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Everton vs Wigan
As predicted Everton didn’t sulk after losing to West Brom and instead they went to Stamford Bridge and rattled the reigning Premier League champions, coming away with a well deserved draw and a reason to be cheerful ahead of the visit of Wigan. The other reason to be cheerful is that they’re playing Wigan.
A side which hasn’t won away from home since their third game of the season. They’ve lost their last four league games away from the JJB Stadium and in recent meetings between these two sides, Everton have won six of the last seven. Of course Roberto Martinez can hold up Everton’s recent form of six games without a win, a home record which has seen them win just twice at Goodison, managing a solitary point from their last three league games there. But we’re looking for reasons to be cheerful so we won’t dwell on those stats too much.
Two defeats in eleven isn’t a disaster and other than the anomalistic loss to West Brom, the other was against league leaders Arsenal in a game where the Gunners’ keeper put in an inspired performance to deny Everton at least a point. All four of Wigan’s away defeats have come in the last seven games and the fact that Fulham, West Ham and Blackburn account for three of them doesn’t bode well for Martinez this weekend.
Fulham and Blackburn play physical, hard-working styles of football and if this is something which Wigan struggle with then they’re not going to overcome their 13/2 match odds this Saturday.
Everton are still hanging around a little too close to the relegation zone for all concerned but given how tight the league still is, a few wins on the bounce and suddenly they can start thinking of the Europa League again. With Wigan not being the most profligate on their travels, five goals in eight games, an Everton clean sheet at 10/11 could be one to throw into an accumulator. Everton haven’t exactly been banging them in at home either so a scoreline of 1-0 at 5/1 or 2-0 at 5/1 will be your best bets. Tim Cahill remains the most likely man to get on the scoresheet at 4/1 to score first but Jermaine Beckford has popped up with a couple of crucial late goals recently and course be worth taking on at 9/2 to score last.
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Everton vs Wigan
As predicted Everton didn’t sulk after losing to West Brom and instead they went to Stamford Bridge and rattled the reigning Premier League champions, coming away with a well deserved draw and a reason to be cheerful ahead of the visit of Wigan. The other reason to be cheerful is that they’re playing Wigan.
A side which hasn’t won away from home since their third game of the season. They’ve lost their last four league games away from the JJB Stadium and in recent meetings between these two sides, Everton have won six of the last seven. Of course Roberto Martinez can hold up Everton’s recent form of six games without a win, a home record which has seen them win just twice at Goodison, managing a solitary point from their last three league games there. But we’re looking for reasons to be cheerful so we won’t dwell on those stats too much.
Two defeats in eleven isn’t a disaster and other than the anomalistic loss to West Brom, the other was against league leaders Arsenal in a game where the Gunners’ keeper put in an inspired performance to deny Everton at least a point. All four of Wigan’s away defeats have come in the last seven games and the fact that Fulham, West Ham and Blackburn account for three of them doesn’t bode well for Martinez this weekend.
Fulham and Blackburn play physical, hard-working styles of football and if this is something which Wigan struggle with then they’re not going to overcome their 13/2 match odds this Saturday.
Everton are still hanging around a little too close to the relegation zone for all concerned but given how tight the league still is, a few wins on the bounce and suddenly they can start thinking of the Europa League again. With Wigan not being the most profligate on their travels, five goals in eight games, an Everton clean sheet at 10/11 could be one to throw into an accumulator. Everton haven’t exactly been banging them in at home either so a scoreline of 1-0 at 5/1 or 2-0 at 5/1 will be your best bets. Tim Cahill remains the most likely man to get on the scoresheet at 4/1 to score first but Jermaine Beckford has popped up with a couple of crucial late goals recently and course be worth taking on at 9/2 to score last.
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