter. Palacios could be the key man tonight.

 

[Adam456]

Anybody know where we are with records tonight ?

Is it 11 games unbeaten in all comps? What if we don't lose tonight ?

One website said this of our prem record:

Spurs are in excellent form and boast an unbeaten run of nine games in the Premier League, their best sequence since March 1999. If they avoid defeat again it will be their longest sequence without loss since they were unbeaten in 11 from October to December of the 1995-96 season.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

It's 11 ill all competitions, with 8 wins and 3 draws.

9 in the league, with 7 wins and 2 draws.

A win in this would be fantastic, then the boys will have 11 days to recover and rejuvenate ( in which time we might add to the squad too :-D ) while our 2nd XI smash Charlton.

 

[hughy]

Last push before a break for the likes of Modric, Bale, VDV, and probably Benny, Gomes, Lennon and Daws of 11 days. Will do them good.

 

[spurslenny]

12/12 points would fantastic, however, I can just see us running out of steam (if the energy levels of the Fulham game are any thing to go by) and just about scraping a draw.
Could really do with H freshening things up a bit. I'd have Kranky, JJ, and Pav in for Bale, Palacios, and VDV, and have them coming off the bench if things are going a bit pear shaped.

 

[tony_parkes]

I'm going tonight.......undercover, sitting with the everton fans. It will be a tough game and a win would be a great result.

 

[sidford]

great news with cahill and jagielka out. if coleman was out as well that would be a nice brucie bonus.

going to be a very tough game tonight and with new defensive injuries we will find it hard going but gotta go for the 3 points and hope for a draw with *hitty v scum

 

[dynamoSpurs]

Thought Cahill was out according to a poster in the other thread..?

 

[brett.spurs]

He is.

 

[KingKay]

Im going tonight aswell, expecting a good atmosphere and a good old sing song!

 

[StanSpur]

Thought Cahill was out according to a poster in the other thread..?

Not on the injured list but out on international duty for the Asian Cup

 

[StanSpur]

I think it will be tough tonight but we need to take advantage of them missing Cahill and Jag - their 2 best players. If Lennon can keep Bains back then i can't see them hurting us. Scoring might be an issue (as it has been all season) but fingers crossed Crouch has a rare stormer. Hope we can rest a few against Charlton and then have a full compliment with Kaboul and Defoe back for Utd (we are going to break their unbeaten run).

 

[DoublePivot]

We've had a pretty good record at Goodison in the past few years, haven't we?

 

[Mr.Writer]

Is Harry looking to rest a few players tonight? Or do we have any major injury concerns?

Looking at the betting markets: Everton are 6/4, Spurs 11/5! How are Everton favourites?!

 

[beals]

Cahill is away to the Asia cup, Phil Jagielka is out and Seamus Coleman is doubtfull. Coleman caused us a few problems the last few games hope he sits this on out. COYS

 

[camaj]

12/12 points would fantastic, however, I can just see us running out of steam (if the energy levels of the Fulham game are any thing to go by) and just about scraping a draw.
Could really do with H freshening things up a bit. I'd have Kranky, JJ, and Pav in for Bale, Palacios, and VDV, and have them coming off the bench if things are going a bit pear shaped.

Everton too will be in the same position. Ideally Keane and Kranjcar should start

 

[mr.sze]

any additional team news?

Hutton out, Gallas doubtful. + long term injs.

These injs were all known before yesterday, but Spurs odds of this game have drifted for quite a bit. Anyone knows anything here? If there werent any new injs. Spurs is a great bet tonight then when Everton are without their 2 best players in Cahill and Jagielka.

Thanks