Everton will be targeting their first Premier League win of the season when they go up against Bournemouth at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon.
Sean Dyche’s side have endured a difficult start to the season, losing heavily to both Brighton and Tottenham.
Having said that, the Toffees did stop the rot with a 3-0 win over Doncaster in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night, in a game that brought up both of my bets.
Blues boss Dyche will be hoping that victory will act as a springboard for further success when Bournemouth come to town this weekend.
The Cherries have made a solid if unspectacular start to the Premier League season, drawing with both Nottingham Forest and Newcastle in their opening two fixtures of the campaign.
Andoni Iraola’s side head into this clash off the back of a 1-0 defeat away at West Ham in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.
How the bookies view it: Toffees to come unstuck
Everton enter their second Premier League home match of the season as 9/5 outsiders with William Hill.
A third successive top-flight stalemate involving Bournemouth can be backed at 12/5 (William Hill) while a Cherries success has been chalked up at 8/5 (William Hill).
Head to head: Cherries hoping for more cheer
Bournemouth have held the upper hand in this fixture in recent times, triumphing in five of the last seven meetings.
However, it’s worth noting that Everton have claimed top honours from each of the last two meetings between the pair at Goodison Park.
Players to watch: Evanilson to edge out Everton?
Big money Bournemouth signing Evanilson is as big as 9/4 to open his Premier League account for the season on Saturday. Alternatively, the Brazilian is 7/5 (Bet 365) for a goal or an assist.
Everton's Idrissa Gueye is 21/20 on BetVictor to commit two or more fouls on Saturday and that holds appeal given the same bet would have proven profitable against Tottenham last weekend.
Predicted line-ups
Everton manager Dyche shuffled his pack in midweek to good effect so may reward some of his fringe players with a start this weekend.
Bournemouth remain without injured trio David Brooks, Enes Unal and Tyler Adams.
Everton: Pickford; Coleman, O'Brien, Keane, Mykolenko; Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Ndiaye, McNeil; Calvert-Lewin
Bourenmouth: Neto; Araujo, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Cook, Christie; Kluivert, Tavernier, Semenyo; Evanilson
Anything else catch the eye?
This feels like a real tough tussle to call so I’ll instead head to the Bet Builder and back the aforementioned Evanilson to have a shot on target and both teams to receive a card at 5/6 on Bet 365.
The Cherries' club record signing worked the goalkeeper twice on his debut last weekend and he should be presented with further scoring opportunities against an Everton side that have leaked seven goals across their two top-flight outings this term to date.
With both teams bound to be desperate to pick up their first league win of the season on Saturday, I’m more than happy to round off the bet builder by backing both teams to go into thee book.
This English Premier League match between Everton and AFC Bournemouth will be played on Aug 31, 2024 and kick off at 15:00. Check below for our tipsters best Everton vs AFC Bournemouth prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
