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Everton takes on Watford on August 17, 2019, at Goodison Park in English Premier League action.
Everton
Everton was among the founding members of the Premier League in 1992. But not only have they struggled to find the right manager in the past, but they’ve also struggled to pick up wins. However, this squad was able to climb up to 8th place in the table at the end of the last term after winning five out of their last eight games. These included wins over Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United. However, only one came on the road against West Ham and the Toffees will be looking to challenge the Top Six in the upcoming term and since this one’s played at Goodison Park, Everton has emerged as the soccer betting favorites to win over Watford.
Here are the current players for Everton F.C. as of 7/25/19:
1 GK Jordan Pickford, 2 DF Mason Holgate, 3 DF Leighton Barnes (captain), 4 DF Michael Keane, 7 MF Yannick Bolasie, 8 MF Fabian Delph, 10 MF Gylfi Sigurosson, 11 FW Theo Walcott, 12 DF Lucas Digne, 13 DF Yerry Mina, 14 FW Cenk Tosun, 15 DF Cuco Martina, 16 MF James McCarthy, 17 MF Idrissa Gueye, 18 MF Morgan Schneiderlin, 19 FW Oumar Niasse, 20 MF Bernard, 21 MF Andre Gomes, 22 GK Maarten Stekelenburg, 23 DF Seamus Coleman (vice-captain), 26 MF Tom Davies, 29 FW Dominic Calvin-Lewin, 30 FW Richarlison, 32 MF Joel Williams, 34 MF Beni Baningime, 38 DF Matthew Pennington, GK Jonas Lossl, MF Muhamed Besic, MF Kevin Mirallas, FW Henry Onyekuru
Watford
Watford has yet to win a major prize despite their long tenure in the top four tiers of the English football system. In January 2018, they hired Javi Garcia to be their boss and after the squad showed good form during the 2018-19 term, he has been rewarded with a new contract that will expire in 2023. Last April, Garcia led Watford to a come from behind win over the Wolverhampton Wanderers to reach the FA cup final for only the second time in their history. They also finished the last term with their highest ever points tally and finish with 50 points and 11th place, respectively.
Here is the player of Watford F.C. as of July 1, 2019:
1 GK Heurelho Gomes, 2 DF Daryl Janmaat, 4 DF Craig Dawson, 5 DF Sebastian Prodi, 6 DF Adrian Mariappa, 7 FW Gerard Deulofeu, 8 MF Tom Cleverley, 9 FW Tom Deeney (captain), 10 FW Isaac Success, 11 Adam Masina, 12 MF Ken Sema, 14 MF Nathaniel Chalobah, 15 DF Craig Craig Cathcart, 16 MF Abdoulaye Doucoure, 17 FW Adalberto Penaranda, 18 FW Andre Gray, 19 MF Will Hughes, 20 MF Domingos Quina, 21 DF Kiko Femenia, 22 DF Marvin Zeegelaar, 25 DF Jose Holebas, 26 GK Ben Foster, 27 Christian Kabasele, 29 MF Etienne Capoue, 30 GK Pontus Dahlberg, 33 FW Stefano Okaka, 35 GK Daniel Bachmann, 37 Roberto Pereyra, DF Dimitri Foulquier, MF Tom Dele-Bashiru, MF Dodi Lukebakio, FW Cucho Hernandez, FW Filip Stuparevic
Who Wins?
Everton has won 19 out of 28 matches against Watford while losing just five times during that span. However, Watford has two wins and a draw in their last three head to head meetings and won their most recent encounter 1-0 last February 9, 2019.
Watford enters this match having lost four in a row including a 0-6 drubbing at the hands of Premier League champs Manchester City who hosted them in the FA cup final match. Javi Garcia’s men have managed to post 21 wins in 50 matches over the last year, including 7 clean slates during their Premier League campaign.
Everton closed with 34 out their 54 points during the previous term came when the team played at home. That means that the Toffies love to play at Goodison Park than they do away from it. Marco Silva has brought some solid reinforcements to his side by bringing in Fabian Delph from Manchester City. They are unbeaten in their last four Premier League matches with two draws during that period. Everton is coming off a 1-0 win over Monaco in a Friendly last July 19, 2019.
Completing a permanent move for Andres Gomes after a successful loan last season was an expected move while ex-Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl will keep Jordan Pickford on his toes. Everton looks to break into the Top 6 during the upcoming term and this home match against Watford is a good venue to help that. I’m picking Everton to win this match because they are at home and they enter this showdown with the better form. Prediction: Everton
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