Everton host Huddersfield Town on Saturday as both sides are enduring different starts to their respective seasons.
The hosts sit in eighth place with a steady start to the season, with two draws and a win to their name.
However, Huddersfield sit right down in 19th with a nightmare start - losing all three of their games (albeit two of them were against Chelsea and Manchester City).
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
These sides have met 61 times in their history - with Everton winning 26 of those games, and Huddersfield winning 21.
The last time they met was back in April this year, when Everton came away 2-0 winners that day at the Kirklees Stadium.
Goals from Cenk Tosun and Idrissa Gana Gueye either side of half-time was enough for the Toffees to come away with maximum points.
TEAM NEWS:
The home side will be without their in-form forward Richarlison, who is suspended, following a sending off against Bournemouth last weekend.
Michael Keane is also missing for Everton after he fractured his skull in the 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.
Huddersfield 'keeper Ben Hamer is still uncertain to start following the injury he picked up in last weekend's 0-0 stalemate with Cardiff City.
Jonathan Hogg was sent off in that game, so he faces his first match of suspension, which could be a key miss for the Terriers.
BETTING ODDS:
Everton are unsurprisingly big favourites going into the match at Goodison Park - with Bet365 having them as 8/15 on to win the game.
Huddersfield however, are 13/2 to come away from Merseyside with maximum points - for the first time this season.
Theo Walcott is on a good run (two goals in two games) and I fancy him to score again on Saturday - and at 6/1 first goalscorer; it looks decent odds!
PREDICTION:
I personally cannot see anything but a home win here, judging by the side's starts to the season and Everton's strong home record.
I do think Huddersfield will score however - even against Manchester City, they looked a small threat on the counter-attack and I think they will have to utilise that if they're to get anything from Saturday's game.
I'm going for 3-1 Everton and I expect Walcott to carry on his good run of form. I also think Gylfi Sigurdsson will get in on the action at Goodison.
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