Everton vs Tottenham: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from Premier League clash
- Everton host Tottenham at Goodison Park on Saturday in the Premier League
- Wayne Rooney will start for Everton despite his recent drink driving charge
- Serge Aurier is unlikely to start for Mauricio Pochettino's side on Saturday
Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Everton's home clash with Tottenham.
Everton vs Tottenham (Goodison Park)
Team news
Everton
Everton striker Wayne Rooney will start against Tottenham after a turbulent week in which he was charged with drink-driving.
Winger Nikola Vlasic will be part of the squad for the first time since joining on deadline day while striker Oumar Niasse has been recalled to the squad having been frozen out by manager Ronald Koeman last season.
Wayne Rooney will start against Tottenham despite recently being charged with drink driving
Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has recovered from a thigh injury which forced him to pull out of England duty while midfielder Davy Klaassen has recovered from a foot problem.
Provisional squad: Pickford, Holgate, Keane, Williams, Jagielka, Baines, Gueye, Davies, Sigurdsson, Rooney, Sandro, Stekelenburg, Martina, Lennon, Kenny, Besic, Klaassen, Calvert-Lewin, Lookman, Vlasic, Niasse.
Tottenham
Tottenham's new signing Serge Aurier is unlikely to start against Everton on Saturday.
The defender arrived back from international duty on Thursday but Kieran Trippier has recovered from an ankle issue and should start at right-back.
Serge Aurier is unlikely to start after only arriving back from international duty on Thursday
Victor Wanyama and Danny Rose are both out with knee injuries while Erik Lamela is still around a month away from competitive action following a hip problem.
Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Gazzaniga, Davies, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Foyth, Trippier, Aurier, Walker-Peters, Dembele, Dier, Winks, Oakley-Boothe, Eriksen, Alli, Sissoko, Son, Janssen, Llorente, Kane.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Everton are winless in their last nine Premier League games against Spurs (D5 L4) since a 2-1 win in December 2012.
However, Spurs have only won one of their last 10 top-flight visits to Goodison Park (D6 L3), a 1-0 victory in May 2015 courtesy of a Harry Kane goal.
Spurs have won 23 Premier League games against Everton, their joint-most victories against an opponent (also 23 against Manchester City).
Everton have won 10 of their 11 Premier League home games in 2017 so far (W10 D0 L1) – only opponents Spurs (31) have won more points in home games than Everton (30) in this period.
Tottenham have won their last three Premier League away games – they last won four in succession on the road in the competition in January 2014 (five in a row).
Everton haven't won any of their last nine Premier League games against Tottenham
Spurs have scored 15 goals and attempted 63 shots in their last three Premier League away games – in comparison, they’d conceded just two goals and 28 shots in these matches.
Tottenham Hotspur have won their last six Premier League games in September, with all wins coming in the last two seasons.
Wayne Rooney has scored 11 goals in his last 16 Premier League appearances against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
Harry Kane has attempted 10 more shots than any other player in the opening three matchdays of the 2017-18 Premier League season (24), but is yet to score.
Kane has scored 99 goals in all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur, 48 of which have come in away games. Christian Eriksen has assisted more of these than any other teammate (16).
Harry Kane failed to score in all three of his Premier League appearances in August, meaning that he’s now not scored in any of his 13 PL apps during the month in his career. In 2016-17, he failed to score in three PL apps in August, but netted in his first game in September.
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