In the 13th round of the Premier League, Everton starts up as a favorite in front of the newly-promoted Cardiff, which has a modest balance of travel. “Caramelele” are following their fourth consecutive victory in their own field, being in an enviable form lately.
The game starts at 15:00 on Saturday, and the difference in value between the two bands is evident through a simple look at the leaderboard. Everton is 9th in the Premier League (19-15), while Cardiff is on the 18th place (goal 11-25). The guests have big defensive problems and have a rudimentary defensive, which can easily be defeated by the “caramel” stars. Last season, Everton won a 100% draw on Chelsea’s field, score 0-0, while Cardiff defeated Brighton in the last minute (2-1), taking advantage of numerical superiority.
Richarlison is favorites to score on Saturday.
We note that Everton‘s last three victories on Goodison Park were only scored in the second half, each time being equal to the break. Everton has the technical quality of Bernard and Richarlison, but also intelligent construction due to Sigurdsson (uncertain for this match). Mario Silva has built a very powerful offensive band that makes pressing effectively and can keep the ball in possession for long periods of time.
Cardiff will come to play a defensive play at Liverpool, and coach Neil Warnock knows his backers have to make a perfect match for the Welsh band to get points in this move. Cardiff has only scored two goals in this season’s games, and in the last two games on a foreign field it has always been like Etheridge to score at least one goal in the first 10 minutes! We know that Everton will start the game, which urges us to bet on the goals and the corners of the hosts. Simply, Everton has more quality!
Without Kenny and McCarthy, Mario Silva hopes to have Gylfi Sigurdsson on Saturday, recovering after an ankle injury. From the guest camp we will not see Richards and Zohore at work. Cardiff has 4 defeats in the last 5 Premier League games and the 2-11 goals of this series should definitely worry the guest manager. We were expecting a pretty spectacular game with fast phases and many occasions at both gates.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
Everton: Pickford – Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne – Gueye, Andre Gomes – Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bernard – Richarlison
Cardiff: Etheridge – Ecuele-Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham – Harris, Gunnarsson, Ralls, J. Murphy – Camarasa – Paterson
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.81
