Everton vs Manchester United: predicted lineups, where to watch and our prediction
Sunday at 14:00 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. Predicted lineups for both sides, who is missing, where the game is shown and our read on it.
Everton vs Manchester United is played on Sunday 6 September at 14:00 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton's new home.
It is the first of the two headline games of the English Sunday. Manchester United arrive with the front three the window was spent on: Mbeumo, Rashford and Matheus Cunha, with Bruno Fernandes moving them around.
Where to watch
In the United Kingdom the game opens Sky Sports Super Sunday, in the 14:00 slot. In Italy it is shown on Sky Sport, with streaming on NOW.
Who is missing
United do without Carlos Baleba, Manuel Ugarte and Amad Diallo. Two of the three are midfielders, which is why the pair in the middle becomes Mainoo and Tielemans, a new combination.
Everton have no significant announced absence affecting the predicted eleven.
The predicted lineups
Everton (4-2-3-1)
Jordan Pickford in goal; Merlin Röhl, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitaliy Mykolenko at the back; Harrison Armstrong and James Garner in midfield; Brennan Johnson, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Tyrique George behind Thierno Barry.
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
Senne Lammens in goal; Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martínez and Luke Shaw behind; Kobbie Mainoo and Youri Tielemans in the middle; Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford behind Matheus Cunha.
Predicted lineups can change until an hour before kick-off, when the official teamsheets are released.
Our prediction
We say fewer than 4.5 goals. The Tarkowski-Branthwaite pairing is the main reason: Everton at home concede very little through the middle, and United, for all the spending up front, still have to make a summer-built front three work together.
We do not commit on the result. In a game like this the incident matters more than the gap in squads, and the recent history between the two says the same.
The individual call
Matheus Cunha — at least 2 shots. He is the central striker in the predicted eleven, he plays in a side that shoots a lot, and his job is to attack the space behind: it is the call we are most confident about across the English round.
Then we count it
When the round closes we publish the tally with nothing removed. The record of every settled call is in the results history.
Our analysis stays updated until kick-off on the Premier League page, and the individual calls are in the Player Predictions section.
