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Everton's unbeaten record under Ronald Koeman now stretches to nine Premier League matches.

It’s an undeniably impressive run.

The Blues haven’t matched that sequence since December 2013’s 10-game run.

And the last time an Everton team remained unbeaten in the first seven games of a calendar year was in 2008.

But on Sunday Everton face an acid test.

That nine-match sequence contains one stand out result, the 4-0 demolition of Manchester City in January.

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The visit of Guardiola’s flaky cosmopolitan all stars apart, the fixture list has been kind to the Blues.

Evertonians wouldn’t expect to lose to Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Bournemouth, Stoke, Crystal Palace, Hull or a Ranieri-led Leicester - and Southampton were knackered when they came to Goodison.

Spurs, however, pose a different test.

They’re fresh, confidence fuelled by a 4-0 hiding of Stoke and have no significant figures missing.

And the game is at White Hart Lane.

The Blues have still to prove that they’re capable of mixing it with the big guns away from Goodison Park.

They’ve never won at The Emirates, they have managed one win at Old Trafford in the Premier League era, no wins at The Etihad since 2010 .... and Anfield, well let’s not go there because Everton rarely do either.

A win at White Hart Lane would make for a significant statement of intent.

Spurs have become something of a bogey side for the Blues in recent years, with no wins in eight.

But victory on Sunday would be seismic.

It was across the park that a manager wanted to turn doubters into believers.

But victory on Sunday would see Ronald Koeman’s Daydream Believers really breaking into song.