by Ian S. Palmer
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Everton will be hoping to earn their first win of 2016 this Sunday, January 24 when they host Swansea City at Goodison Park in Liverpool in an important English Premier League showdown. Everton played reigning league champions Chelsea to a 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge in London last weekend while Swansea managed to pull out a 1-0 home win over Watford on Monday. Swansea will be happy just to survive the season without being relegated while Everton could possibly finish high enough to earn a spot in next season’s Europa League competition.
Everton vs Swansea City – Pinnacle SOCCER BETTING LINE:
- Pinnacle currently lists Everton as the favorites at -145 with Swansea +477 and a draw at +292
Everton vs Swansea City – Head To Head:
- The two teams met at Liberty Stadium in Swansea earlier this season with the game ending in a 0-0 draw. Everton hasn’t scored in three of their past four encounters against Swansea in all competitions and have just one goal in those four matches, which ended in three draws and a loss for Everton. Overall, the teams have met 24 times in the past with Everton winning 15, losing just once and drawing the other eight. Swansea’s lone win was a 3-0 League Cup victory at home in September of 2014.
Everton enters the weekend in 11th place with a record of six wins, 11 draws and five losses for 29 points. They’ve scored 39 times and allowed 32 goals against. They have three wins at home to accompany their four draws and four losses with 23 goals for and 20 conceded. The Toffees have just one clean sheet at home and have been shut out twice. Overall, they’ve recorded six clean sheets and have failed to score on five occasions. Everton has two victories, two draws and two defeats in their past six home fixtures. Injury-wise, it looks like both Tyias Browning and Tony Hibbert will miss the match along with Seamus Coleman, James McCarthy and Muhamed Besic.
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Swansea managed to climb out of the relegation zone with their win last week, but are just one point above it. The Welsh club enters the 23rd round of action in 17th place in the 20-team league with 22 points from five victories, seven draws and 10 defeats. Swansea has just one win on the road this season along with three draws and six losses. They’ve scored just eight goals away from home and have conceded 14. Swansea has one clean sheet on the road and has been shut out four times. Overall, they’ve recorded six clean sheets and have failed to score on nine occasions. They have a lone win, four losses and a draw in their past six away outings.
Everton hasn’t won at home in league play on Merseyside since November when they downed last-place Aston Villa, but Swansea has just one away win all season. Everton doesn’t have a problem scoring goals, but allow too many against. They allowed Chelsea skipper John Terry to draw their game 3-3 last weekend with a goal in the eighth minute of injury time. Everton’s Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku leads the Premier League in scoring this season with 15 goals to his name. Swansea made the headlines this week by naming Francesco Guidolin as the side’s new manager and he’ll be depending on Andre Ayew of Ghana to lead the attack as he has seven goals on the year to lead the team. The Swans are lucky as they have no reported injuries and a healthy squad to choose from.
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