Everton vs Manchester United: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch

If Man Utd go ahead, then it's the usual failed gallant fight back. Of course, Barry will be subbed for Beto sometime.

Is that the standard for ‘denying a clear goalscoring opportunity'?

Anjishnu, you should have checked the club website -- please correct your article.

Goodison News made the same error.

This sounds daft, I know, but in some ways I wish that this game was at Old Trafford. A bit of me thinks that the lads are more anxious at home rather than away with the 3,000.

Hopefully we can win at home for a change. COYB.

Pickford
Patterson Keane Branthwaite Mykolenko
Garner Dewsbury-Hall
George Armstrong Ndiaye
Legs Akimbo I or II.

It won't be the side selected, but you never know. If David Moyes wants to push for Europe, start tomorrow night.

His usual system will get exposed tomorrow.

My lad, who lives away, usually takes my ticket for night games but he can't make it, so I'll have to go... with trepidation, I might add.

I really wish we had an alternative to Beto or Barry up top but we haven't. I would play Beto just because I think Barry is too easily bullied. I guess it's either Coleman or Patterson at full-back which will give us more attacking options.

You're right about Fernandes, if we allow him to dictate the game. they'll batter us. I'd put one on him early -- he can lose his head if bullied.

But maybe the efforts of the 1878 Group may have some positive impact on the imagination of team individuals or, conversely, create an angry blue fan base as they sit in a potentially great stadium that fans have tried to make even better. But we just hoof it to two tall but pretty crap "strikers".

So I understand the improvement in league place by Moyes... but we have battered that debate to the point where we have become one of those pub bores some accuse others of being on TW.

I pray on Monday night neither happens but please not the occasional loud song as we come close.

Not go one up, put Beto at right-back, and sit back to protect our lead and lose 1-2.

Just stop hoofing it from either Pickford or midfield to a hard-working lad out of his league or another still learning about the Premier League, please.

Why are current hacks so crap that they cannot make an honest headline?

"Everton: The hoof is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal."

Okay, I googled "hoof" but made the effort, just like our stats warriors.

But maybe that sharp passing through the middle to just outside their box created that beauty from a midfielder (any will do) in the 99th minute to finish off a comeback from 0-2 at half-time.

I think in my fantasy it was the half-hearted "Moyes Out" chants when we were 0-2 made him change the tactics... for self-interest. Must be broke (yeah, right) and knows no Man Utd coming now.

Fans always rule!

And now, back to reality after last stupid line.

Stay hopeful.

He didn't want to know, the only energy he showed was when he was sulking and feeling sorry for himself... But then Everton rapidly tired and the next thing you know, the moaning little Portuguese bastard was suddenly full of himself and even had the energy to start helping the referee with his decisions.

For the first hour of that game, Everton played aggressive, front-foot football and never let United breathe, so hopefully we see something similar tomorrow night.

With two wide men and a centre forward in front of the 3 you mention.

Love to see that but that system is far too attacking for the gaffer.

He simply has to select Patterson for me, to take Garner out of the engine room and leave the struggling of late Idrissa Gana Gueye in that side again a United team full of energy and athleticism would be suicidal.

Garner must remain in midfield tomorrow night with Dewsbury-Hall alongside him. Patterson at right back and let him get on with it now these next three games.

We need to win tomorrow, our home form is bordering on embarrassing, it was embarrassing for the send-off season at Goodison and it's becoming even more embarrassing at our maiden season at our new home.

In many ways, the Burnley game a week on Tuesday worries me even more than tomorrow night's, you can see the Burnley match having the typical Everton banana skin 1-1 draw stamped all over it.

Time to record a home win tomorrow for the first time since most people were just about putting up their Christmas trees.

Gueye needs dropping to the bench for two reasons: not bringing anything since Afcon, and it improves Garner's game no end.

Dewsbury-Hall @ 8, Alcaraz @10, Beto up top. Charly seemed to be the only one who had any idea about Beto's game.

There's no way he's got the legs in him to start and play more than half an hour of Premier League football, the games are just too rapid these days, it's all about athletes.

It's got to be Nathan Patterson and that's not a matter of how I rate him or don't rate him, it's a matter of him being the only option that we can play there without significantly weakening the team.

To remove James Garner from midfield in this match will significantly weaken the engine room.

We have been so inconsistent this season and mostly down to the ineptitude up front that is costing many points.

It is hard to see a win tomorrow unless the defence comes up really strong and we can grab a goal at the right time.

I would love to see the midfield dominate, and they need to keep Fernandes quiet to achieve that... but, with Gana there, it will be difficult.

Especially Cunha.

So this Man Utd team can play but also have had a few very poor games. They have scraped a couple of victories and draws even with the new manager so they can be got at. We did beat them at Old Trafford with 10 men although they created plenty of chances in that game which we repelled.

Surely the pressure is off us now with the points we have garnered so I don't think it is asking too much for the team to be let off the ”let's hold on to what we've got” Moyes mentality. They can be a bit more aggressive and confident: go out and let United worry about us while we go for the win, get the 3 points, and improve the dismal performances and points tally at our new ground.

I never predict a score, that's just guesswork, but I'm hoping for a win and a teamwork performance to put a smile on all our fans' faces as they make their way home, especially those fans who face long journeys to get home.

I doubt it like with our gaffer more interested in fawning over Mr Ferguson.

Play any other team and we'll get beaten.

Put players in who have an appetite for destruction, for god's sake... What the hell do we live for?

Their weakness is (was) defensively. We have to out compete them all over the pitch and keep them on the back foot. Easier said than done with their current momentum, but setting up just to contain one player won't get us anywhere in my opinion.

I truly hope that Gana does not start. They have pace and strength in the middle and we need Garner on the snide slug.

I'm so concerned about Bozo and Coco up front that I'm wondering if George could start there, although as I tap I know that there is not a chance of that happening.

No way is Moyes dropping Gana, so the midfield 3 will be Garner, Dewsbury-Hall and Gueye. And behind them, it surely has to be Mykolenko, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Patterson.

The bench options would include Barry, Beto, McNeil, Dibling, Rohl, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, Keane, etc.

I have a good feeling about this, fingers crossed. But I hate this mid-week late night matches — 1:30 am here! I will say a prayer and unlock my phone Tuesday morning to check the score.

Moyes has underused this player in my opinion this season.

When he arrived here on loan, he was a more than good option going forward and helped us really carry a threat at teams along with Ndiaye and he showed a decent eye for goal too, wasn't shy of having shots and carrying the ball forward.

Maybe the arrival of Jack Grealish didn't really help Charly that much, who knows… but I do feel now with Jack injured, it is time we started to integrate him back in this side ASAP.

We are a team that has struggled for goals all season – it's not like we've had loads from Ndiaye, or Dibling has come in and looked a big threat; apart from Dewsbury-Hall,there is nobody else that is a likely goal scorer.

Time to start looking at the options and Charly for me now should be the go-to man ahead of the likes of McNeil.

But this is Moyes and McNeil is uninspiring and underwhelming, all good qualities in Lytham St Annes apparently.

As Dusty and the Pet Shop lads said, 'What have [we] done to deserve this?'

Pickford
Patterson, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko
Gardner, Gueye, Dewsbury-Hall
George, Alcaraz, Ndiaye

Probably not – we have too many safety-first options.

Up front is definitely a conundrum but, as Freddie said, the show must go on.

Gordon Lee lived and died in Lytham didn't he. I remember Lee more fondly, but I was young then.

I fully expect it to happen, about the best ending to his career that he can have now.

Be nice for Davey to win though, not sure he's ever had a Premier League double over one of the "big boys"!

Virtually every one of your post shows you to be proper old school. You show a healthy respect for the opposition, but you do it without ever raising a white flag. You don't try to complicate anything with foolish stats or reasons why things cant be done, that's because you understand the beauty and simplicity of the game.

People on here lose track of what being an Evertonian is all about. They come on here to simply attack the manager at every opportunity or defend him at any cost.

I get the impression that you understand the importance of a solid defence but, like most football lovers, want to see your team attack with purpose and aggression. It doesnt have to be one or the other.

I also get the impression that you don't give a fuck who is in the dugout, as long as they deliver on what are essentially very simple requests.

I know you are not a fan of Moyes, but in a divided house. I think you would soon cross to the other side if he was to change his attitude and look to start winning games from the off. I may be wrong, but I feel that is the way all "old school" see things.

Unlike many of today’s fan. You support Everton, mot the manager, and despite our trials and tribulations, NSNO clearly still means something to you. It's all right there in post 22.

I actually think we have players that can hurt them on the break in the front three I picked of Ndiaye, Alcaraz, and George. We know that at least two of them can put in a shift defensively.

In the 60’s the two Everton v United fixtures were one of the biggest if not the biggest games of the season. May those days return soon.

Nothing but the best is good enough - for Evertonians.

That didn’t happen only under Moyes but those 11.5 years with him in charge defined his attitude and that semi final v Liverpool when we came out for the second half determined to hold onto a one goal lead was summed up when I met another “ Everton forever Blue” who told me “ We could have written the fuckin’ script for how that game was going to start and finish” I just nodded my head in agreement but when I got back on the coach it was divided by fans supporting or going against Moyes.

Let’s hope we are all praising him tomorrow after tonight’s game!

If you go, I go, if you drop, I drop. How basic, but it’s the basics that we have not been getting right, imo.

He laid down in that semi. Liverpool were all over the place and there for the taking, he refused the offer. Second goal would have killed them.

He tells people "I never told them to sit in." I was in the company of a player who played in that game, he confirmed the players were told to sit in and defend the 1-0.

How can we encourage youngsters into the ground when we kick off at 8:00 pm, so the kids aren't getting home till after 11:00pm with school the next day. I don't know how true it is but I read yesterday that Villa have hardly played at home on a Saturday at 3:00 pm for nearly a year.

It’s time the match going fans are the main priority – not those watching on Sky. Mind you, in a game where VAR gets involved, the Sky viewer sees everything whereas matchgoing fans are shown nothing, just a notice to say what VAR is considering.

Stop treating the lifeblood of the game like they don't matter.

I've always advocated the KISS approach in all walks of life —- Keep- It-Simple-Stupid!!

The thing with English supporters is they really don't protest.

Look at Germany. They had Monday night football but the supporters simply didn't turn up to games. There were scrapped.

It will be a full house tonight, so guess what: nothing will change.

Home advantage doesn't seem to apply to us! which is a bummer. We now have 50,000 in the ground instead of 40,000, admittedly not all supporting us but nevertheless it's a poor do.

It looks a game where anything could happen to me. If they turn up in form it will be difficult for us. On the other hand, we have more attacking options now than at any time this season, so it's hard to call.

Hopefully a win for us but, if I was to bet, I think 5/2 a draw is the one.

I couldn't agree more, but all the power is with Sky Sport et al. The Premier League and the FA are in their pockets and will no longer listen to matchgoing supporters.

I have never given Sky Sport or any of the others a penny, if I wanted to watch a match without attending, I'd only do it free or illegally.

Be thankful, the main TV revenue isn't Chinese yet or it'll be 3 am kick-offs.

I'm playing the card market tonight.

Wait for team news first, my early thoughts are Patterson at 3/1.

That's simply not true. Fans have the power for change. But simply don't do anything about it.

For that reason, I'd play Garner at 6 and Dewsbury-Hall at 8. They were so effective in those positions when Gueye was at Afcon, and Armstrong can do a job at 10.

But I think Moyes will will be more conservative and start Gana. We need to make Hill Dickinson Stadium our new fortress, and with all the new banners and flags on display tonight, hopefully this is the start!

Coleman was finished at this level at least 2 years ago, so Patterson should start for me.

I won't try to guess a lineup, just want to see fire in their bellies and the lads try to play some decent quality football and attempt to score goals. We'll need to defend well, we're never going to be a gung-ho attacking team under Moyes so will have to hope for the rub of the green.

As ever, my heart tells me we're going to win this and my head is telling me a draw will be a decent result.

Please prove me wrong, Blues.

Pickford - Garner - Keane - Tarkowski - Branthwaite - Gueye - Iroegbunam - Ndiaye - Dewsbury-Hall - Armstrong - Barry.

It might be a load of shite but it's definitely the team, according to the person who showed me! We will see.

Just said to my mate that the biggest problem for us tonight is that we've had a 2-week break and, for whatever reason, we always seem to play like a team in pre-season when we have a break — rather than one that should be champing at the bit.

I hope they make me eat my words and come out of the blocks like thoroughbreds tonight. Fingers crossed…

I think we are up against it with the movement and fluidity of Man Utd.

Taking Garner out of that shield is a big mistake, I reckon.

Talking of the stadium, I was up yesterday with family to do the tour — very impressive. Tour guides were good fun too.

I just kept looking round thinking “This place is so un Everton though!" I loved Goodison, but time to move on.

Love the fact the away changing room is shite! About time Everton started "playing the game"! I'll be up soon to taste the atmosphere if I can get tickets. UTFT!

If that's the team then I won't be watching. We will get battered…

None of the usual comatose starts we've been suffering at home this season..

I drew the short straw that day. I ended up driving the mini-bus to Wembley. Everyone else was on the ale by the time we got off the M62 so I put TalkSport on to drown out the shite - Oh the irony.

A fella we knew from Silvester S treet (Tony Evans) who had made his way up to being Chief Sports Editor with The Times was a guest. He was a card-carrying Kopite.

The Red Shite were no great shakes at the time, but Evans wound me up no end by arrogantly insisting they would win.

When asked why he could be so certain, he replied by saying that he knew the Liverpool players personally and he knew that, at some stage of the game, they would remember who they are and that Davey Moyes's Everton team would remember who they are.

Only one manager had had it in him to win this game. My blood ran cold. I was always going to shout my head off supporting the boys in blue, but deep down inside, I knew exactly what the prick meant.

As other posters have rightly said, Fernandes needs to be kept quiet as thats 50% of their chances diminished if we can do so.

I am sure the manager has seen how effective West Ham were against them. I expect Gueye to be a definite starter due to his ground coverage (hopefully a recharged player after the break) alongside Garner.

The good thing with Man Utd is that there idcnothing special at the back and they can concede so I think we will have chances.

Now, after two weeks rest and an almost full squad available, they have a chance again to rebound after a disappointing home loss.

It all comes down to scoring first and defending midfield adequately against an improved Man Utd side.

They should have beaten Bournemouth and a number of other sides at Hill Dickinson Stadium but that woeful lack of scoring keeps costing points.

Now and again Dewsbury-Hall and Ndiaye have saved our bacon but, until the Beto or Barry option is resolved, they will not become a real threat as a team.

We can only speculate but, if he plays our best midfielder and best centre-back, both with plenty of pace, at full-back, my faith in Moyes would certainly diminish.

Also frustrating to see Ndiaye struggling to create something after they've been back from the Afcon Champions party.

Hopefully this evening he looks happy again.

So, if Garner is to press that player, he has to do it in well over 90 minutes.

Maybe it's time to give that another go as Barry was just comical last time out.

At the moment, the players are waiting for the fans to lift them but the fans are turned off by the sideways and backwards passing and the passive approach play. If we're to get something tonight, then we need Ndiaye, Garner and Dewsbury-Hall to be at their best and whoever plays up front not be be in 'bollard mode'.

I actually thought we looked more of a threat against Bournemouth when we went down to 10 men and at least had a go. I'm not Patterson's biggest fan but surely he deserves a chance ahead of Seamus?

My heart is in my mouth with Tarkowski every game these days. Getting fed up of seeing him smiling because he's either just done something daft or got away with something.

Grealish has character and charisma but the rest of them are mainly devoid of personality or devilment.

Frustrating day, that semi. They were deffo there for the taking, all over the place.

Remember Agger trying to control the ball and just walked the ball out of play right in front of where we were sitting, they were not at the races that day.

We didn't take our chance.

Good post. It's on the players to get the crowd going. Not the other way around.

It's dead easy to get them going: press as a group, work your socks off, win a 50-50 early doors, and the crowd turn into what we want and need.

Midfield - God help us!

Up front: well, I think he should give Barry and Beto another chance -- to add to their massive goal tally!

"Charly, you still need more splinters in your arse, so you're staying on the bench!"

For the journeyman Moyes, it's a big chance to get more recognition with this home fixture: "The SSSS: Super Six Shit Show!"

Six home defeats... Good luck, Moyesy.

I'll still hope it works, but it looks a bit stupid on paper.

Hope there's a decent atmosphere under the lights tonight and that it's the players, and not crap officiating, that's behind it.

My grandson said he got it off a friend around 10:30 this morning, so I'm hoping it's a hookey one sent out that early.

Card carrying kopite oozing the entitlement and arrogance that seems to come with the title these days

One blue, turned red,from about a mile up the road from you sounds like Quentin Crisp commentating on the games.

Midfield - God help us!

Up front, well I think he should give Barry and Beto another chance - to add to their massive goal tally!

"Charly, you still need more splinters in your arse, so you're staying on the bench!,"

For the journeyman Moyes it's a big chance to get more recognition with this home fixture: "The SSSS: Super Six Shit Show!"

Six home defeats..

Good luck Moyesy.

The only Europe you'll be seeing is a ferry crossing to France.

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