Everton welcome relegation battling Fulham to Goodison Park in a tasty Super Sunday Night Football clash in the Premier League.
With Chelsea and West Ham not in action until Monday evening, Everton can go fifth with victory whereas Fulham will move to within seven points of safety with a win.
Team News
James Rodriguez is set to be available for Everton after recovering from a calf injury that kept him out of Wednesday’s victorious nine goal FA Cup thriller.
Andre Gomes (knock) is also likely to feature but Dominic Calvert-Lewin (hamstring) joins Jordan Pickford (rib), Allan (hamstring) and Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Achilles) on the sidelines.
Fulham have no fresh injury concerns to report as Terence Kongolo (thigh) and Tom Cairney (knee) remain out.
Stat Attack
- Everton have lost just one of their last five meetings against Fulham (W4, L1).
- Fulham are winless in their last 14 league trips to Goodison Park (L14).
- There has been a total of five red cards in 29 Premier League meetings, with Everton collecting three sending-offs compared to Fulham’s two dismissals.
- No other Fulham player has produced more league passes this season than Tosin Adarabioyo and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, who have both made 936 passes each.
- Six of Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 13 league goals for Everton this season have come after half-time.
Prediction
Everton have shifted seven goals in their last two matches with man marking proving a huge issue at set pieces, yet have been impressive going forward which proved key to Wednesday’s thrilling win over Tottenham in the FA Cup.
Fulham meanwhile were absolutely defensively solid against West Ham last weekend but lacked clinical end product to attacks, which cost them a potential win and they now enter this game ten points off safety at a ground where they have failed to win on their last 14 league visits.
Scott Parker’s Cottagers however will be relieved that Calvert-Lewin is sidelined for this match but Everton do possess enough quality to get the win, even though their defending has to improve just to be sure of three points.
Prediction: Everton 2-0 Fulham
Result: Everton 0-2 Fulham
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