This year Everton had proved that they are realy a top team in Premier League and they deserved this position on the table at the moment. IMO if to compare this team with Liverpool I will say that there are no diference in power, so only because this team is named “Everton” and not “Liverpool” are offering this handicap. On the other hand Reading are a team which have a poor defence, especialy in their away games, and allways teams like these against organized teams have big problems, cause first you have to defend and after that try to attack, defenders are the base in a soccer game. “Everton have left out Ayegbeni Yakubu after he returned late from the Africa Nations Cup but his Nigerian team-mate Joseph Yobo is in contention. Steven Pienaar (ankle) and Leighton Baines (calf) are doubts, while Victor Anichebe and Anthony Gardner are out. Reading defender Ivar Ingimarsson is suspended while Bobby Convey (knee) is in the USA receiving treatment. Cameroon’s Andre Bikey is banned for the Africa Cup of Nations final but will stay with the team in Ghana. ” from BBC