Both seeking to build on their respective matchday 12 victories in the Premier League, Everton will entertain Newcastle on Saturday evening.
David Moyes' men claimed back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time since August by battling their way to a 1-0 victory away at Manchester United on Monday night.
That triumph was made all the more impressive by the fact the Blues had 10 men for virtually the entire game after Idrissa Gueye was sent off for slapping teammate Michael Keane.
The victory moved Everton up to 11th place in the Premier League table, and just five points behind second-placed Chelsea.
As for Newcastle, they snapped a two-game losing streak in the top-flight by claiming a 2-1 win over Man City at St James’ Park last Saturday evening.
However, Eddie Howe’s side were brought back down to earth when falling to a 2-1 defeat away at Marseille in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
How the bookies view it: Toffees to come unstuck
Despite winning each of their last two Premier League matches, Everton come into this encounter as 9/5 outsiders on bet365 while a share of the Hill Dickinson Stadium spoils is an unfancied 11/5 with the same firm.
Newcastle – who have lost each of their last three Premier League games away from home – are 6/4 favourites on bet365.
Head to head: Hope for the hosts
Everton can draw confidence from the fact that they have avoided defeat in each of their last four meetings with Newcastle, the most recent of which saw the Blues bag a 1-0 win at St James' Park on the final day of last season.
Players to watch: Go for Garner angle
Having been fouled once or more in six of his last seven Premier League outings, James Garner looks terrific value to earn Everton one free-kick or more on Saturday evening at 4/5 on bet365.
Harvey Barnes is in a rich vein of scoring form, netting four goals across his last three appearances for Newcastle. With that in mind, the Magpies forward looks well worthy of support to hit the target at least once during this contest at 4/5 with bet365.
Predicted line-ups
Everton will be without the aforementioned Idrissa Gueye due to suspension while Seamus Coleman was forced off in the first-half at Old Trafford with a hamstring injury. The hosts are also expected to be without injured trio Jarrad Branthwaite, Merlin Rohl and Nathan Patterson.
As was the case in France in midweek, Harrison Ashby, Will Osula and Yoane Wissa are likely to miss out for the visitors while Kieran Trippier is a major doubt with a hamstring injury.
Everton: Pickford; O'Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Garner, Iroegbunam; Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Barry
Newcaslte: Pope; Livramento, Botman, Thiaw, Burn; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Barnes
Anything else catch the eye?
With a hard-fought encounter anticipated under the Merseyside lights, siding with over 3.5 cards holds plenty of appeal on Saturday evening at 4/5 on bet365.
Everton’s Premier League matches this season have produced an average of 4.09 cards per game, with this selection paying out in the Blues’ last home game with Fulham.
It’s also worth noting that three yellow cards and one red was handed out during Newcastle's recent top-flight road match with Brentford.
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