Chris Sutton makes Arsenal vs Everton prediction as Mikel Arteta sights title advantage
The upcoming match between Arsenal and Everton on Wednesday night is expected to have significant consequences for both teams in the Premier League.
This fixture was rescheduled from an earlier date because Arsenal had to play in the Europa League, and it was postponed due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year.
The match will now take place at the Emirates Stadium, giving both teams the opportunity to catch up with their rivals.
Everton, led by new manager Sean Dyche, will be hoping to climb out of the relegation zone, and they have already beaten Arsenal 1-0 in Dyche’s first game in charge.
Mikel Arteta has a lot riding on the outcome of the upcoming match. If his team, Arsenal, win, they will move five points ahead of Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title, and their extra game will give them an even greater advantage. However, Arteta is not solely motivated by a desire for revenge against Sean Dyche, who defeated Arsenal in their previous encounter.
“It’s a case of doing things better than we did when we played there a few weeks ago and earn the right to win the game,” Arteta told reporters ahead of the clash. “Hopefully tomorrow we’ll play much better than we did that day.”
There has been a lot of speculation and analysis leading up to this match, with pundits weighing in on their predictions for the outcome of the crucial fixture. One such pundit is former Premier League striker Chris Sutton, who has offered a definitive assessment of how he expects the match to unfold by the time it concludes.
He wrote for BBC Sport: “Everton gave Aston Villa a decent game on Saturday but they fell back into the bottom three after being beaten, and their big issue is still that they are so short of firepower. I saw a Tweet from BBC’s chief football writer Phil McNulty about how the Toffees failure to sign a striker last summer or in January could come back to haunt them, and it’s clear Dominic Calvert-Lewin will have a crucial part to play if they are going to stay up.
“I don’t even see Everton getting near the goal too often on Wednesday, though. Arsenal have bounced back superbly from their defeat to Manchester City with two wins from two tough away games, against Villa and then Leicester. The Gunners will have a point to prove after losing at Goodison Park at the start of February – in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge of Everton – and I don’t see them having any problems this time.”
Chris Sutton makes Arsenal vs Everton prediction as Mikel Arteta sights title advantage
