Yahoo Sports Arsenal vs Everton - Premier League preview: How to watch online, when is it, predictions, odds and more
Arsenal will look to extend their Premier League winning run to four games when Everton visit the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Unai Emery’s side have recovered from their defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea on the first two weekends of the season by beating West Ham, Cardiff and Newcastle.
The confidence of the hosts will only have been boosted further by their 4-2 victory over Ukranian side Vorskla Poltava during the opening round of Europa League fixtures yesterday.
Everton’s unbeaten start to the season was broken last weekend after Marco Silva’s side suffered a 3-1 defeat at home to West Ham.
The Toffees will need to avoid the individual mistakes and profligacy in front of goal that cost them three points against the Hammers, and their task has become even more difficult with Arsenal’s strikers beginning to fire on all cylinders.
What time does it start?
Arsenal vs Everton kicks off at 4pm (BST)
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports’ Premier League and Main Event channels. Sky Sports subscribers can also stream the match via the SkyGo app.
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
It’s a big game for…
Theo Walcott – The 29-year-old admitted this week to Sky Sports that he fell out of love with football during his last few months at Arsenal, but Everton will hope he is on song as he returns to the Emirates for the second time since swapping London for Merseyside in January. The England forward has two goals from five appearances this season for Marco Silva’s men, but he will hope that he can inspire something different to the 5-1 drubbing they received in February.
Best stat…
24: Arsenal are undefeated in their last 24 home matches against Everton in all competitions. The Gunners have won 20 matches and drawn four against the Merseyside club since goals from Graham Stuart and Andrei Kanchelskis secured a 2-1 victory for the visitors in January 1996.
Remember when…
Arsenal would have been distant bystanders in the challenge to qualify for the Champions League spots in the 2011/12 season without Robin van Persie. The Dutchman beat Sergio Aguero and Wayne Rooney to the Golden Boot that season for his 30 goals, and one of his finest came in this very fixture. Arsenal had been frustrated for three quarters of the match by David Moyes’ dogged side before the Dutchman marked Arsenal’s 125th birthday with a sensational volley from Alex Song’s lobbed pass.
Player to watch…
Sokratis Papastathopoulos – The fact that Arsenal are yet to record a clean sheet this season should not impinge on an assessment of the Greek defender who joined from Borussia Dortmund in the summer. Richarlison and Walcott pose trickery and pace in abundance, but Sokratis’ will look to continue his solid start to the season alongside Shkodran Mustafi at the heart of the Arsenal defence.
Past three-meetings…
Arsenal 5 (Ramsey x3, Koscielny, Aubameyang) Everton 1 (Calvert-Lewin), Premier League, February 2018
Everton 2 (Rooney, Niasse) Arsenal 5 (Monreal, Ozil, Lacazette, Ramsey, Sanchez), Premier League, October 2017
Arsenal 3 (Bellerin, Sanchez, Ramsey) Everton 1 (Lukaku pen), Premier League, May 2017
Form guide…
Arsenal: LLWWWW
Everton: DWDWDL
Odds…
Arsenal to win: 4/9
Everton to win: 23/4
Draw: 18/5
