Everton vs Tottenham Preview: Team News & Prediction

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David Moyes’ return to Everton began badly with the Toffees suffering a narrow defeat to Aston Villa at Goodison Park in midweek, whilst the future of Ange Postecoglou seemingly hinges on cup football as Tottenham Hotspur languish in the bottom-half of the Premier League.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 19th January, 2025: UK – 2:00pm / US ET – 9:00am / US PT – 6:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – USA Network
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Telemundo
Everton Team News: McNeil still out
Dwight McNeil has been close to a return to full fitness for a few weeks now but the former Burnley winger is once again unavailable for this one, albeit James Garner has returned to training after a long injury layoff.
Club captain Seamus Coleman remains sidelined for the Toffees alongside midfielder Tim Iroegbunam and attacking duo Portugal youth international Youssef Chermiti and Albania international Armando Broja.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Patterson, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye, Mangala; Harrison, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin
Unavailable: Coleman (Injured), Iroegbunam (Injured), McNeil (Injured), Chermiti (Injured), Broja (Injured)
Questionable: Garner (Fitness)
Tottenham Team News: Fresh couple of doubts
It is expected that Tottenham will get the much-needed return of a defender to the squad with Ben Davies set to be involved but they now have question marks over both Yves Bissouma and Brennan Johnson.
Ange Postecoglou has said key centre-backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven will be back in a 'couple of weeks', whilst the likes of Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie and Rodrigo Bentancur remain unavailable.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Klinsky; Porro, Dragusin, Gray, Spence; Sarr, Bissouma; Kulusevski, Maddison, Son; Solanke
Unavailable: Vicario (Injured), Romero (Injured), Van de Ven (Injured), Udogie (Injured), Bentancur (Injured), Odobert (Injured), Werner (Injured)
Questionable: Forster (Illness), Davies (Fitness), Bissouma (Injured), Johnson (Injured)
Everton vs Tottenham Prediction
Everton are in genuine danger of opening their new season on Bramley-Moore Docks next season in the Championship. They begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting just one point outside of the bottom three and the relegation places with just three victories in 20 matches this season. They were once again blunt before Ollie Watkins separated themselves and Aston Villa the other day. Since hammering Manchester City by four goals to nil in November, only Southampton have collected fewer points in the Premier League than Tottenham Hotspur with just one win in their last nine games in the league. They took the lead against Arsenal in the North London Derby on Wednesday before suffering a 2-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium. Tottenham don’t have the players to play the sophisticated, all-out attack way of Postecoglou and, whilst they can be entertaining, they are one of the likelier teams to find it tough to break down the probable wall that the Everton defence will attempt to be at Goodison Park this weekend.
Everton vs Tottenham Tip: Under 2.5 goals