📊 Form Guide

Everton

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Everton will play in this match following on from a 1-1 Premier League drawn game versus Newcastle United.

In that game, Everton managed 42% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Everton was Dominic Calvert-Lewin (88'). On the other side, Newcastle United got 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Alexander Isak (15') was the scorer for Newcastle United.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Everton haven’t conceded. In fact, Everton have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals along the way. Regardless, we must now wait to see if the trend will be sustained in this next match.

Ahead of this meeting, Everton haven’t won at home in the past 5 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Burnley

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In their previous fixture, Burnley drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that game, Burnley had 52% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Burnley was Jacob Bruun Larsen (37'). On the other side, Wolverhampton W. got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Rayan Aït-Nouri (45') was the scorer for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Looking at their form, and Burnley have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 10 goals in all. In defence, Burnley have been far from perfect.

Their previous form shows that Burnley:

• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 05/12/2020 shows us that Everton have won 3 of them & Burnley 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 12 of them from The Toffees and 7 created by The Clarets. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league encounter between the two was Premier League match day 17 on 16/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Burnley 0-2 Everton.

On that occasion, Burnley had 62% possession and 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

For their opponents, Everton got 9 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Amadou Onana (19') and Michael Keane (25') scored.

The referee was Anthony Taylor.

🗞️ Team News: Everton

There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the Everton manager Sean Dyche to contend with from an otherwise complete squad. Dele Alli (Partial muscle tear) misses out.

In all likelihood, The Toffees may well line up in a 4-4-1-1 system for the game featuring Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko, Ashley Young, James Garner, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and D. Calvert-Lewin.

🗞️ Team News: Burnley

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany has multiple availability issues to deal with. Jordan Beyer (Hamstring injury) and Luca Koleosho (Knee injury) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that The Clarets could decide to begin the game with a 4-4-2 system, giving starts to Arijanet Muric, Lorenz Assignon, Dara O'Shea, Maxime Esteve, Vitinho, Lyle Foster, Sander Berge, Josh Cullen, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Wilson Odobert and David Datro Fofana.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Everton will probably be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

In contrast, Burnley may well struggle to get a goal of their own but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be scoring as well.

We’re predicting a decent 3-1 winning score for Everton when all’s said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 13:02 06/04/2024