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Phil Jagielka has backed Everton team-mate Nikica Jelavic to rediscover top form

Image: Phil Jagielka: Has backed Nikica Jelavic to rediscover his goalscoring form

Everton defender Phil Jagielka has backed Nikica Jelavic to rediscover the sparkling form he enjoyed at the start of his Toffees career.

Moyes' side take on fourth-placed Spurs at Goodison Park on Sunday having seen the London club leapfrog them in the table following three successive wins. Jagielka is all too aware of the task facing his side against Andre Villas-Boas' in-form team, but given the Toffees have not lost at home since March, he is confident they will give the Londoners a tough match. "We have done well at Goodison this year and we want to make it a hard place to come," added the former Sheffield United man. "It is going to be difficult, Spurs are free-scoring at the moment and keeping clean sheets but they have not had the best of runs when they have come to Goodison before and we want to make sure they go home at the weekend with a similar feeling." Don't miss any live and exclusive football coverage this festive season. Click here to visit Sky Sports' Festive Calendar

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