Everton vs Wolves: Preview and Prediction

Saturday 2nd February 2019

England Premier League
Saturday 2nd February 2019
Kick off at 3pm GMT
Venue: Goodison Park

Match Preview:

It’s not been the best of starts to the year for Everton who have been knocked out of the FA Cup and lost 2 league games so far. They will be slim favourites to get all three points against Wolves when the teams meet on Saturday at Goodison Park.

Manager Marco Silva remains under pressure but the club have won 2 of their last 3 games and are in 8^th place. They are just two points behind 7^th, and standing in their way is of course, Wolves - but can the club who have been so impressive this season be tamed?

Everton’s away form has not been good and overall form has hardly been inspiring but what has been worrying is their recent form where they have won just 1 game at home in their last five matches. For Silva to have a more relaxed time and breathing space the club will have to find some sort of consistency, and that in a nutshell has been the problem, they just haven’t found that all season and one wonders if that has affected the players confidence, which looks to be fairly low currently.

Wolves have the better form of the two clubs coming into this game where they have won their last two matches. But we must note that both of those wins against Leicester and West Ham came at home. Still Wolves have scored 7 goals in their last two matches which is impressive.

Wolves are no pushovers as Tottenham found out a few weeks ago at Wembley, and so Everton will have to be focused and be at their best if they are to get anything from this game.

Team News:

Everton: Leighton Baines has a knock though he has a good chance to make the squad and will be assessed. Lucas Digne is suspended for this game after his sending off against Huddersfield. Idrissa Gueye is said to have a minor knock and is in the running to be back for this game. Yerry Mina may be assessed for this game with a foot injury but Silva is expecting him to just miss out

Wolves: There are no new injuries for the club ahead of this game

Head to Head:

Earlier this season in the reverse fixture this game ended 2-2.

The teams have not played at Goodison Park since 2011 where Everton won 2-1.

From the last 7 meetings, 5 have ended as a draw, with no wins for Wolves.

3 of the last 4 meetings has seen the highest amount of goals in the first half.

Prediction:

In some ways this is a clash to see who will be top of the ‘secondary league’ behind the top 6. Everton have a chance to stake a claim for 7^th which would be higher than where the club finished under Sam Allardyce last season. This could be very close and yet Everton do possess the quality at least at home to get a win, and we have a feeling Everton should be able to get something out of this game. Wolves are confident but could be over confident which could play into Everton’s hands. Sometimes the team need that kick or urgency to move on in attack against a team going for the jugular, and Wolves are bound to leave a few gaping holes. If Everton play this game to the best of their abilities we can see a result here for The Toffees.

Recommended Betting Tips:

Asian handicap (0.0 Everton) at 1.86