- Oct 17, 2006
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SPURS 0-1 EVERTON
Calvert-Lewin
Spurs: Lloris (C), Doherty (Ndombele), Alderweireld, Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Winks (Bergwijn), Dele (Sissoko), Lucas, Son, KaneCalvert-Lewin
Subs: Hart, Aurier, Sanchez, Lamela.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman (C), Mina, Keane, Digne, Allan, Gomes, Doucoure, Rodriguez, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Kenny, Sigurdsson, Walcott, Bernard, Davies, Kean.
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New signings Matt Doherty and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg both make their debuts. Fellow new arrival Joe Hart take his place on the bench.
Gio Lo Celso and Japhet Tanganga miss out through injury.
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TEAM FORM:--Spurs DWWWL -------Everton DWLDW ----- (All competitions)
Everton ended 12th last term and know a big improvement is required. With so little time from the end of the 2019-20 season to the start of this new campaign, it is unclear what shape they will be in heading into this contest, given the condensed pre-season schedule. They have only had a couple of games to prepare for the new campaign, drawing with Blackpool before beating Preston North End, but there were positives to take from both encounters.
Everton, have been guilty of not getting out of the blocks quickly enough in games and they have been forced to work hard to get back into contests. However the Toffees have definitely shown more grit and determination under Carlo Ancelotti, who has installed a good attitude in the squad now, and they have battled back from a goal down to earn draws in two of their last five league outings.
Everton boast some good attacking talent, with Richarlison and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sharing 26 Premier League goals last term, and the duo will be hoping to get off to a positive start.
After finishing the last campaign in sixth position, we will be hoping to mount a stronger challenge for the top four. We have generally started games positively under Jose Mourinho and we have scored the opening goal in four of our last six league games.
However, we showed frailties when going ahead last season and we allowed Crystal Palace to hit back for a draw in the final game of the 2019-20 campaign, while this same happened against Manchester United in June.
Of our four friendlies, we won our first three – beating Ipswich Town, Reading and Birmingham – before losing the final match 2-1 to Championship outfit Watford.
Kane scored 18 league goals last season and he was ably backed up by Son Heung-Min, who netted 11 times in 30 top-flight appearances. We scored 61 league goals in the 2019-20, the sixth-highest tally in the division, and we have hit the back of the net in their previous eight home league matches.
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