Everton v Stoke Betting Preview – Premier League 12th August 3.00pm
It’s been a fairly busy summer in the transfer market for Everton and they now looked pretty stacked with quality in depth, even with the sale of Romelu Lukaku. The Toffees could be on to a good thing this season and they will be expected to collect maximum points at Goodison Park against the Potters. They have won three of their last four at home against them and with Stoke having been pretty stagnant in the transfer market, the visitors could well struggle on Merseyside.
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Everton v Stoke Betting Tips
It has been quite a productive summer for the Toffees in the summer transfer market. Importantly they got their new players in early to give Ronald Koeman plenty of time to get things together. Even though they rightly couldn’t resist Manchester United’s big offer for Romelu Lukaku, the Toffees look to be in much better shape overall in terms of the quality of their squad and the depth that they have around. Davy Klaassen, Wayne Rooney and Sandro Ramirez, for example, is a nice problem to figure out how to get into the team. Because of participation in the UEFA Europa League, they have had a couple of competitive games under their belt too and Rooney and Ramirez are joint 6/4 anytime goalscorer favourites for this one. In the Coral correct score market, an Everton 2-0 is screaming bags of appeal for their home opener.
There have been two wins for both Everton and Stoke in the last four meetings at Goodison Park, but going into this one, Stoke really haven’t done much of anything over the summer in stark contrast to what the Toffees have been up too. They lost pre-season games against St Pauli and to Sheffield United and they have taken some hits in the loss of key personnel as well. The experience of Glenn Whelan and Jon Walters has gone and their top scorer from last season Marko Arnautovic has moved on to West Ham. Nothing has been done to fix the holes, certainly not going forward and they may struggle to make an impact. Will they be able to hold a positive-minded Everton at bay? Everton to win to nil at Coral is looking appealing at 13/8. The Toffees have totalled eight goals in their last four home games against the Potters. They can deliver more of an attacking punch than the visitors can.
Everton v Stoke Betting Odds
Everton 8/13, Draw 11/4, Stroke 9/2
Everton v Stoke Predictions
Everton to win: The Toffees have home form running over the Potters and they look as if they can go better than last season. Their squad looks balanced and the home crowd will help push them on to three points against a Stoke side which may struggle to threaten.
