Team news and stats ahead of Tottenham vs Everton on the opening weekend of the Premier League on Sunday (kick-off 4.30pm).
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Team news
Tottenham will include summer signings Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Matt Doherty and Joe Hart in their squad to face Everton.
Giovani Lo Celso is a doubt having missed all of pre-season with an injury that bugged him at the back end of last season. Harry Winks should be available after he was forced to pull out of last week's England squad.
Everton's three new signings James Rodriguez, Allan and Abdoulaye Doucoure are set for debuts.
Mason Holgate will miss out with a toe injury sustained in last weekend's friendly against Preston but Yerry Mina is fit to play and will partner Michael Keane. Fabian Delph, who has not featured since February due to a number of injury problems, will be assessed before the match.
How to follow
Tottenham vs Everton will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Premier League from 4pm on Sunday; kick-off at 4.30pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.
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One hundred and forty-six Premier League games will be shown live on Sky Sports in the 2020/21 season, with an additional six matches added in September.
The Premier League has further increased the number of televised games this season from 200 to 231, with over half of the extra fixtures set to be shown live on Sky Sports.
Overall, Sky Sports will be showing 146 Premier League matches live throughout the 2020/21 season, continuing to bring you all the latest twists, turns and shocks at the home of the Premier League.
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Opta stats
- Spurs are unbeaten in each of their last 15 Premier League matches against Everton (W8 D7) since a 2-1 defeat back in December 2012 under André Villas-Boas.
- Everton have won just three of their 28 away Premier League matches against Tottenham (D8 L17), with all three wins coming in consecutive seasons between 2006-07 and 2008-09 - they are winless in 11 visits since November 2008 (D4 L7).
- This is the 11th time Spurs and Everton have met on MD1 of a top-flight season - three times more than any other fixture in top-flight history.
- Spurs have won on the opening day in their last three seasons - they haven't done so in four consecutive league seasons since winning four between 1964-65 and 1967-68.
- Everton have had a player sent off on MD1 in each of the last two Premier League campaigns, and could become the first side in the competition to receive a red card in three consecutive opening matches.
- Everton have won just one of their last 19 Premier League games in London (D7 L11), winning 2-0 at West Ham in March 2019. Only Newcastle (79) have ever lost more Premier League away games in the capital than the Toffees (78).