Barry in for Beto
Everton are the visitors at Tottenham Hotspur for the final fixture of the 2025-26 Premier League season, with a massive threat of possible relegation hanging over the hosts.
But that only comes about if Everton deny them a result today by winning... and West Ham Utd beat Leeds Utd at the London Stadium a few miles away in Stratford.
The chances of an Everton win seem slim if you look at the dreadful record Everton have against Spurs in London, having lost the last four encounters, scoring just one goal while conceding 12!!!
You have to go back to the dim and distant days of the unfairly maligned Carlo Ancelotti, who got Dominic Calvert-Lewin firing on target from close range, his goal winning that soulless encounter behind closed doors during the Covid Pandemic back in September 2020.
Before that, you have to go back almost 20 years to 30 November 2008, when Everton last won at Spurs... under David Moyes!
And coming back to more recent times, The Toffees need to avenge a horrible 3-0 home defeat to Spurs back in October, when the problem was defending corners properly to stop Van de Ven from scoring.
But will David Moyes even go there if an Everton win could mean relegating his old club, West Ham? Far easier and less stressful to oversee another spineless performance to go along with the last six that have seen Everton slip down the Premier League table and drop out of the European places.
Which path will Moyes choose???
Team News
The real Team News is that David Moyes makes one change, dropping Beto for Barry, and putting out what he clearly believes is his strongest team for this season finale:
Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski (c), Keane, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Garner, Röhl, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Barry.
Subs: Travers, McNeil, Beto, George, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Armstrong.
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2 Posted 24/05/2026 at 13:41:11
3 Posted 24/05/2026 at 13:58:47
4 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:18:47
5 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:22:16
Pickford
Patterson O’Brien Tarkowski Mykolenko
Garner Dewsbury-Hall Iroegbunam
George Beto N’Diaye
6 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:26:05
Pickford
Mykolenko
Tarks
Keane
O'Brien
Garner
Tim
KDH
Rohl
N'Diaye
Beto
Subs
George at 76 mins
Charlie at 87 mins
McNeill at 87 mins.
7 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:29:22
I never want Everton to do anything but win but some people I like will be dismayed if Spuds go down. Best for me that we win today and West Ham lose as well. At least then we won’t be a significant factor in either’s demise.
Come on you Blues! Do it for the ever deserving supporters.
8 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:36:43
I've honestly lost count the amount of times we've gone down to Spurs, be it this new stadium or the old Lane and been slapped over and conceded a shed load.
I remember even the season we finished 4th with a great defence we got smack 5-2 on New Year's Day of 2005 if I'm not wrong.
9 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:39:42
None
10 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:40:44
And on the back of a great run as well.
Record is appalling there.
11 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:43:49
Buying money
12 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:54:11
13 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:56:35
Don't EVER say Moyes is predictable
14 Posted 24/05/2026 at 14:57:19
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1 Posted 24/05/2026 at 13:39:56
Interesting to see what team he selects to win rather than the common view of which he is accused of picking a team not to lose.
What changes will he make?