On an action-packed Saturday, Norwich City (0 wins, 5 losses, 0 draws) travels to take on Everton (3-1-1). The game will kick off at 10 a.m. ET at Goodison Park. Below, we preview the Everton vs. Norwich City odds and lines, and make our best EPL bets, picks and predictions.
Coming in without a win or draw on the season, Norwich City is in early trouble of relegation. It lost to Liverpool in the third round of the EFL Cup Tuesday and looked helpless only against Man City and Liverpool while losing by one to Arsenal and Leicester City.
As for Everton, it had an impressive start with its best victory being a 2-0 defeat of Brighton. Everton is coming off a painful 3-0 loss to Aston Villa.
Led by M Demarai Gray and F Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton enters the match as a heavy favorite.
Everton vs. Norwich City: Odds, picks and predictions
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 11:57 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Everton -165 (bet $165 to win $100) | Norwich City +460 (bet $100 to win $460) | Draw +300
- Over/Under: 2.5 (O: -120 | U: -105)
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Prediction
Everton 2, Norwich City 1
Money line (ML)
BET on EVERTON (-165) as, even at this price, there’s decent value. Everton has looked competent in all but one match.
Aside from the lost to Aston Villa, in which Everton committed an own goal, it has given up just 4 goals, while scoring 10 goals in the other four games. This is also, in part, about how poorly Norwich has looked, scoring just 2 goals and allowing 14 through five games.
That just can’t be overlooked when taking on a side with the sixth-most goals in the EPL through five weeks. It would be shocking if Everton didn’t come out on top. Although it’s not great, the value is still there to put a unit on Everton.
Over/Under (O/U)
BET on the OVER 2.5 (-120) as the best value on the total. Either 2-1 or 3-0, Everton should get on the board and score at least 1 more than Norwich. Calvert-Lewin and Gray both have 3 goals on the season.
Each team has averaged more than 3 goals per game for themselves and their opponent. With that in mind, Over 2.5 is a good value.
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