Far too many issues for Everton, in my opinion, to let them hope for anything positive in this game. Over the last month there were only two sparks of sudden optimism, but the following results returned the club's fans back to the cruel reality of the 2021/22 season, where Everton has all chances to drop out of the Premier League.

There has been a long chain of events that took Toffees to the state they are now. From wrong moves on the transfer market to illogical managers assignments. With all respect towards Frank Lampard, but handing him a wrecked team like Everton midway through the season (assigned January 31), given he’s only been in the profession for a few years and never ever had to deal with a crisis struck squad - is a gamble. It may still work out, but the team is collapsing into this relegation state of mind, where everything feels to be going against you.

Frank Lampard spoke about Everton’s casualty list situation on Saturday and had confirmed Yerry Mina and Ben Godrey, both first pick central defenders for the team when fit, are unavailable. Then there is a huge issue at the left fullback position, where the club had first lost French international Lucas Digne to Aston Villa (over a conflict with former manager Rafa Benitez) and then his intended replacement Mykolenko (from Dynamo Kyiv) picked up an injury in the midweek Cup game. Experts believe Jonjoe Kenny will have to continue on the wing - a player who’s sat on the bench all season, is now a regular pick in such a key moment for the club.

Signings of Dele Alli and Donny van de Beek in winter have not brought any amends, sadly for the club’s supporters. Both have been mainly disappointing in their outings so far.

Final third is toothless due to Dominic Calvert-Lewin off season after a stunning 2019/20 run. 3 goals in 8 starts only, after a campaign where he had scored 21 in 39.

Tottenham is chasing a dream, which is Champions League qualification, with Antonio Conte and the Italian is mending the team to his standards and views on the run. It is naturally leading to high turbulence and inconsistent results. Magnificent displays vs. Man City (3-2) and Leeds (4-0) go hand in hand with 0-2, 0-1 and 0-1 defeats vs. Wolves, Burnley and Middlesbrough. So everyone is left bemused by these controversies and prefers to shy away from making any forecasts regarding Tottenham’s perspectives.

Nonetheless, I personally see significant arguments in Tottenham’s favor ahead of the game since Everton’s defense is struck hard with injuries, they’re handled by a relatively inexperienced manager, low on confidence and are the worst side on the road this season with an embarrassing 1-3-8 balance.

I do think the -1 handicap is way too low, since Tottenham is so mishmash. This said, you may wait a bit and see the odds get better closer to kick-off.

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在我看来，埃弗顿有太多的问题，不能让他们在这场比赛中期待任何积极的事情。在过去的一个月里，只有两股乐观的火花，但接下来的结果让俱乐部的球迷回到了21/22赛季的残酷现实，埃弗顿完全有可能退出英超联赛。

有一长串的事件将太妃糖带到现在的状态。从转会市场上的错误举动到不合逻辑的教练分配。虽然我很尊重兰帕德，但在赛季中途(1月31日)给他一个像埃弗顿这样的烂队是一场赌博，因为他才当了几年教练，从来没有处理过危机中的球队。这可能还行得通，但球队正陷入降级状态，感觉一切都在跟你作对。

兰帕德在周六谈到了埃弗顿的伤兵名单，并确认了米娜和戈德里，这两名在合适的情况下被选为球队的首发中后卫，将无法上场。然后是左后卫位置上的一个大问题，俱乐部先是失去了法国国脚卢卡斯·迪格内(因为与前教练贝尼特斯的冲突)，然后他的接班人米科连科(来自基辅迪纳摩)在周中杯的比赛中受伤。专家们相信肯尼将会继续担任边路的角色——一个整个赛季都坐在板凳上的球员，现在是俱乐部在关键时刻的常规选择。

在冬季签下的德勒·阿里和唐尼·范德比克并没有带来任何补偿，这对俱乐部的支持者来说是很悲哀的。到目前为止，两人的表现都令人失望。

由于多米尼克·卡尔弗特-卢因在2019/20赛季打出了惊人的一波冲击后休赛期，最后的第三名是无牙的。他仅仅在8场比赛中打入3球，而此前他在39场比赛中打入21球。

托特纳姆热刺正在追逐一个梦想，那就是获得冠军联赛的资格，安东尼奥·孔蒂和意大利人正在将球队调整到他的标准和观点。这自然会导致高湍流和不一致的结果。在对阵曼城(3-2)和利兹联队(4-0)的精彩表现之后，他们分别以0-2、0-1和0-1的比分输给狼队、伯恩利队和米德尔斯堡队。因此，所有人都被这些争议所迷惑，并倾向于回避对托特纳姆的前景做出任何预测。

尽管如此，我个人认为在比赛前热刺更有优势，因为埃弗顿的防守受到了严重的伤病打击，他们被一个相对缺乏经验的教练处理，缺乏信心，是本赛季最糟糕的球队，以令人尴尬的1-3-3平衡。

我确实认为-1的障碍太低了，因为热刺太混乱了。这就是说，你可能会等待一段时间，并看到几率越来越接近开球。