With a new year comes a fresh new start and well… that wasn’t possible with Everton as their poor position in the deeper half of the table meant the first quarter at least of 2010 would be spent chasing points. However, Everton have made just about the perfect start after picking up four points from their opening two league fixtures of the year; drawing at Arsenal (2-2) and beating Man City (2-0). The pair of results merit a lot of respect and they round off a seven match unbeaten run for the Toffee’s that stretches back November.
Birmingham were given the week off after their game with Portsmouth was called off so, in theory anyway, the Birmingham players should be the fresher set of players… but will this extra energy equate into FA Cup progression as they will need to work their socks off just to get a result at Goodison Park, the home of a rejuvenated Everton. City did, however, hold Everton to a 1-1 draw back in December but they’ll be gunning for the victory this time around as neither side will want to play yet another fixture on top of the crucial games they still have to play in the Premiership.
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