Everton are without James McCarthy, who suffered a recurrence of a hip injury in the defeat to Stoke. Phil Jagielka, who has not played since October, is back on the substitutes bench. Arouna Kone also starts in attack ahead of Kevin Mirallas and Gerard Deulofeu.

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Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele has been ruled out for up to three weeks with a groin injury. while Alex Pritchard  and Clinton Njie are also out with a knee problem.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Goodison Park

Merseyside has been hit by a deluge for the last few hours so not too many supporters are taking advantage of the fanzone outside Goodison Park.

A band playing in the area have decided to inject a little humour into some very damp proceedings with a version of Travis hit "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?"

Raining on everyone here today. Horrible.

New year, same old weather.

It's a little bit wet out there.

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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Everton v Tottenham.

A win for Spurs at Goodison and they are just four points shy of league leaders and bitter rivals Arsenal.

This genuinely could be their year... couldn't it?

Everton move into the top half with a victory of their own.

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Guessed what I'm talking about?

The date was 1961 and the event was Tottenham's last top-flight title.

They say good things come to those who wait....

The Beatles had never had a number one hit.

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Humans had never landed on the moon.

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  And Marilyn Monroe was still alive.  

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Yes, Tottenham fans it has been THAT long.

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