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David Moyes’ return to Goodison Park as Everton manager resulted in more of the same as the Toffees fell 1-0 to Aston Villa, and another low-scoring match could follow when they play Tottenham. Everton has gone winless in their previous six Premier League games, and their horribly low-scoring games continue to plague any neutral unfortunate enough to watch one of their games. They have the division’s second-worst attacking record, yet only the top four have conceded fewer goals than them, with their 20 games yielding an average of 2.05 goals. Despite Tottenham’s status as the league’s second-highest scorers, this game is predicted to be similarly dreary.
Tottenham’s scoring exploits earlier in the season are doing a lot of heavy lifting in that regard, though. Their last 6 competitive matches have seen them score just 5 goals in regulation time, while a 5-match winless run in the EPL leaves head coach Ange Postecoglou fighting for his job. 3 of Spurs’ last 6 games have seen under 2.5 goals scored, while Everton have seen the same in each of their last 7. A total of just 8 goals have been scored in those 7 games for the Toffees, so getting under 2.5 goals here at plus-money odds looks good value.