Everton vs Arsenal Bet Builder Tips, Preview

Arsenal and England star Bukayo Saka returned to Premier League action in midweek for the first time since December to score what turned out to be the winning goal for the Gunners.

Saka has now scored 6 times in the Premier League this season and despite being out injured for the best part of 3 months, the winger still leads the way in the final third with 16 goal contributions. Obviously, 10 of those contributions have arrived in the form of assists and that won’t come as too much of a surprise to many as the Gunners have been deadly from set-pieces this season.

A place in the starting lineup could be up for grabs at Goodison Park this weekend and Saka heads into the Everton game with an xG of 4.9 and an xAG of 5.9, so you can see why we’ve backed the 23-year-old to score or assist in this game.

Arsenal ‘midfielder’ Mikel Merino is really profiting from his current run in the side where he is being deployed by Mikel Arteta as a makeshift striker.

Merino, who had never played up-front before joining the Gunners, has scored 6 goals in the league this season which is an all-time high for the former Real Sociedad man who has never been recognised for his goalscoring ability in the past.

However, the 28-year-old has totted up 27 shots in his 22 Premier League appearances so far this season, 9 of which have come from the substitutes’ bench, and he is averaging 1.96 shots per 90 minutes.

We’re backing Merino, who also scored for Spain during the last international break, to cause the Everton defence a few headaches this weekend and we could even see him adding to his 6 goals in his last 10 appearances for club and country.

Beto has been rejuvenated since David Moyes made his return to Everton, with the Scottish manager getting the best out of the African striker.
The Guinea-Bissau international joint-top scores for the Toffees this season with 6 Premier League goals in 22 appearances, though, only 9 of them have been from the starting lineup.

Despite not scoring in his last 6 games for club and country, Beto has managed to have 32 shots in the Premier League this season, the second-highest total behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and 17 of those have hit the target.

Beto boasts a shots on target ratio of 53.1% and the 27-year-old is currently averaging 1.64 shots on target per 90 minutes in the Premier League. We only need Beto to have at least 1 shot on target this weekend against the Gunners and the Toffees have been a much-more attacking side since Moyes took charge.