Everton vs Hull 18.03.2017/ England Premier
There will be plenty of punters shovelling the cash on potential home bankers Everton at odds-on as they bid to bring up five wins on the trot at Goodison Park.
They have not conceded in three of those either as manager Ronald Koeman was purring once again after they strolled to a 3-0 success over West Brom with star men Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku finishing the season strongly.
Both have been the subject of will-they/won’t-they contract rumours in the week and as long as neither has been overly distracted, it is going to take a super-human effort from the visitors to keep them under control for 90 minutes.
Hull recorded an important victory against Swansea last week but remain mired in the bottom three and will more than likely still be there unless they discover some sort of magic potion to cure an abysmal away record.
It stands currently at 11 defeats out of 12 since the end of October will have to be addressed to some extent if they are not going to be heading straight back into the Sky Bet Championship.
The obvious glimmer of hope is their efforts at the KCOM Stadium (WWWWDW since the start of the year) and new head coach Marco Silva needs to cement an impressive start to his work in England by somehow ensuring they are a bit less powder-puff on their travels.
This should be an interesting afternoon for last week's double-goal hero Oumar Niasse on his return to the club that felt he had nothing to offer and Hull’s slim opportunity to all intents and purposes will rely on chances dropping his way in the belief he will get on from the start.
That said, even the biggest Tigers optimist would be hard pushed to see the team taking anything from this and the home side can keep up a strong charge for Europe.
Everton vs Hull prediction: 1@ 1,53
