Everton vs Man United
Premier League 2018-19
Venue: Goodison Park
Date: Sunday, April 21 2019
Kick-off time: 1:30pm BST
Manchester United will be looking to keep their top four hopes alive when they travel to Goodison Park to meet Marco Silva's Everton on Sunday afternoon.
United's form has dipped since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was handed the manager's job on a permanent basis, with five defeats in their last seven games in all competitions. They were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona in midweek, and have work to do if they want to be back in Europe's premier club competition next season.
Currently sixth in the Premier League, Solskjaer's men sit two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal, and have the daunting proposition of a Manchester derby against title-chasing rivals Man City to come next week.
Everton, meanwhile, had been showing signs of improvement after a run of three successive wins, including triumphs over Arsenal and Chelsea. However, last week's sorry defeat to already relegated Fulham has halted their momentum and left them a point of Leicester in seventh in the race to be the best of the rest.
Everton vs Man United team news and predicted line-ups
Everton will be without Andre Gomes after the on-loan Barcelona midfielder was hit with a retrospective three game ban for his challenge on Fulham striker Aleksandr Mitrovic in the defeat at Craven Cottage.
They also have Colombian defender Yerry Mina still out with injury.
Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Zouma, Keane, Digne, Gueye, Davies, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin
United have been boosted by the return of Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez, who made a substitute appearance in the defeat in the Nou Camp, while Nemanja Matic is also back in contention.
Ander Herrera is back in training but may not be fit in time to play a part, while Eric Bailly is also nearing a return but will not feature.
Left back Luke Shaw definitely misses out as he serves the second game in a two-match ban for reaching ten bookings in the league this season.
Man United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Smalling, Lindelof, Young, Fred, McTominay, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford, Lukaku
Score prediction: Everton 1-1 Man United
United need a win to keep pace in the top four race, particularly with both Arsenal and Chelsea having very winnable home games, against Crystal Palace and Burnley respectively.
However, if Everton can make sure that last weekend's slip up was just that, they should trouble a side who were very lucky to beat West Ham at home last weekend.
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Match odds
- Everton to win: 9/4
- Draw: 12/5
- Man United to win: 7/5
First goal scorer
- Romelu Lukaku: 11/2
- Marcus Rashford: 6/1
- Anthony Martial: 6/1
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin: 13/2
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TV channel and live stream, and online coverage
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports' Premier League and Main Event channels, and is available via Now TV with a day pass on offer for £8.99.
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Head to head history and results (h2h)
Everton are without a win in eight in all compeititons against Man United, with their last victory coming in a 3-0 league triumph at Goodison Park back in 2015. That victory, however, was the Tofffee's third succesive home league triumph over United.
