David Moyes marks his 200th Premier League away game in charge of Everton against QPR on Sunday in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
The Toffees are 5/4 in Paddy Power’s online betting to take all three points with QPR at 11/5 and the draw priced at 23/10.
This fixture ended in a 1-1 draw last March with Dutchman Royston Drenthe giving Everton the lead with a powerful low drive in the 31st minute before Rangers levelled through Bobby Zamora five minutes later.
A 1-1 draw in Sunday’s tie is priced at 11/2 with Paddy Power while the draw in the half-time/ full-time market is a 4/1 chance.
The international break has given Everton the chance to catch their breath after what has been a whirlwind start to the season.
David Moyes’ side are riding high in the Premier League currently sit fourth in the table on 14 points after seven games – five shy of leaders Chelsea and face a QPR side that have yet to record a win in this season’s Premier League.
Everton have taken seven points from four games on their travels this season with two wins and a draw. (Aston Villa 3-1, Swansea 3-0, Wigan 2-2 with Wigan) and will look to be among the goals again this weekend.
Paddy Power are offering 16/1 and 20/1 that the visitors can come away with a convincing away win like at Villa Park and the Liberty Stadium while its 11/1 that the score mirrors the Wigan result.
Mark Hughes’ side have conceded two or more goals in their three matches at home so far (Swansea 0-5, West Ham 1-2) with the 0-0 draw against Chelsea being the high point.
Everton are 11/4 to win the game to nil with Paddy Power.
The Toffees signed off with 2-2 draw away to Wigan before the World Cup qualifiers but were rocked by the news that Marouane Fellanin’s knee injury was more serious than first thought.
The Belgian international is out of Sunday’s game with Mark Hughes’ side and faces a race against time to be fit for the Merseyside derby a week later.
Fellaini is Everton’s joint top Premier League scorer on the road with two goals along with Nikica Jelavic who has scored 11 in his last 12 games.
The Belgian’s enforced absence leaves Jelavic at 9/2 to be Everton’s first goalscorer on Sunday and 5/4 to hit the net for the Toffees at anytime.
The Croatian international to score first and Everton to draw 1-1 is 22/1 in Paddy Power’s Scorecast betting or in the Wincast market is 13/5 to score at anytime and for Everton to win.
The visitors to score ‘exactly two or three goals’ are even money with ‘exactly two goals’ trading at 13/5 with the online firm.