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Everton prepare to entertain Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park at tea-time on Saturday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Toffees are clearly on top, having won 44 and lost only 19 of the 78 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was less than a year ago, in February 2007, the Toffees carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Everton | 1-0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 07 Jan | Everton | 1 - 4 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 23 Aug | Blackburn R. | 1 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Everton | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 06 Mar | Everton | 0 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Toffees, with 7 goals against.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Everton sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 6 points from their 3 games. Blackburn R.'s 4 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Toffees are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Blackburn R. | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 10 games since last defeat. |