Everton are searching for their first win over Tottenham Hotspur in front of fans for over a decade but while they would happily take a victory however it might come in their current circumstances, they’ll be hoping it’s more straightforward than their last such success against the north London side.
Having already faced away fixtures against Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, three of Everton’s bogey grounds, where they haven’t picked up three points since before the millennium, Blues boss Sean Dyche has already questioned whether there is anyone his new employers have a good record against. Unfortunately the former Burnley gaffer is not going to get much joy when being told about Everton’s recent results against Spurs.
The Blues have won just one of their last 20 Premier League matches with Tottenham and that was when Dominic Calvert-Lewin nodded in the only goal of the game at an empty London Stadium on the opening day of the season on September 13, 2020. Everton’s only other success against Spurs during this period also came behind closed doors later that season when Carlo Ancelotti’s men edged out Jose Mourinho’s side 5-4 after extra-time in a thrilling FA Cup fifth round tie at Goodison Park, although their most-recent home win against them in the Premier League on December 9, 2012 was also dramatic.
