Everton vs Leeds Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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For the second time this season, Everton and Leeds United are facing off against each other on a Monday night they clash at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Merseyside.
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How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / USA – USA Network
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / USA – Fubo
Everton team news: AFCON doubts
Idrissa Guey and Iliman Ndiaye returned from the CAF Africa Cup of Nations on Friday afternoon but the duo will have to be assessed by the medical team ahead of their clash with Leeds.
In his pre-match press conference, the Toffees manager has confirmed Jack Grealish will be out for a while due to a fracture in his foot, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has returned to first-team training.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Patterson, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Rohl, Garner; McNeil, Armstrong, Ndiaye; Barry
Unavailable: Keane (Suspended), Coleman (Injured), Grealish (Injured)
Questionable: Branthwaite (Fitness), Gueye (Fitness), Iroegbunam (Fitness), Dewsbury-Hall (Fitness), Alcaraz (Fitness), Ndiaye (Fitness)
Leeds team news: Stach working his way back but Gudmundsson a doubt
Sweden international defender Gabriel Gudmundsson is an issue for Leeds, having missed training on Friday and so he is a doubt for their visit to Merseyside on Monday night.
Summer signing Anton Stach has returned to partial training and so could be available for this one, while Wales international winger Daniel James remains sidelined for Leeds.
Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Perri; Justin, Rodon, Struijk; Bogle, Gruev, Ampadu, Gudmundsson; Aaronson; Okafor, Calvert-Lewin
Unavailable: Bijol (Injured), James (Injured)
Questionable: Gudmundsson (Injured), Stach (Fitness)
Everton vs Leeds prediction
David Moyes' Everton are inconsistent and yet much-improved with the Toffees beginning this weekend's round of fixtures sitting just three points outside of the top five and the UEFA Champions League spots. The Merseysiders managed to defeat Aston Villa by a goal to nil at Villa Park last weekend.
Leeds United come into this one on the back of a last-gasp 1-0 defeat of Fulham, courtesy of a late winner scored by Lukas Nmecha. The Yorkshire outfit have been in good form for the last couple of months with Daniel Farke's visitors having suffered just one loss in their last ten matches across all competitions.
Leeds have become a team that are extremely difficult to defeat at the moment. It should be quite a low-scoring affair, though, with Everton unlikely to break them down consistently but remaining a very tight defensive outfit.
Everton vs Leeds tip: Under 2.5 goals
