A win on Sunday will be vital for Tottenham as they hope of guaranteeing themselves a place in next season's Europa League competition. They have Southampton breathing on their necks, with the Saints trailing Spurs by just a single point. Any result other than a win could result in Tottenham dropping down to seventh place which can put their participation in Europe's second tier competitions in jeopardy.
Their recent form has not been very good either with Tottenham having managed just two wins in their last five matches. They were humbled 3-0 by West Brom earlier in the month but responded with a 2-0 win over Hull City last time out with goals from Chadli and Rose.
Failure to win on Sunday on the other hand could result in Everton dropping two places down to 12th in what has already been a below par season for them. Roberto Martinez's men have been very inconsistent this campaign and this was reiterated by their captain Phil Jagielka who was hopeful that Everton can address their shortcomings this season and emerge a better team in the next campaign.
"We have played some really good football and really average football as well and it has been a case of us not finding the consistency of last season," he said.
"We have one more game to go. We hope to finish off well and look at where things went wrong for most of the season and then hopefully address it for the start of next."
"We will look at it as some issues we can address and hopefully we can do that as soon as possible."
"We want to give the fans something to cheer about for the last game," added the captain.
"We have put in a few decent performances but let ourselves down in a couple of games not so long ago but got a good win at West Ham and hopefully we can finish the season on a high."
Tottenham were victorious when the two sides met in the reverse fixture at the White Hart Lane. Mirallas opened up the scoring for the toffees but Tottenham responded with goals from Soldado and Eriksen to notch all three points.
Sylvain Distin could feature for Everton for the last time should he recover from illness but the likes of Antolin Alcaraz (muscular), Leighton Baines (ankle), Tony Hibbert (knee), Darron Gibson and Bryan Oviedo (both metatarsal) have been ruled out of the match whereas Aaron Lennon on loan from Tottenham is not eligible to play against his parent club.
Michel Vorm (illness) is a doubt for the match, which means that Brad Friedel who is poised to retire after the match may make his way to the bench. Kyle Walker (foot) and Ben Davies (shoulder) have been sidelined with injuries whereas Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor is on compassionate leave.
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