Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur - Match Preview

Saturday evening's late Premier League kick-off is a 5.30pm clash between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park. The match is being screened live on ESPN in the UK.

Saturday evening's late Premier League kick-off is a 5.30pm clash between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park. The match is being screened live on ESPN in the UK. Everton boss David Moyes has declared his team almost injury free for tonight's game, though several players could be lacking match practice. Defender Phil Jagielka, midfielder Leon Osman and striker Victor Anichebe all played for the reserves this past week and are hopeful of recalls to the senior eleven. Darren Gibson however is still a fortnight away from contention because of his knee injury whilst on-loan Steven Pienaar is unable to play against his parent club as per terms of his loan agreement. For Harry Redknapp, winger Aaron Lennon is missing with the hamstring injury he picked up against Stevenage on Wednesday night. Striker Louis Saha can't play against his old team due to the "gentlemen's agreement" between Redknapp and Moyes when the transfer was made in January. Defender Michael Dawson has been ruled out for the rest of the season after rupturing ankle ligaments midweek and joins Tom Huddlestone (ankle) as a long term absentee. Ledley King will face a late fitness test on his knee, whilst William Gallas has recovered from his calf problem and is available.

Line-ups from;

Everton (from): Howard, Heitinga, Baines, Distin, Hibbert, Neville, Cahill, Drenthe, Osman, Fellaini, Stracqualursi, Jelavic, Coleman, Barkley, Jagielka, Anichebe, Gueye, Mucha. Tottenham (from): Friedel, Gomes, Cudicini, Assou-Ekotto, Rose, Kaboul, Gallas, Khumalo, Walker, Smith, King, Nelsen, Livermore, Sandro, Parker, Bale, Kranjcar, Dos Santos, Modric, Defoe, Adebayor, Saha, Van der Vaart, Lancaster, Luongo.
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