Everton have lost just two of their eight home league games.
Arsenal are winless in their last three away Premier League fixtures.
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Arsenal are the current pacesetters in the Premier League but their lead at the top has been cut to just two points after a run of seven points from their last four games.
The Gunners were incredibly fortunate to see off rock bottom Wolves in the last round of games and face a tough trip to European hopefuls Everton on Saturday evening, by which time Manchester City may have scaled the summit if they take care of West Ham at the Etihad Stadium earlier in the day.
The hosts went down 2-0 at Chelsea last time out but have been in fine form with four wins in their last six games.
Everton sit in ninth place going into the latest round of games but they are only two points off the European places and just four adrift of Chelsea in fourth.
Team news
Everton have a number of injury issues and they are also facing the prospect of being without Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gueye for the next few weeks due to the African Cup of Nations.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall picked up an injury against Chelsea and is expected to miss out, while Jack Grealish is rated as a doubt.
Jarrad Branthwaite, Seamus Coleman and Merlin Rohl are unavailable due to injury for Everton.
Arsenal welcome back Riccardo Calafiori from suspension but Ben White faces around a month on the sidelines after sustaining a hamstring injury in the win over Wolves.
Cristhian Mosquera, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kai Havertz and Max Dowman are also missing for the visitors.
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The stats
Both meetings between these sides last season ended as draws.
Everton have avoided defeat in 14 of their last 17 home Premier League games stretching back into last season.
The Toffees are undefeated in their three home games against sides that started this weekend in the top half (W2, D1).
Arsenal have failed to win three of their last six Premier League games.
Under 2.5 goals has been a winning bet in five of Everton’s last seven games.
Prediction
Arsenal come into this game as the clear favourites but they may struggle to claim all three points against this in-form Everton side.
The Merseyside outfit have a reasonable recent record against the Gunners as they managed draws in both meetings last season, most recently a 1-1 stalemate at their former Goodison Park home in April.
Everton’s home record against Arsenal is particularly strong with four wins and just one defeat in their last seven games as the hosts in this fixture, and now may be a good time to face Mikel Arteta’s men.
Arsenal had built a healthy lead at the top of the table but are going through a comparatively tough period. The Gunners have just two points to show from their last three away games and they needed a late own goal to overcome a woeful Wolves outfit last time out.
Everton are massive underdogs to win at 5/1 with LiveScore Bet but the better angle could be backing the hosts to at least avoid defeat, as Arsenal have only lost two of their 16 league games and just one of their last 21 games across all competitions.
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