Everton vs Coventry City Prediction, Premier League Odds & Team News

I'm so pleased to see Thierno Barry doing well.

He did so much right last season, without consistently finding the finishing touch and was judged quite harshly for it - but he's improving on that part of his game and has four goals across his nine starts in the Premier League.

I've backed him for a shot on target at appealing prices in recent weeks, even getting 1.72 when Everton travelled to Newcastle, but that price is no longer as appealing (1.20), so I'm looking at Barry in a slightly different capacity here.

Barry has won 14 fouls across his nine starts in the Premier League. Only two Everton players have won more than Barry this season, with many Premier League centre backs struggling with his unique, but awkward, frame.

Barry has been fouled in three of Everton's four home games this season, winning multiple fouls in two of these games. He's been fouled in eight of his nine Premier League appearances overall, showing a real consistency to his game with this metric.

Coventry fans have had to be really patient to see Yann Gboho in the Premier League, who was signed from Toulouse over the summer after an impressive season in Ligue 1 - registering 11 goal contributions and averaging 1.98 shots per 90.

I'm not surprised that Gboho has had to wait for his opportunity. It's always difficult for players from foreign leagues to adapt in their first season in the Premier League, and Lampard was probably protecting Gboho while he got up to speed with the level.

He made his first start in the Premier League against Sunderland last time out, and was impressive - managing two shots in that game, with one finding the target.

I always like looking at players who have a point to prove for shots. We only need him to take aim once here, which is something he managed in 81% of his matches in Ligue 1 last season.

This midfield battle should be a really engaging one with Yirenkyi having to deal with Dewsbury-Hall, Armstrong and Garner.

Yirenkyi has committed six more fouls than any other Coventry player in the Premier League this season (18 - 2.89 per 90).

He's committed a foul in all four of his away matches for Coventry this season, committing multiple fouls in three of these games and even committing 3+ fouls on two occasions.

This is quite natural for a player that is new to the Premier League, you can see that he is just a second or so behind the pace of the division.

He already had a pretty good baseline for fouls, averaging 1.65 fouls committed per 90 in the season prior to joining Coventry - and the increased pace and physicality of the Premier League has seen this rise even more.

James Garner and Harrison Armstrong have been getting through quite a lot of work in the middle of the park, with their more defensive roles allowing the likes of Dewsbury-Hall, George and Barry to be more effective at the other end.

Dewsbury-Hall in particular is benefitting from having those two behind him, it frees him up to get more involved in the final third - which is where he's at his best. Armstrong (10) and Garner (9) have committed more fouls than any other Everton players this season, with Garner averaging 1.17 fouls committed per 90.

Garner has committed a foul in each of his last three Premier League matches, committing three in Everton's last home game against Chelsea.

He'll be up against Jack Rudoni (11 fouls won) and Caleb Yirenkyi (9 fouls won) who also happen to be the most fouled players in the Coventry squad this season. Rudoni could be his main battle here, he's been fouled at least once in three of Coventry's four away matches this season.