Everton vs Arsenal
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 21 December 2019
Kick-off at 12:30 UK/ 13:30 CET
Venue: Goodison Park (Liverpool).
New Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will watch the club’s match against Everton from the stands today.
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The Spaniard was yesterday appointed as head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
Arsenal have struggled badly for wins in recent months, with just one coming their way since Ljungberg took temporary charge.
The Gunners have frustrated in recent weeks, with Ljungberg failing to spark much of an improvement.
Everton had taken a trip to Old Trafford the last Game, and almost inflicted a disheartening loss on the Red Devils.
Everton vs Arsenal Match Prediction Line-Ups
Everton vs Arsenal Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Everton Arsenal played so far 44 matches.
Everton won 7 direct matches. Arsenal won 29 matches. 8 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.09 goals per Match.
Everton vs Arsenal Match Preview
Everton in actual season average scored 1.18 goals per match. In 10 (83.33%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 5 (41.67%) matches in season 2019 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Arsenal average scored 2.06 goals per match in season 2019. In 15 (88.24%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 11 (64.71%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
Everton's Theo Walcott and Morgan Schneiderlin (both calf), along with Djibril Sidibe and Gylfi Sigurdsson (both illness) are being monitored ahead of Saturday's match.
Lucas Digne (muscle) is also a doubt while Fabian Delph (hamstring) remains sidelined.
Arsenal will assess the fitness of Hector Bellerin (hamstring), Rob Holding (knee) and Mesut Ozil (foot), but Grant Xhaka is available for selection after suffering concussion in the win at West Ham United.
Dani Ceballos (hamstring) and Sead Kolasinac (ankle) join long-term absentee Kieran Tierney (shoulder) on the sidelines. Sokratis serves a one match suspension.
Match officials
Referee: Kevin Friend. Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Mark Scholes. Fourth official: Lee Mason. VAR: Graham Scott. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.