THE STRIKER: previews Friday’s Premier League game between ARSENAL v EVERTON with extended stats and a recommended BETDAQ bet.

The Striker is a professional football punter who focused solely on football in the UK. He has over ten years of experience using exchanges and he’s been a full-time professional punter for more than five years. UK football is his edge and he sticks to it!

Thankfully The Striker has agreed to share his best bets with BETDAQ Tips! He will use a staking system between one and five points to give readers a clue as to how confident he is with each individual bet. He uses his own analysis to price up matches and loves advanced stats like xG, goal stats and current form.

ARSENAL V EVERTON

8pm It’s been a very busy week in the Premier League and we have Friday Night Football to enjoy next as Arsenal host Everton. It’s fair to say it has been a disappointing season for both sides, however much more so Arsenal. Everton gave it a good go to try and get into Europe and they won’t come up too far short. If they can keep improving, they will challenge again next season. The reality is they had their chance this season and they blew it with some losses at critical times when the teams around them lost too.

As for Arsenal, what can you say? They have been very poor in the Premier League but they have a Europe League Semi-Final to look forward to next week. Perhaps their focus will already be on that competition, as they can’t achieve anything in the Premier League – it looks like if they don’t win the Europa League they won’t be seeing European football next season. It was very disappointing to see them draw 1-1 with Fulham, but they just keep letting games slip away from them.

Arsenal dominated the game, with xG finishing 2.92 to 0.91 to Arsenal. Much like the first leg against Slavia Prague, they just didn’t kill the game off like they should have done. On paper Everton look desperately out of form but their xG figures aren’t actually that bad. They were very unlucky to draw with Crystal Palace and lost to Burnley – they should have easily won both games. It wouldn’t be harsh to suggest both sides should come with a wealth warning on BETDAQ Betting Exchange as they just aren’t winning the games they should!

We lost on Arsenal to beat Fulham at the weekend, but I feel they are worth backing again here at 2.06. I’m happy to keep stakes very small, as we all know you can’t trust Arsenal with anything other than an average sized bet. However, they continue to play good football despite not winning games. I still feel it’s fair to say that they have been playing their best football of the season recently – and while that might not be good enough to be in the Top Six anymore, it’s good enough to beat this Everton side who lack a spark at the moment.

The Striker Says:
One point win Arsenal to beat Everton at 2.06 with BETDAQ Betting Exchange

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MATCH STATS

  • Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 24 Premier League home games against Everton (W20 D4) since a 1-2 loss at Highbury in January 1996.
  • Everton are looking to complete their first league double over Arsenal since the 1985-86 season, following their 2-1 win at Goodison Park in December.
  • This will be the 200th top-flight meeting between Arsenal and Everton – the Gunners have won 98 of the 199 so far, more than any side has beaten another in top-flight history.
  • Arsenal have never lost in nine previous Premier League games played on Fridays (W7 D2), the most a team has played on a specific day of the week without ever losing. These games have produced 42 goals in total (4.7 per game), with the Gunners scoring 28 and conceding 14.
  • Following their 2-2 draw with Spurs last week, Everton will become just the second team to play on consecutive Fridays in the Premier League, after Arsenal did so in April 2004 (4-2 v Liverpool, 5-0 v Leeds).
  • Arsenal have kept just three clean sheets at home in the Premier League this season, with only Everton, Sheffield United (two each) and Newcastle (one) keeping fewer. The Gunners have conceded the first goal in each of their last four Premier League home games.
  • Everton’s last three league games have all ended level, with the Toffees last drawing four consecutive Premier League matches back in November 2012 under David Moyes.
  • Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored in all three of his Premier League home appearances against Everton (4 goals in total), including his first ever strike for the Gunners in February 2018.
  • Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson has been involved in five goals in his last seven Premier League games (3 goals, 2 assists), as many as in his previous 23 in the competition.
  • Arsenal’s Nicolas Pépé has been involved in six goals in 24 Premier League appearances this season (5 goals, 1 assist), compared to nine goals in 16 games in all other competitions this term (5 goals, 4 assists).