Europa League
2009-11-05 - Everton vs Benfica
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Analysis:The last time these two sodes met, Everton was beaten 5-0 in Lison. And after three games, both sides are on six points and should qualify to the next stage.
Since the 5-0 hammering in Portual, Everton have failed to win a game losing to Bolton, and Tottenham in the Carling Cup, before drawing 1-1 with Aston Villa.
Even though Moyes has stated a point is good enough here, but the Toffess wil want to take advantage of Benfica's poor away form in Europe, with the Portuguese side failing to win any of their last seven matches on their travels.
The home side were badly hit by injuries in recent weeks that Moyes had to field a patched up side. And the latest casualty is that striker Louis Saha has become the latest injury doubt with a calf strain and will be out of this clash. Saha picked up the injury against Tottenham, but still managed to feature as a second-half substitute against Villa but, the injury has failed to improve and he looks set to be out of this match.
The good news is defender Tony Hibbert is set to return having missed the Villa match with flu as fellow defenders Lucas Neill and Johnny Heitinga are both ineligible here. Mikel Arteta has suffered a setback in his recovery from a cruciate ligament injury after undergoing more surgery on the troubled knee.
Phil Jagielka (knee), Leon Osman (foot), Victor Anichebe (knee), James Vaughan (knee) and Phil Neville (knee) are still all sidelined but Steven Pienaar could return to the bench here.
Benfica head coach Jorge Jesus knows Everton will put in a tougher challenge here than they did two weeks ago. The Portuguese side have only two injury concerns after defender Cesar Peixoto and midfielder Carlos Martins have left the likes of at home due to knocks.
Take Everton to win this match.
Cheers and good luck,
Cruiser
The Pick :
Everton to win 2-1
BEST BETTING TIP :
Take Everton to win this match.
Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet
Take Everton on level ball handicap here.
