Everton vs Manchester Utd prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2023-11-25 16:30.
[p]It was all smiles in the Everton camp before the international break as they dispatched Crystal Palace 3-2 at Selhurst Park to make it three wins from their last four competitive matches (D1), helping them to move eight points clear of the bottom three. Yet, a remarkable and unprecedented ten-point deduction handed out by the Premier League (PL) for breaching financial rules over the international break plunged the Toffees into the relegation zone and two points from safety. [/p]
[p]Amidst the global fallout, Everton’s Director of Football Kevin Thelwell released a statement during the week vowing the spirit in the camp will stand firm. Their appeal won’t be heard for several months, forcing the team to brace for another relegation dogfight in the meantime. The aggrieved Goodison Park fans are set to be at their thundering best, but just one win from the club’s last eight PL matches against Manchester United (D4, L3) suggests their north-west foes might not be an ideal opponent to resume football against. [/p]
[p]Further to that, United are arriving as the side to have picked up more league points than any other across the last five PL rounds (W4, L1). However, there’s a sense that doesn’t fully represent the mood in the United camp as all four of those victories came by a slender one-goal margin against teams starting the round in the bottom half, while their wider form across all competitions read as three defeats from their last five matches! [/p]
[p]The pressure therefore remains on manager Erik ten Hag and those who remain supportive of the Dutchman will point to United’s improving away form. Since losing their opening two PL away trips, United won each of the subsequent three – their longest such run in the competition since a ten-game streak under Ole Gunnar Solskjær between June and December 2020.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: “Maybe the ball is just finding its way to me,” proclaimed Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucouré after he scored against Palace to grab his ninth PL goal since the arrival of Sean Dyche in January. No Everton player has scored more goals in that time. Since Bruno Fernandes’ debut in this competition in February 2020, only two current PL players have enjoyed more PL goal involvements than his 38 (G22, A16). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Everton could become the first side in PL history to lose 40 H2H games to one single opponent (W10, D13, L39 v United). Â [/p]