After poor results in the final round of 2017, Everton and Manchester United look to start 2018 on the right foot this Monday, January 1st. They will play at the Goodinson Park stadium in Liverpool, starting at 3:30 p.m. The clash is part of the schedule of the twenty-second round of the English Championship in its 2017/2018 version.
Everton’s recent performance
On Saturday, December 30, a goal in the end made Everton beat Bournemouth 2-1 away from home. He thus saw his eight-game series (five wins and three draws) be stopped.
With 27 points (seven wins, six draws and eight losses) he remained in ninth position as his closest rivals also failed to win in the round.
The interval of just over 48 hours between one game and another will not allow coach Sam Allardyce to make major tactical changes. However, you will most likely have to change the team’s squad by taking away the most worn out athletes so that you can use players in better physical condition.
For that, it has practically all the available cast. Only veteran Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg and defender Leighton Baines (13 matches in the 2017/2018 English Championship, two goals) are in the infirmary. The first must follow from outside. Baines still depends on the new evaluation to know if it can be available. But the greatest possibility is that it is not related. A calf injury took him out of the last nine games.
The current form of Manchester United
Acting at Old Tradfford against Southampton, Manchester United did not pass the scoreless draw on Saturday. Thus came four games without a win (three draws and one defeat). In that list is the elimination in the Glass of the League of England for the Bristol, of the Second Division.
The three straight draws in the Premier League cost the loss of the tournament’s runner-up. Beaten by Chelsea, United moved into third place with 44 points (13 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses).
The two points lost were not the only loss of Saturday’s clash. A clash in the ball caused the departure of striker Romelu Lukaku (21 games in English Premier League 2017/2018, ten goals) in the first half. The blow to the head should make him stay out for at least the next two games.
The situation is aggravated by the fact that United can not count on Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (five games, no goal). The striker is not yet fully recovered from knee surgery and should need about another month to do a muscle boost in the affected area.
They are not the only problems for coach Jose Mourinho. Also in the medical department are defenders Eric Bailly (eight games, one goal) and Chris Smalling (14 games, one goal); and Michael Carrick (without performances), Marouane Fellaini (nine games, three goals) and Antonio Valencia (18 matches, two goals).
History of the bouts between Everton and Manchester United
United have not been defeated by Everton for seven games. He won four times and drew three games in that period.
The two coaches think first not to take a goal and then, if possible, to score a goal. That should cause few opportunities to be created in this Monday’s match at Goodinson Park.
In the case of United, the situation is even more complicated not only by the offensive embezzlements but also by the crisis of open relationship by Mourinho, who has already criticized his players, the direction of his club and also against the refereeing. He shows himself lost by not being able to turn into an attractive game pattern the great volume of money invested by the club in contracting.
This makes Everton the best betting option for the game. Has a prize of 5.30 in Rivalo. Draw shows return of 3.50 and successful visitor multiplies the investment by 1.70.