da doce： Everton caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson will be looking for another positive result when he takes his team to face Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
da cassino： The 47-year-old got off to the perfect start following the sacking of Marco Silva last week as he led the Toffees to a 3-1 win against Chelsea at Goodison Park last weekend, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring twice and Richarlison netting once after the Scot decided to play the two up top together.
It could be a different challenge this time around however with the Red Devils hitting some form and recording three straight victories – against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and AZ Alkmaar respectively.
Here is our predicted Everton XI at the ‘Theatre of Dreams’.
Jordan Pickford is a shoo-in for the goalkeeper position, and we are only expecting one change from the back five that started against Frank Lampard’s men last time out.
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Ferguson confirmed this week that Lucas Digne could be a doubt for the trip to Old Trafford because of a groin problem he picked up against Chelsea, which saw him replaced by Leighton Baines.
We think the veteran left-back could get the nod here with the former Toffees striker not sounding overly confident about the Frenchman’s chances of being ready to be named in the starting XI on Sunday.
The 47-year-old selected a 4-4-2 system against Chelsea, but we expect him to revert back to a 4-2-3-1 formation at Old Trafford to get some more bodies in the middle of the park, which also sees Tom Davies and Fabian Delph come in to replace the more attack-minded Gylfi Sigurdsson and injured Morgan Schneiderlin.
Ahead of those two, Richarlison, Alex Iwobi and Bernard – in for Theo Walcott after he was also confirmed to be out – take up the more attacking midfield positions, with last week’s hero Calvert-Lewin playing the lone centre-forward role.
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