Arsenal host Everton with City three points clear

Recent form points different ways

Arsenal have won three of their last five matches, drawn one and lost one. The run includes Madueke's late show saves Arsenal at Forest and a 3-0 win over Lille, but opened with a 0-3 defeat to Brighton. Their most recent outing was a 2-2 draw with Manchester United on 21 October.

Everton have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five. The sequence began with a 0-0 draw against Tottenham on 12 September and ended with a 0-2 defeat to Chelsea on 17 October. Between those results they beat Wolverhampton and Ipswich 1-0, and drew 2-2 with Hull.

What the table shows

A win would take Arsenal to 21 points from eight matches. A draw would leave them on 19 points from eight; a defeat on 18 points from eight. Everton would reach 13 points from eight with a win, 11 with a draw, or remain on 10 with a defeat.

The market-implied probabilities put an Arsenal win at 66.4 per cent, a draw at 21.7 per cent and an Everton win at 11.9 per cent. The five meetings listed produced eight goals in total. Arsenal won three of those matches, drew two and lost none.

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