Everton vs Arsenal Prediction, 6:30 p.m. April 5: 'Keeping your feet' for Champions League

Pre-match review

The recent London derby with Fulham saw many former Arsenal names return to the Emirates such as Emile Smith Rowe, Bernd Leno, Willian and Alex Iwobi. But the one who made the stadium explode was Bukayo Saka - a player who just returned from a serious injury.

After Mikel Merino unexpectedly opened the scoring for Arsenal with a deflected shot, Saka took just 6 minutes after coming on to head home to double the lead. His emotional celebration with his fitness coach moved fans.

Although Rodrigo Muniz scored an honorary goal in the injury time to reduce the score to 1-2 for Fulham, Arsenal still secured the victory and maintained a 4-point gap with Nottingham Forest to continue to firmly hold the second position in the table.

Although the hope of winning the championship seems to be gone, a place in the Champions League is within reach of coach Arteta and his team, before they enter the big match with Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Form, head-to-head history

Arsenal are on a 10-game unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League, but Merseyside is a constant threat to them. In their last 26 trips to Everton and Liverpool, Arsenal have won just three times – a number that gives manager David Moyes reason to be confident of a positive result in this fixture.

Everton, despite having their nine-match unbeaten run in the Premier League snapped after losing to Liverpool, are still a comfortable 14 points clear of the relegation zone. However, their defensive form is worrying, having conceded in eight of their last eight games in all competitions, and six of their last seven at home.

Everton held Arsenal to a 0-0 draw in the first leg at the Emirates this season. If they keep a clean sheet in the return leg, it will be the first time in 112 years that they have kept both games clean against Arsenal.

Force situation

Bukayo Saka has made an impressive return, but Arsenal immediately have 3 new injuries including Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Jurrien Timber. In addition, Arsenal are also without Calafiori, Tomiyasu, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz.

Everton will be without Mangala, Calvert-Lewin and Lindstrom. The good news is that Dwight McNeil has returned to training, and Iliman Ndiaye has also recovered and could start in place of Harrison.

Expected lineup:

Everton: Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye, Garner; Ndiaye, Doucoure, Alcaraz; Beto

Arsenal: Raya; Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Zinchenko; Odegaard, Jorginho, Rice; Nwaneri, Merino, Martinelli

Prediction: Everton 1-1 Arsenal

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