Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Everton

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Everton go into their penultimate game of the 2011-12 season looking for a victory over relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers that would leave them needing just a point against Newcastle United next week to claim seventh place.

The Blues lead Liverpool and Fulham by three points going into this week's round of games and have a superior goal difference to both clubs.

David Moyes has a few injury concerns for the trip to Molineux, though, after Victor Anichebe limped out of the action against Stoke.

He joined Phil Neville, who pulled a hamstring in training, and Darron Gibson in the treatment room where Leighton Baines has been making progress on his own hamstring problem. The England international is unlikely to be fit for Sunday, however, and that will mean continuation in the left-back slot for Sylvain Distin.

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The line-up is likely to be largely unchanged from the side that played the bulk of the 1-1 draw at the Britannia Stadium. Leon Osman, Steven PIenaar and either Maroune Fellaini or Tim Cahill — one of the last two will slot in behind Nikica Jelavic — will form the core of the midfield with perhaps Magaye Gueye or even Ross Barkley getting the nod on the left flank.

Moyes is keen to finish as high as possible —not least because each place is likely to be worth around £800,000 — but he will be wary of playing a side that has had all the pressure lifted off them by the confirmation that they will be returning to the Championship next season.

Terry Connor's side went to Swansea without a care in the world last weekend and scored four times in an entertaining score draw where defence was seemingly relegated to an afterthought. Everton, and Jelavic in particular, will be hoping to exploit those defensive frailties in a fixture they won handsomely 3-0 a little over a year ago.

Victory this weekend would also, of course, complete the double for Everton over Wolves and would represent the fourth double for the Blues this season after home and away successes over Swansea, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham.

Lyndon Lloyd

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