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Sunday 23rd December 4pm
Premier League
Goodison Park
Our 2nd North London Derby of the season went a lot better than the first and we're in a semi-final, too.
Our weary squad looked pretty bright and they'll have to maintain that sharpness, as we're hitting a tough patch.
A trip to Merseyside opens our festive schedule and it's the first of four games in ten days.
We have seven matches in January, so this will heavily test the squad and our manager.
Can we give ourselves a slightly early present or will we end up being turkeys?
Everton started this campaign under new management, having seen off Koeman and Allardyce in the last one.
The Dutchman was a disaster and had them flirting with relegation, so Big Sam was brought in to steady the ship.
He did his usual solid if unspectacular job and dragged them up to 8th place, which is a pretty respectable finish.
His style of play was extremely unpopular with the Goodison faithful though, so he got the chop.
Marco Silva was swiftly ushered into the hotseat, having been fired by Watford in January after having his head turned.
Controversial Portuguese managers may be making headlines at the moment, but Silva's not one of them.
Everton's start has been very mixed, resulting in an almost symmetrical record of 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses.
Their squad had a major overhaul in the summer window though, so some inconsistency is to be expected.
Richarlison was their most expensive signing and he's lived up to his billing so far, rejoining his old manager.
Digne, Bernard, Mina, Gomes and Zouma have all been heavily involved too, though.
The Toffees currently sit in 8th position in a particularly congested section of the league table.
They're only 2 points behind Man Utd in 6th place, but they're also only 3 ahead of Brighton in 13th.
The club have invested heavily this year and will be looking to push on and cement a European place.
Their away form will have to improve if that's to be achieved and they'll need to maintain their home record.
Both of our matches against Everton last season saw good performances and impressive scorelines.
The visit to Goodison Park came first and it was a surprisingly one-sided affair.
Harry Kane opened the scoring after 28 minutes with a flukey goal, as his cross soared into the back of the net.
Christian Eriksen added a second before the break to make the scoreline more reflective of the action.
A second for Kane just after half-time killed any thoughts of a comeback and it could've easily been more than 3-0:
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The second match saw a second coach in the Everton dugout, but largely the same result.
An early Wayne Rooney header had the visitors believing that they'd taken the lead, but it was ruled offside.
They didn't manage another attempt on target, as a sloppy, lazy performance was punished badly.
Son turned in Aurier's cross for the first, before turning provider for the second, as he teed up Kane.
The England striker bagged a second shortly after that and a lovely team goal was finished by Eriksen to make it 4-0:
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Aurier, Dembele, Dier, Vertonghen and Wanyama all miss out again, but Sanchez returns.
Everton will test Gueye, but he should be available. Neither side has any suspensions.
Lineups for each side's last league game:
Spurs: Lloris; Trippier, Alderweireld, Davies, Rose; Sissoko, Skipp; Lamela, Alli, Moura; Kane.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Eyoma, Winks, Eriksen, Son, Llorente.
League form: WWLWWW.
Everton: Pickford; Coleman, Zouma, Keane, Mina, Digne; Richarlison, Gomes, Sigurdsson, Bernard; Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Stekelenburg, Baines, Schneiderlin, Davies, Lookman, Walcott, Tosun.
League form: DWLDDL.
Referee: Paul Tierney. His first game for us this season, following his mare in the Rochdale FA Cup match.
TV: Sky Sports.
Lots of matches and lots of potential for changes, so what would you do for this one?
Should Foyth or Sanchez be put back in and if so, would you leave out Davies or Rose?
Do we need to single out Richarlison tactically or just stick with our normal game?
, first win I've had there in about four visits) but they've added a bit of quality this year. Will be tough, especially as we're averaging two games a week at the moment, squad is taking an absolute battering.
