Everton are a mixed bag. Their last four matches have seen 1 (Baines), 1 (Arteta), 3 (Arteta, Pienaar & Jagielka) and 4 (Arteta, Fellaini, Baines & Distin) of their players in the top 5 overall. Neither venue (AAHH) nor result (DWDL) for those four matches give us a clue to how they will turn out in this match.
In contrast, Arsenal's record reads 5 (Koscielny, Denilson, Eboue, Bendtner & Djourou), 5 (Nasri, Song, Sagna, Denilson & Clichy), 5 (Song, Nasri, Wilshire, Clichy & Fabregas) and 3 (Clichy, Nasri & Wilshire).
Neither Clichy nor Nasri started the first match listed and Denilson didn't start the last two. Those 3 plus Fabregas would be my recommendations if they start. However, in their last match against Wolves Nasri didn't start and Denilson replaced Wilshire after 67 minutes. Interestingly Song has made the most passes for Arsenal this season and is a good option if one or more of the others don't start.
Arteta is clearly the strongest player for Everton (69 point average over 4 games) followed by Baines (48) and Pienaar (46). So certainties for my 5 will be Arteta, Fabregas and Clichy if they all start as they should last the full 90 minutes and are clearly the highest scorers on average. One thing to note is that Gibbs is being considered for this match and so could come on as a sub late on, which could bite into Clichy's points total.
After those 3 I would tend towards Nasri and Wilshire and run the risk of a late sub or two. If you don't fancy them then Denilson, Song, Sagna, Eboue should be considered if they start or Baines or Pienaar if you want to add a second Evertonian.
Good luck!
by BensBulls
(Ben Wraith)
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