On Saturday, from 12:30, Everton and Manchester United will play a very strong match on Goodison Park, in the 8th stage of the championship. It’s a balanced duel, between two pretentious teams, which have lot problems. More precisely, from the camp of the “candies” absent a series of important players, such as James Rodriguez, Richarlison or Holgate.
For Everton, Coleman, Gbamin, Holgate and Rodriguez, injured, cannot enter the field, while Digne and Richarlison are suspended. Bailly, Jones, Lingard and Telles are missing from the guests’ camp, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have a strong team at the start. In the ranking, Everton is on a commendable 4th place (goal difference 15-11), with 13 points. It was an excellent start to the season for the white-blues, but the last two stages brought great disappointments: failures with Southampton and Newcastle, in which the evolution of the band from Merseyside was hesitant.
Manchester United started the new season modestly and comes after a 0-1 derby with Arsenal (Aubameyang goal, from the penalty spot). As a result, the “devils” have only 9 goals scored and 7 points in the first 6 stages – 15th place. With only one success in the last four rounds, United need a lot of points to advance to the UEFA Champions League area. But the red and whites come after a disappointment in the UEFA Champions League: 1-2 on the field of the Turks from Istanbul Basaksehir! Thus, the victory on the field of PSG loses its brilliance in the group.
Everton is a quality team, which favors spectacular matches: at least three goals have been scored in 8 of the last 9 games played by the “caramels”. Instead, in three of United’s last four matches, he scored only one of the teams, the defense being highly valued in these games. On the other hand, we know that the “GG” bet was the winner in 3 of the last four direct duels, all being very balanced: both teams won one game each, and two matches ended in a draw, score 1-1 ( even the last two).
United comes to Goodison Park after a record series of 10 consecutive away victories, ended unhappily in the match with Basaksehir. Returning after a suspension, the Frenchman Martial could be decisive in the attack of the “devils”, along with Rashford, Fernandes and Greenwood. For Everton, the most dangerous player will be Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who has scored 7 goals in the last 6 matches. In fact, the English international also made his name on the list of scorers in the last game played against United. This season, Everton have scored in 9 of 10 games.
Everton: Pickford – Kenny, Keane, Mina, Nkonkou – Doucoure, Allan, Sigurdsson – Tosun, Calvert-Lewin, Iwobi
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
Man. Utd: De Gea – Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw – Fred, McTominay, Pogba – Bruno Fernandes – Martial, Rashford
Coach: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
For the first time since 2014, Ancelotti suffered two defeats in a row in the championship;
Manchester United are without a victory in the last three direct duels with Everton;
No other Premier League team has a higher average offside per game – 2.5;
In 6 of the last 7 matches of Everton, both teams have scored;
In 6 of the last 8 matches of Manchester United, at least three goals have been scored;
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,58
