Everton meet Newcastle United at Goodison Park in a mid-table Premier League clash as both teams vie for a top ten finish.
Both teams enter this match sititng just outside the top ten and locked on 29 points apiece, meaning that a win could send either team as high as eighth.
Team news
Embed from Getty ImagesAlex Iwobi is set to return for Everton after spending the last month sidelined with a hamstring injury.
Richarlison is also expected to feature after skipping Saturday’s 1-1 draw at West Ham due to a knee issue.
Gylfi Sigurdsson (groin), Jean-Phillipe Gbamin (fitness), Andre Gomes (ankle) and Michael Keane (neck) are all ruled out.
Newcastle could have Andy Carroll available after missing Saturday’s late win over Chelsea with a knock.
Jetro Willems is however ruled out after suffering a knee injury early on in Saturday’s win.
Dwight Gayle, Javier Manquillo, Paul Dummett (all hamstring), Jack Colback, DeAndre Yedlin (both knee), Yoshinori Muto (hip) and Ki Sung-Yeung (knock) are also sidelined.
Stat Attack
- This is the 50th Premier League meeting between Everton and Newcastle.
- Everton have lost just one of their last eight meetings against Newcastle United (W6, D1, L1).
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored three goals in his last two Everton appearances against Newcastle.
- Newcastle have won on just one of their last 15 trips to Goodison Park (W1, D4, L10).
- Everton have scored all five of their penalties in this Premier League fixture, whereas Newcastle have scored just one of three penalties.
Prediction
Both teams really had to dig deep for their points on Saturday so this should be a cracking game, because Everton will probably be doing the attacking whilst Newcastle park their bus for the majority of this match.
I therefore can see this likely being settled by a single goal but Newcastle are good enough to get a draw if they are clinical enough, despite their poor away form at Goodison Park.
Prediction: Everton 1-1 Newcastle United
Result: Everton 2-2 Newcastle United