About Match
The table reads 2nd (Arsenal, 9 pts) against 8th (Everton, 5 pts), 4 points apart. Per game in the league, Arsenal score 2 and conceding 0.33, Everton 1.67 and 1, against a competition average of 1.42 goals per team per game. A win would lift Arsenal to 12 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Arsenal arrive on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Everton have not lost in 6 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 40 games: 24 Arsenal wins, 7 for Everton, 9 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Where history says 2.8 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.6.
The venue is Emirates Stadium in London, with room for 60,704 spectators.