Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton

Sunday’s Premier League action gets underway at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Tottenham Hotspur and Everton lock horns in a handsomely-looking match-up.

Tottenham came from an early 1-0 deficit to oust Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 in a five-goal thriller in midweek Champions League action to hand their progression bid a massive leg-up. ‘Spurs’ claimed a narrow 1-0 triumph at the AMEX Stadium last weekend to become the first Premier League side to win at Brighton in seven months and bounce back from a morale-damaging 3-2 defeat at fellow North London rivals Arsenal. Back to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where they’ve won all four league games this season via an aggregate score of 13-4, Antonio Conte’s men have every reason for optimism. It’s because Conte has kept Everton at bay in all six of his managerial H2Hs in the Premier League, including an overwhelming 5-0 victory in this corresponding fixture last season.

In the meantime, Everton wasted an early lead in a tight 2-1 home loss to Manchester United last week, escorting their two-game winning Premier League streak out of the window. However, after pulling off a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph at Southampton on their most recent Premier League travel, the ‘Toffees’ could win back-to-back top-flight matches for the first time since May 2021. Manager Frank Lampard will be more concerned about a piece of unwanted history looming over his head as a potential defeat at Tottenham could make Everton the worst-ever Premier League side to have visited London. Level with Newcastle United at 84 losses in the capital each, the Merseysiders will be out to play down the odds and defy their underwhelming 13-game Premier League streak away to ‘Spurs’ (W1, D4, L8).