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· Everton 2 Spurs 1 - 5th January, 2011
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Full Record of Spurs -v- Everton
Prem Pl W D L For- Ag Pts
Home 20 12 5 3 39 - 24 41
Away 19 7 9 3 20 - 16 30
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Total(Prem) 39 19 14 6 59 - 40 71
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Football Lge
Home(Div 1) 54 25 16 13 107 - 67 72
Away(Div 1) 54 10 17 27 60 - 88 38
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Total(Div 1) 108 35 33 40 167 -155 110
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Football Lge
Home(Div 2) 1 1 0 0 1 - 0 2
Away(Div 2) 1 0 0 1 2 - 4 0
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Total(Div 2) 2 1 0 1 3 - 4 2
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Total(Prem) 39 19 14 6 59 - 40 71
Total(Div 1) 108 35 33 40 167 -155 110
Total(Div 2) 2 1 0 1 3 - 4 2
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Grand Total 149 55 47 47 229 -199 183
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Last Six Premiership results:-
Everton
A. Villa 1-1 Everton
Everton 1-1 Blackburn
Everton 1-0 Man City
Wigan 1-1 Everton
Everton 2-0 Chelsea
QPR 1-1 Everton
Spurs
Man City 3-2 Spurs
Spurs 3-1 Wigan
Liverpool 0-0 Spurs
Spurs 5-0 Newcastle
Arsenal 5-2 Spurs
Spurs 1-3 Man Utd
Pos P W D L F-A GD Pts
3 Spurs 27 16 5 6 52-33 19 53
13 Everton 26 9 7 10 27-28 -1 34
Champions League Form required!
For the third Premier League match in a row, Spurs will play their 150th league match against their opponents. This is no great surprise, because Spurs, Arsenal, Manchester United and Everton do belong to the historic club of the "biggest clubs in England". Each of the teams has a proud history (well three of them!), and a great pedigree of top flight football. It's just that Everton have in recent years fallen from the loftier heights of that status. They are one of the seven ever-present Premier League teams, but they operate within the tightest of budgetary constraints. There have been plenty of complaints from Everton fans, but seeing what is currently happening at Rangers, those fans have to prefer the current situation to the alternative prospect on offer in Glasgow.
In 39 games against each of these three opponents, Spurs have demonstrated survival form against Arsenal, relegation form against Manchester United, and Champions League form against "The Toffees", who are definitely our favourite opponents of the ever-present seven. That does not mean that this is going to be an easy game, because Everton have done better against us in recent seasons, and currently are unbeaten in 6 games. They too have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals and play Sunderland (at home) on the day we face Bolton.
Everton's season started badly (and late like ours), with 6 defeats in their first 10 games. In the remaining 16 games, they've lost 4, and that figure is just 2 defeats in their last 12 league games.
Everton have gained two big scalps in their last two home games, in the shape of Manchester City and Chelsea, who they beat 1-0 and 2-0 respectively. When they scored 2 goals against Chelsea, it was the first time they'd managed more than one goal in a league game since 26th November.
Steven Pienaar's return to Goodison Park does not co-incide with their current unbeaten run, which started three games before his arrival on loan at the end of January. Pienaar was a hero in the victory over Chelsea, not least because of his fifth minute goal. Spurs fans as a group have not yet taken to the South African, who has not had much exposure in his time at Tottenham, but he is valued on Merseyside. They probably won't be able to afford the likely price that Daniel Levy would put on his head! As a loanee, Pienaar will not be eligible to play in this match.
Commentators were relieved to see the departure of the Russian Bilyaletdinov to Spartak (Moscow), only to be frustrated by the emergence of the Argentinean striker Denis Stracqualursi, who has scored three goals in the last 6 games (league and Cup). Everton also signed the Croatian striker Nikica Jelavic from Rangers in January.
24 year old Royston Drenthe pops up with a goal now and again, as he did last week at QPR. Moyes needs his players to defend more as a unit though, and Drenthe rarely plays 90 minutes for the "Toffees". Drenthe is a Real Madrid player but has been on loan since last year at Hercules, and now at Everton. Recet signing from Manchester United, Darron Gibson, is out for another two weeks with a knee injury.
When we beat Everton in the re-arranged home game two months ago (Spurs 2 Everton 0 - 11th January, 2012), Aaron Lennon scored one of the goals, but we already know his hamstring problem has kept him out of tomorrow's game. Benoit Assou-Ekotto scored a cracking goal, and he will return at left back tomorrow. Hopefully Ledley King will be able to play, otherwise it looks as if William Gallas will have to start, as Michael Dawson is now out for the season. Louis Saha will also be available to face his old team, but Jermain Defoe will be upset if he is not selected to start. With Lennon out maybe Van der Vaart will nominally be on the right, but our full backs will need strong support from more than just Scott Parker, so Harry may need to find a place for Sandro. A 4-2-3-1 of Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, King/Gallas, Assou-Ekotto; Parker, Sandro; Van der Vaart, Modric, Bale; Adebayor might be the way to go.
Everton have just about the most partisan and vocal of home crowds that I know in the Premier League, and we are no longer a bogey team for them, and they haven't lost at home against us in the last four matches. They won last year, and ended an 11 game unbeaten run for Spurs. Louis Saha scored their first goal and Coleman got a 75th minute winner after Van der Vaart head equalised early on. (Everton 2 Spurs 1 - 5th January, 2011).
So, a tough game is in prospect, and a return to their very best Champions League form is required for Spurs to come away with a positive result. I think we might have to settle for a point, and I'll predict a 1-1.
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