Arsenal vs Everton Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting form across all competitions

Arsenal's last 20 matches in all competitions read 14 wins, 3 draws and just 3 losses, with 35 goals scored and 17 conceded. That's a strong return across a mix of league, cup and European games, plus a couple of pre-season friendlies.

Arsenal: 20 completed matches; Everton: 20 completed matches.

Arsenal

20 matches

Win

70% 14 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

17

Difference

+18

Everton

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

23

Difference

+7

Everton's equivalent sample shows 7 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, with 30 goals for and 23 against. A fair few of those defeats came in cup and friendly matches rather than the league, so it's a more mixed picture than the raw numbers suggest.

Arsenal's all-competition form has been considerably more consistent than Everton's.

Comparative Team Statistics: Arsenal vs Everton

Arsenal have had the upper hand at home

Looking back through the head-to-head record, Arsenal have won the large majority of meetings when hosting Everton over the last decade, including a 2-0 win the last time they met at this ground in March. Everton's rare successes in this fixture have mostly come when hosting themselves.

There have also been some heavy Arsenal home wins in this fixture historically, though the more recent meetings have generally been closer than those old scorelines.

History points toward Arsenal being hard to beat at home in this specific fixture.

Where both sides stand this season

Arsenal sit second after five league games, with four wins and just one defeat, scoring eight and conceding four. Everton are seventh with two wins and three draws, still unbeaten in the league but with fewer goals at both ends, six for and three against.

Everton's start has been solid but low-scoring, which could point to a tighter contest than Arsenal's overall form suggests.

Key contributors and discipline

Bukayo Saka has scored three times in Arsenal's last five matches, while Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori have each set up two goals in that spell, showing where a good deal of Arsenal's attacking threat is coming from.

Arsenal:

Best scorers:

B. Saka - 3

Best assist providers:

D. Rice - 2

R. Calafiori - 2

Penalty cards:

C. Tzolis x 2

Everton:

Penalty cards:

J. Garner x 2

On the disciplinary side, Everton's James Garner and Arsenal's Christos Tzolis have each picked up two yellow cards in their last five appearances, worth bearing in mind given how the game might be refereed.

How the game could play out

Arsenal's attacking output this season, combined with their strong home record against Everton, suggests they should create plenty of chances. The question is whether Everton's disciplined away form, built on keeping games tight, can limit that threat for long enough.

Everton haven't lost in the league so far this season, but they haven't scored freely either, so a low-scoring, cagey affair wouldn't be a surprise if they set up conservatively again.