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KO 17:30

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: Goodison Park

Date: Saturday, 23 August

LIVE SCOREBOARD:

EVERTON - 2 - Coleman 19′, Naismith 45′.

ARSENAL - 2 - Ramsey 83', Giroud 90'.

EVERTON LINE UP:

Howard, Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Barry, McCarthy, Mirallas, Naismith, Pienaar, Lukaku.

SUBS:

Robles, McGeady, Besic, Atsu, Osman, Stones, Alcaraz.

ARSENAL LINE UP:

Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Monreal, Flamini, Ox, Wilshere, Ramsey, Ozil, Alexis.

SUBS:

Martinez, Bellerin, Koscielny, Rosicky, Giroud, Cazorla, Campbell.

TEAM NEWS:

Everton midfielder Darron Gibson is nearing a return from a cruciate ligament injury and could be available.

However, Ross Barkley, Arouna Kone and Bryan Oviedo are absent through injury.

Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta misses out with an ankle problem, while Kieran Gibbs, Theo Walcott and Serge Gnabry are also sidelined.

Per Mertesacker, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski could return after extended post-World Cup breaks, and Yaya Sanogo may be fit after a hamstring injury.

MATCH FACTS:

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

Everton won this fixture 3-0 on 6 April but that is their only win in their last 15 league and cup games against the Gunners.

Arsenal's defeat at Goodison Park meant they lost all four of their away games against last season's top five. Those four defeats accounted for 20 of the 41 league goals the Gunners conceded in 2013-14.

Arsenal have failed to win their last four Premier League games against Everton (D3, L1), although they beat them 4-1 in an FA Cup quarter-final in March.

EVERTON:

Defeat would mean the Toffees lose back-to-back Premier League games at Goodison Park for the first time since October 2011.

Everton have conceded at least twice in three of their last four Premier League games.

However, they have scored at least two goals in their previous six home league matches.

Steven Naismith has scored four goals and assisted two more in his last nine Premier League appearances.

ARSENAL:

The Gunners have won six successive league games since losing at Everton in April.

A seventh straight win would represent their best league run since a similar sequence between February and March 2012.

Arsene Wenger's side claimed 35 points away from home last term - the joint-best record in the division, along with Liverpool. Yet they ended the season with a goal difference of just plus two away from home.

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