After the heady heights of surging to the top of the table at the season start. A recent poor run of form has been once again seeing Everton looking for better fortunes in the beginning of 2011.
David Moyes will be looking for improvement from his side against Tottenham to lift them away from the relegation zone in their first home match of the year at Goodison Park.
Despite a shocking injury list that has depleted the Toffees during the mid part of the seasons first half. This can hardly be blamed for the poor run of form as Moyes has scrimped on an under funded budget side. Their form of late has been shocking, as they appear to be struggle even with Premier League sides residing in the relegation zone - with the exception of their recent home game to Chelsea - which they should have won.
With the injury list now cut to just Tony Hibbert, any new signing by David Moyes is likely to be a shrewd one. But any noticeable improvement to the Blues is likely to keep them out of the drop zone and Everton fans happy. And with Mikel Arteta bolstering the team, fortune suggests results in their favour are on the way later in the season.
Although Spurs have made their home ground at White Hart Lane a fortress for visiting teams this season. Harry Redknapp's fortunes away from home have been less than outstanding - winning and losing three games.
However Tottenham's injury crisis appears to be on the mend after a gruelling few months of Champion's league games - which saw Spurs qualify.
Despite getting a somewhat sluggish draw with Everton in October, Harry Redknapp will be looking to Totttenham looking towards strikers Roman Pavlychencko, Rafael Van der Vaart and in form Gareth Bale to impress and come away with an away win.
Given their European form, this game seems to favour Tottenham to continue to stake their claim on fifth place and take this win home.
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