Free Content: Midweek Selection
by Wakuba on Jan.27, 2009, under Selections
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Arsenal v Everton
We are all aware of Everton’s defensive stinginess – especially Rafa Benitez – since they lost all their strikers. Since a rough patch in October they have only conceded more than one in a game once in sixteen matches – and thirteen of those sixteen have seen under 2.5 goals.
Arsenal have been unusually frugal recently, too, going over 2.5 only three times in their last eleven games. They have been relatively tight at the back, and blunt in attack, lacking creativity in the absence of Fabregas and goals with the out of form Adebayor.
So, you can’t really see Everton scoring (other than a Tim Cahill header from a corner of course!) or conceding too many – so necessarily Arsenal will struggle for goals but should keep it tight at the back.
Everything in this game points to under 2.5 goals.
Arsenal v Everton – Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5 (888sport, BlueSq, Victor Chandler) – 2 points