Everton – Sunderland

Everton will host Sunderland at Goodison Park in the 26th round of the English Premier league.

The Toffees are on an excellent run, having not lost in any of the last 8 Premier League matches, winning 5 of them and climbing to the 7th place in the table in the process. Everton has been particularly strong at home and was absolutely unstoppable in the last two matches at Goodison Park, defeating Manchester City 4-0 and Bournemouth 6-3. Everton has one of the best home records in the league, losing just once all season on their own turf.

Sunderland continues to sit at the bottom of the league, failing to take advantage of the fact that all their main rivals lost last round. Sunderland failed miserably 0-4 at home against Southampton just after they claimed their first win of 2017, winning 4-0 themselves at Crystal Palace. The Black Cats lost 9 of their last 11 away matches in all competitions and 6 of the last 7.

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Team news & lineups:

Everton will miss Bolasie, Basic, Calvert-Lewin and possibly Pennington. Sunderland will be without McNair, Watmore, Kirchhoff, Cattermole, Djilobodji and Anichebe. Additionally, Pickford and Rodwell are questionable.

Everton: Robles – Coleman, Mori, Williams, Baines – Gueye, Schneiderlin, Barry – Barkley, Lukaku, Mirallas

Sunderland: Pickford – Jones, Kone, O’Shea, Denayer, Oviedo – Ndong, Gibson, Larsson – Januzaj – Defoe

Sunderland will aim to park the bus and defend a draw, but that doesn`t seem like a great plan against an all out attacking side like Everton. The Toffees are scoring for fun at the moment and their offensive power, along with their strength at home and Sunderland’s futility on the road, make an upset seem unlikely.

It`s hard to see Sunderland keeping a clean sheet and it`s even harder to see them getting anything if it will become a goalfest.

Sunderland’s last 6 defeats on the road came by more than one goal and looking at Everton’s attacking threat, the Toffees should be more than able to pile up on Sunderland’s misery. My tip is for an in form Everton to cover the 1 goal asian handicap. Prediction: Everton – Sunderland 3-0.

Pick: Everton (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.64 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 4.48
Event date: 25 February