Manchester United will look to bounce back after blowing a 96th minute lead last week and losing to Juventus midweek as they host a tough in form Everton side. Jose’s men have shown some signs of life in their previous 2 league games but were thoroughly outclassed by Juventus. United currently sit 10th and you have to say that this is a must win game. Everton have been on a winning run and they’ll fancy their chances here for sure.
Key Facts
Man Utd have only managed 2 home wins this season in all competitions from 7 games. 3D 2L.
Romelu Lukaku is currently enduring an 8 game goal drought for Man Utd in all competitions.
Man Utd have only kept 1 clean sheet conceded 16 goals in 9 league games this season.
Anthony Martial scores 3 goals in his last 2 league apps for Man Utd. Danger man.
Man Utd have won 19 of previous 21 home matches against Everton.
Man Utd are unbeaten in 7 straight against Everton. 5W 2D.
7 of 9 Man Utd league games had over 2.5 goals. On average there are 3.4 goals scored in games Man Utd are involved in.
Everton have a 1W 2D 1L away record having conceded 7 goals ant kept no clean sheets.
Richarlison and Sigurdsson have both scored 4 goals each for Everton in the league which is more than 50% of teams total goals in the league.
6 of 9 Everton games had over 2.5 goals. On average there are 3 goals scored in Everton games in the league.
Team News
Manchester United: Man Utd will be without Diogo Dalot, Fellaini and Alexis. However Lingard and McTominay are both in contention to feature for Jose Mourinho. We can expect Jose to use a similar lineup to the one in the previous 2 games. Hard to expect Lingard to slot in right away especially with Martial, Mata showing form and Rashford playing okay. There have been talks of Lukaku potentially being dropped but Jose denied that and it’s likely that he’ll start. Elsewhere there’s nothing to report.
Everton: Everton don’t have any fresh injury news and it’s quite likely that Marco Silva will keep his lineup in tact. There have been talks of Mina potentially starting but Keane and Zouma have done a good job so it’s unlikely that Mina will start. Elsewhere as mentioned expect no changes.
Betting Tips and Predictions
We’ve got two teams that tend to have overs. Over 2.5 priced at 1.85 looks a good bet looking at the stats for both teams. Man Utd have 7 overs , Everton have 6 from 9 games. Both teams have attacking talent but struggle defensively. We can definitely see both teams scoring too here since were backing an over. Man Utd can’t keep clean sheets, Everton haven’t kept an away one yet. In terms of a winner there is value backing Everton here. They are currently on a high having won 3 straight league games, while United took a heartbreaking draw last week and then got destroyed really despite it just being 0-1 to Juventus so their form isn’t really showing despite showing signs of life. We definitely wouldn’t be surprised if this ended as an Everton Win, but our prediction is a 2-2 draw here.
Match Odds (TonyBet)
Manchester United Win – 1.75
Draw – 3.75
Everton Win – 5.10
KICK OFF – 28th October 2018 – 4pm UK Time
