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Everton fans may well be getting sick of hearing the phrase "home form".

During the club's dismal run of away form before the victory over Stoke almost three weeks ago now, Sam Allardyce was keen to focus on the

“The differences between us are we are not good enough away from home, but good enough at home," the Everton boss said before the visit to Burnley at the beginning of March.

"From where we started, down in the bottom end and everyone talking about relegation, to where we are now [is an improvement]."

The away form has been dreadful, granted, but the truth about Everton's home form is quite simple - not all that much has changed since the appointment of Allardyce.

Taking just Premier League matches into account, the Blues played seven fixtures at Goodison Park under Ronald Koeman and David Unsworth before the Huddersfield game signified the start of the new reign.

Everton won four and lost three of those matches, taking around 57% of the points available to them.

On top of that, those three losses were against Arsenal, Spurs and Burnley - three teams who are now in the top seven places in the Premier League table.

Since Allardyce took over as Everton manager the Blues have played nine matches at Goodison Park in the league, winning five of those and accruing 63% of the points available.

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So, not a lot of change, but a slight improvement at the least.

But, the problem still comes against teams in the top seven of the Premier League.

Those two defeats at home under Sam Allardyce have come against Manchester United and Man City, whilst the visit of Chelsea over the festive period brought a 0-0 draw - and that was largely thanks to Jordan Pickford.

Against the top six at home, Everton's record as a whole this season is five losses and one draw - with one side still to visit. Liverpool.

You might think that poor form against the best sides is to be expected, but in each of the last six campaigns the Blues have beaten at least one of the current Premier League top six at home.

The last of those to come to Goodison Park this season is about to come around this weekend, and it's the most important match of the lot of them.

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Now is the chance for the Blues boss to prove that the home form has significantly improved under his stewardship.

This one means a whole lot more to the supporters than three points.