Tottenham vs Everton - as it happened: Spurs hold off late fightback from the visitors to secure all three points
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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham welcome Everton to White Hart Lane on Sunday in a match that pits two in-form sides against one another.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men currently sit second in the league, 10 points behind leaders Chelsea, and Spurs will know that anything but three points against the Toffees could end all hopes they may still have of catching Antonio Conte’s Blues.
As for Everton, Ronald Koeman’s are continuing their push for European football as they seek to catch sixth-placed Manchester United who sit four points above them. A win at White Hart Lane would hand the Toffees a major psychological boost as they bid to kick on with their season.
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What time is kick-off?
The match will kick off at 1.30pm on Sunday 5 March at White Hart Lane.
Where can I watch it?
It will be shown live on Sky Sports 1, with coverage starting at 1.00pm.
It’s a big game for…
Romelu Lukaku. The Toffees travel to Tottenham on Sunday with the task of beating a side who remain unbeaten at home this season. Enter Romelu Lukaku. The striker, who recently scored his 60th club goal for Everton, can expect to lead the charge as Koeman’s men look to end Spurs' impressive home record. There’ll be plenty of pressure on the Belgian but if his recent form is anything to go by then there’s no doubt the 23-year-old will be up for the task.
Remember when…
Tottenham fired five past Everton in 2005? The last time Spurs were this prolific in front of goal against the Toffees was way back in 1958 when they recorded a 10-4 victory over the Merseyside club during the days of the old First Division.
Player to watch…
Harry Kane. Everton may have Lukaku but Spurs have their own in-form striker. Like his counterpart, Kane has 17 league goals to his name this season and is enjoying a rich vein of form. Indeed, the forward has scored 12 goals in 11 league and cup games in 2017, including three hat-tricks, and currently looks unstoppable. Everton’s backline will need to have their wits about them on Sunday if they stand any chance of extending their unbeaten run to 10 successive games.
Past three meetings…
Everton 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Premier League, August 2016
Everton 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Premier League, January 2016
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Everton 0
Premier League, August 2015
Predicted line-ups…
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris; Dier, Vertonghen, Alderweireld; Walker, Dembele, Wanyama, Davies; Eriksen, Alli; Kane
Everton: Robles, Coleman, Williams, Funes Mori, Baines, Davies, Schneiderlin, Gueye, Barkley, Lukaku, Lookman
Form guide…
Tottenham Hotspur: WDWLLW
Everton: WDWDWW
Odds…
Tottenham to win: 10/17
Everton to win: 24/5
Draw: 31/10
Odds provided by 888.com
16 MINS
Vertonghen hoists the ball hopefully into the box, but there is no one is the danger zone to be attacking the cross. Kane is appearing to be dropping back deeper than usual to hunt the ball.
Spurs have had 65% of possession so far, but Everton have used their 35% wisely on the counter attack.
20 MINS
GOAL
TOTTENHAM 1 - 0 EVERTON
Out of nowhere, Kane has produced a moment of magic to give his side the advantage. The scorer picks up the ball with his back towards the goal, he turns and strikes the ball tremendously from distance to beat Joel Robles.
Game on!
22 MINS
The goal has appeared to inject Kane with momentum and confidence, as he comes to close to doubling his tally just minutes after the opener. He picks up the ball inside the box, weaves inside a sea of Everton shirts following some clever play with Eriksen, but he is denied by the Everton keeper.
25 MINS
A pass back from Lukaku goes astray to give Spurs a chance to counter attack. Walker feeds it through to Eriksen, who goes for a right-footed strike, but it flies just far of the wide post. Spurs have had seven attempts so far, in contrast to one from Everton.
27 MINS
Eriksen delivers a free-kick from distance into the Everton box and it flies just inches wide. It's an attempted cross from the set piece taker, but it almost creeps into the far corner.
28 MINS
Wanyama rattles the woodwork from the edge of the box with a left-footed strike. The rebound falls to the feet of Kane and he miss-hit's it wide of the target. To his relief, the offside flag is raised anyway.
32 MINS
Barkley drives a drilled ball across the face of the Tottenham goal, forcing Lloris to dive out to punch it to safety. Lukaku was lurking behind him, so it was the right decision from the keeper.
35 MINS
Lukaku is pulled to the ground by Dier and he wins a free kick for the visitors. The side's top scorer has had a relatively quiet day so far, but it's never going to be an easy day when you're up against the likes of Vertonghen and Alderweireld. He has not scored in his previous seven appearances against Spurs, but today could be the day.
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