Chris Sutton has tipped Everton to ‘stop the rot’ as they host Bournemouth this weekend.
Writing in his BBC Sport predictions, the pundit has claimed the Toffees could finally turn around their horrific form at Goodison Park.
Everton face the Cherries for the second time in a week, a week after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Luton Town.
Sean Dyche’s team appeared to have kicked off their season with back-to-back victories over Brentford and Aston Villa, but the mood was shattered when they fell behind 2-0 in the first half against the Hatters.
Everton have already lost seven of their last eight home games and are desperate for three points, while Bournemouth are in an even worse predicament.
Andoni Iraola is still searching for his first win since arriving at the club in the summer, with the Cherries managing only three draws and four defeats so far. However, the south coast outfit have had a much harder opening set of fixtures – facing West Ham, Liverpool, Tottenham, Brentford, Chelsea, Brighton and Arsenal.
Both teams will consider the encounter as a winnable one, and Sutton predicts a narrow victory for Dyche’s side, despite Everton losing four of their last five meetings.
“I believe Bournemouth are in trouble this season.” They’ve led three games without winning any of them, and they’re allowing a lot of goals,” Sutton added.
Everton are clearly struggling as well, and last weekend’s home defeat by Luton was a major setback for them, but I believe they will respond here.
“Sean Dyche’s side will be nervous after four straight defeats at Goodison Park so I am not sure they will find their shooting boots, but I think they will find a way to stop the rot.”
Sutton rounded off his prediction with a 1-0 scoreline, which would replicate the result the last time the two teams met on the final day of the 2022-23 campaign.
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