While the Toffees have been unable to replicate their league campaign from last season, which saw them narrowly miss out on a Champions League place, they have improved in recent months to avoid the ignominy of a relegation battle
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The Black Cats have a history of staging a late-season surge to survival, and they will need to call on all of that experience to gain anything from Goodison Park
The former Tottenham Hotspur boss had made a satisfying and triumphant return to White Hart Lane and led Villa into the FA Cup final with victory over Liverpool at Wembley
The visitors were quickest off the starting blocks as former Toffee Marouane Fellaini had a long-range effort blocked in the first few minutes, while Luke Shaw saw plenty of the ball down the left flank
The home side could have opened the scoring 10 minutes in when Aaron Lennon was brought down in the box, giving Everton a penalty, but Ross Barkley’s spot kick lacked power, leaving Tom Heaton with a comfortable save
Burnley have shown that they are capable of fighting for their place in the top flight in recent weeks, following up a win over Manchester City last month, with a goalless draw against Spurs, but they were narrowly beaten by Arsenal last weekend
The striker was absent when former club, Everton, lost to Chelsea in the 2009 FA Cup final due to injury, something Yakubu wants to make amends for
Moses, who was the man of the match, proved one of the main differences between the two sides
The visitors had the first real opening of the game when Luke Garbutt teed up Darron Gibson just outside the area, but the midfielder could only drill his effort straight at Asmir Begovic
In the end, they were more than happy to settle for the two-goal win to climb up to third place in the league table, while Everton, now with one win in their last 11 outings, are struggling down in 14th place
A win against Everton will ensure Arsenal remain number three on the log
Martinez has been seeking a way to arrest Everton’s six-match winless run in the league, which has left them 12th in the table, just ONE spot above Palace on goal difference
Within the first 10 minutes of the game, a marauding Seamus Coleman lost the ball midway into the City half, which led to the hosts counter-attacking and nearly opening the scoring through Stevan Jovetic
Everton head into Saturday’s clash at Goodison Park looking to arrest a run of four straight league defeats that has seen them drop to 13th on the table
Elsewhere, Sunderland lost 1-2 to Stoke, despite United States striker Jozy Altidore giving it the lead after 16 minutes
Former Rennes and Nice defender Onyekachi Apam reportedly signed with Seattle Sounders FC prior to the roster deadline date. The team has not announced the signing yet, but is expected to do so tomorrow.
Alan Irvine has rejected unfavourable comparisons between Albion and Everton’s record signings and insists Brown Ideye needs time to settle at West Brom.
Eto’o joins the Toffees on an initial one-year deal, despite interest from West Ham and Liverpool throughout the course of the summer
Arsenal’s comeback was commendable, but it changes little from their performance – they were second best for most of the game, and Arsene Wenger must once again ask questions of how his side will perform in the big games
Onazi is of interest to Sunderland, Southampton and Everton and is currently amongst the lowest paid members of the Lazio senior squad, taking home just €200,000 per year