Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between two of English football's contenders for fourth place, as Everton host Spurs at Goodison from 3pm UK time.

Lovely skills from Mirallas, who turns inside and out and finds Pienaar, he threads it through to Coleman on the overlap, but Spurs clear his cross. Good start Everton.

Early pressure from Everton sees Pienaar release Osman, but his cross from the left wing is blocked.

Seems Kevin Friend is the ref today - erroneous information from the Press Association.

The first half is underway.

This match will have an impact on the upper end of the standings - Spurs are fourth on 26 points, ahead of West Brom on goal difference, but if Everton (seventh on 23 points) win, they will go top as they already have a superior goal difference.

Lee Mason is the ref today. He likes yellow, but not red - 51 bookings in 13 matches this season, nine in the Premier League, and no sendings-off.

William Hill have Everton as favourites at Everton (10/11), their odds shortening after Bale was ruled out. Tottenham are 16/5 and the draw 12/5. I can see a 2-2 draw - what's your prediction? Let me know on Twitter @Reda_Eurosport.

FACTS: Tottenham have gone 12 games without a draw in the Premier League. If Premier League games had ended at 80 minutes this season, Spurs would be top. Jermain Defoe has scored three braces this season, only Demba Ba can match this.

FACTS: Everton had only won two of their first 18 Premier League meetings with Tottenham at Goodison Park (W2 D9 L7) before winning in each of the last two seasons. Each of Everton’s last three league games have ended 1-1. Everton have hit the woodwork 13 times this season, more than any other side. Everton have fired in more shots on target than any other team in the Premier League this season (96).

Andre Villas-Boas (Tottenham): "Panathinaikos put in a good performance, they were very well organised. They had a big chance at 1-1, but it would've been unfair if we had lost. It was a good solid performance during the 90 minutes. We managed to hold on and score which was important for us."

David Moyes (Everton) on his plans in January: "We may well go into the loan market and see if we can find anything in that area. I think that would probably be the way we are looking - but that was the same as we were doing last year. But what happened is we got a sale of (Diniyar) Bilyaletdinov, who went back to Russia, and it freed us up a little bit of cash to go and make the signings. So you never can tell."

Spurs are without talismanic winger Gareth Bale, who has a hamstring injury, as does Michael Dawson, who is replaced by William Gallas at centre-back. Bale's absence is covered by the decision to play two strikers, a rarity for Spurs this season, in a classic 'little and large' combination. Midfielder Scott Parker (achilles) and left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) are a week away from full fitness and defender Younes Kaboul (knee) is also unavailable. Hugo Lloris returns in goal.

Good news for Everton in that Seamus Coleman and Kevin Mirallas have both been declared fit, having been major doubts for this match. Both had been absent through injury in recent weeks. Victor Anichebe and Phil Neville remain on the casualty list. Darron Gibson replaces Neville, while Coleman plays right-back in the continued absence of Tony Hibbert, who is not match fit after suffering a calf problem. Sylvain Distin gets the nod ahead of John Heitinga in defence.

TEAMS - Everton: Howard, Coleman, Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Osman, Pienaar, Gibson, Fellaini, Mirallas, Jelavic; Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Oviedo, Naismith, Hitzlsperger, Barkley, Vellios /// Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Gallas, Caulker, Vertonghen, Lennon, Sandro, Dembele, Dempsey, Adebayor, Defoe; Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Huddlestone, Townsend, Livermore, Falque, Sigurdsson