Sean Dyche is back in the Premier League and will take charge of his first game as Everton manager this weekend, live on talkSPORT.
Dyche’s arrival was announced earlier this week as he replaced Frank Lampard who was sacked with the club without a win in 10 games in all competitions.
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Dyche has the difficult task of turning things around at Everton
The former Burnley boss has been tasked with turning the season around for his new side but faces the toughest challenge possible to welcome him to Goodison Park.
League leaders Arsenal are Everton’s first opponents under their new manager and with the Gunners unbeaten since September, they will need to deliver a shock result.
To make matters worse, Dyche himself has only lost more Premier League games against Manchester City than against Arsenal.
He was beaten 10 times by the Gunners and lost every game in his first nine meetings with the north London side.
However, in recent years the new Toffees manager seems to have found a way to stop this horrible form, losing just one of his last five games against Arsenal.
And the same goes for Everton as a whole, who have won three of their last four Premier League games against Arsenal after just three of their previous 26!
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Everton came from behind to beat Arsenal at Goodison Park last season
At Goodison Park, the Toffees have prevailed in their last two games against the Gunners, winning 2-1 in both encounters.
They will now be aiming to pick up a whopping three points and pull off a shock result of winning three in a row.
It’s a feat that hasn’t been achieved by the club for almost 45 years, the last of which was winning three on the rebound against Arsenal between March 1977 and August 1978.
If Everton and Dyche can follow up their recent positive results against the Gunners, they will give themselves a huge boost in the fight for Premier League survival.
