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Stoke and Everton meet at Britannia Stadium in a match for the 23rd round of the Barclays Premier League. Everton won at home (1-0) last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 08-08-2016. The history of direct confrontations played at this stadium indicates balance between these two teams, since there have been 3 draws and 1 victory for each team in the last 5 matches. However, in the last match at this stage, in a match for the Barclays Premier League on 06-02-2016, Everton won by (0-3). The goals of the match were scored by R. Lukaku (11 ‘), S. Coleman (28’) and A. Lennon (42 ‘) for Everton.
Stoke
After 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, the home team is in 9th place, having won 28 points. In the final match, they drew 1-1 with Manchester United at home (1-0), having won 1-0 against Sunderland (1-3) in the previous game. For the championship, Stoke had 16 points out of 30, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in their last 10 games at their home stadium. His attack has marked regularly, since he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 7 of his last 11 games in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 22 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 11 home games in this competition: he scored 5 of his 14 goals in minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Stoke comes into this round after having drawn 1-1 at home against Manchester United. The team usually plays in the 4-3-3 tactical system, favoring the quick transitions, mainly through the sides. One of the strengths of the team is how they can take advantage of the free-kicks, while Stoke has a lot of difficulties at the time of the finals. For this duel the Stoke coach will not be able to count on Walters, Berahino, Ireland, Cameron and Butland, all injured.
Everton
The visiting team is currently in 7th place with 36 points drawn after 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Manchester City by (4-0). In the last match, he won away to Crystal Palace by (0-1). Everton has recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 away games, having won 11 points out of 30. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 4 of their 11 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 22 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 3 turns on the scoreboard.
Everton arrive for this motivated game after taking a 0-1 away win away from Crystal Palace. Coleman scored in the 87th minute and scored the only goal of the match. One of the great qualities of the visiting team is the ability that shows in situations of disadvantage, because most of the time can give a good answer. Noting that Everton presents some difficulties in their aerial soccer, attending to the low average of height of its players. We believe the visiting team will play in 5-3-2, where the two most advanced pieces should be Mirallas and Lukaku. For this match the Everton coach will not be able to count on Besic, Calvert-Lewin and Bolasie, all injured.
Prediction: under 3.5 goals @ 1.44