The international break has now come to an end, and David Moyes will be preparing Everton to face Manchester United on Monday night.
Everton beat Fulham 2-0 before the break, so they head into this game looking to secure back-to-back wins for the first time since August.
The Toffees can go level with Man United with a victory, although they haven’t won at Old Trafford since 2013.
Ruben Amorim’s side are also in a decent run of form, and currently reside in seventh place after three wins in five games.
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| 7 | Manchester United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Bournemouth | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | Brighton | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Brentford | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Everton | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Newcastle | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Fulham | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Leeds | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 11 |
| 17 | Burnley | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | West Ham | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 10 |
Ahead of the Premier League clash, Paul Merson believes Everton now have less chance of winning due to a Manchester United injury.
Paul Merson reckons Benjamin Sesko injury gives Everton less chance of winning
Man United striker Benjamin Sesko will miss the Everton game through injury, and Merson reckons that’s actually bad news for Everton.
“One second you’re looking at Cunha and the next thing you know it’s Bryan Mbeumo also working in tandem with him.
“With Sesko, United can only play one way and that would have been easier to deal with.”
Merson added: “I said Manchester United won’t beat Forest even though they were flying at the time. That draw was disappointing but I expect them to make amends with a win this weekend.”
The pundit predicted: Manchester United 2-0 Everton
Supercomputer predicts Everton vs Manchester United
Opta’s supercomputer has also predicted the outcome for Everton’s trip to Man United next week.
The software has given Moyes’ side a 24.2% chance of getting the three points, with a draw 24.9% likely and a United win 50.9%.
Quite clearly, the Toffees a big underdogs but that may actually suit them as the hosts will have the onus on them to attack.
There will be more opportunities to attack space in behind and hit them on the transition, so it’s a good game for Beto to start up front over Thierno Barry.
Beto has more pace to stretch defences and Barry actually suffered an injury against Fulham, so it makes sense to start the former Udinese frontman.
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