Arsenal vs Everton prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-05-18 15:00.
[p]Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes were handed what felt like a potentially decisive blow without even kicking a ball in midweek as they were leapfrogged at the top of the table by Manchester City who beat their North London rivals Tottenham 2-0. As a result, they come into this Premier League season finale with Everton two points behind, albeit with just a goal separating the two on goal difference which could still come into play. [/p]
[p]All Mikel Arteta’s men can do now is hope for a favour from West Ham United at the Etihad while they take care of their own business here. The Gunners should at least be confident of holding up their end of the bargain given they have won nine of their past ten home competitive games against the Toffees (L1), with the last two seeing them net a whopping nine goals.[/p]
[p]That includes a final day trip for Everton to the Emirates at the end of the 2021/22 campaign (5-1), making up a run of three defeats from their past four season finales – with all the losses seeing the Toffees concede 3+ goals. The prospects of a repeat of history would seem high too as they’ve also leaked at least three goals in three of their last four visits to this venue. [/p]
[p]Despite that poor recent run in this fixture, Everton are likely to make the trip south in positive spirits. It’s been another poor season overall for the Merseyside club after being deducted eight points and flirting with relegation, but they come into this game with no pressure on their shoulders after only suffering defeat in one of their previous eight league outings (W5, D2), impressively also conceding just once from their last five fixtures. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Attacker Gabriel Martinelli has netted three goals across his past two home games for Arsenal against Everton, while Abdoulaye Doucouré ended a five-month goal drought in the win against Sheffield United to become Everton’s joint-top league scorer (G7).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Just one of Arsenal’s last nine league games and one of Everton’s last seven saw both teams score. [/p]