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Everton at Manchester United: Match Preview via Royal Blue Mersey

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Everton will attempt to salvage their Premier League season as they travel to Old Trafford and face Louis Van Gaal's Manchester United

The slow march to the end of what appears to be another disappointing Premier League season for Everton continues this weekend against Manchester United. While Everton's FA Cup run has been a delight for supporters, their league form has been inconsistent at best and dreadful at worst. The Toffees currently sit in 12th place behind West Brom and just above the recently promoted likes of Watford and Bournemouth.

Everton have had two weeks to rest and prepare for this weekend's match, and will not see much rest for the next few weeks. Ahead of them lies a brutal month ending with a Merseyside Derby and the FA Cup semi-final. There will be very little time for rest in between those matches, so it is imperative that Roberto Martinez properly manage his squad for the rough road ahead.

Adding on to the already tough month ahead, there have been the comments from Romelu Lukaku regarding his departure this summer and the imminent rumors that followed. While his comments may have been either inappropriate or poorly timed, Lukaku will need to be at his best for Everton if they wish to finish strong and climb the table.

The Opposition


Everton will be facing the equally besieged Manchester United and their under-fire manager Louis Van Gaal. Van Gaal and United have faced a rough up and down season that has seen them go form near league leaders to being in danger of missing out on European football. They currently sit in 6th but are tied with West Ham on points.

While United have defensively stout during large portions of the season, they have suffered numerous injuries that have hampered Van Gaal's ability to put his best squad out on the field. However, these injuries have allowed for the emergence of a number of talented youngsters, namely Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, who have come up big for United.

Team News


Everton's injury woes seemed to have dissipated, at least for the time being. The only players listed on the injury report on the team's website are Tony Hibbert and Tyias Browning, both of whom are not expected to play for the remainder of the year.

Gareth Barry will again miss this week's game due to suspension, but will be available for selection the following week against Watford.

Manchester United on the other hand are still inundated with injuries as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Wayne Rooney and possibly Ander Herrera will miss this week's match. Even with these injuries Everton still face a tough test and will surely be looking for revenge after their 3-0 defeat to United earlier in the season.

The Final Word


Making predictions is always tough, and it's even more difficult given Everton's inconsistent nature this season.

This Manchester Untied squad is missing enough key players that on paper, Everton should be able to take advantage and come away with all three points.

Hopefully the Everton squad that we have seen in the FA Cup comes to play this weekend.

Predicted Starting XI: Robles, Baines, Funes Mori, Jagielka, Coleman, Besic, McCarthy, Cleverley, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lukaku


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Everton at Manchester United: Gamethread and How to Watch via Royal Blue Mersey

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The Toffees stink this year, but it's a game against Manchester United at Old Trafford, so this is still a big one.

It's been more than two weeks since we last saw Everton take the field and, surprising or not, a lot has happened. Romelu Lukaku and his father have ignited rumors of his summer departure. And the continued poor performances from the club have increased the regularity of talk that the likes of John Stones and Ross Barkley may join Lukaku in heading for the exit. It's time for actual football and no more talk.

It's a match-up of managers on the hot seat at Old Trafford. Some have reported that Manchester United's Louis Van Gaal may make way for Jose Mourinho following the season. And just about every Toffee supporter has lost their patience with Roberto Martinez at the helm of their club. Three points here could prove crucial to either head man. United must win to stay in contention for the top four. Everton could stand to prove that they are able to compete with the big clubs in the regular season.

Despite how inconsistent the performances have been for the Blues, Martinez has repeatedly stuck with a very similar starting XI. With the FA Cup as the real prize left to win this season, it would be nice to see the manager mix things up a bit here. Maybe give Gerard Deulofeu another run in the squad. Finally have Oumar Niasse start a match perhaps? Anything to break up the stale-ness of EFC's football lately.

Match Details


Date and Time: Sunday, April 3rd at 16:00 BST / 11:00 a.m. EST

Stadium: Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England

Capacity: 75,635

How to Watch


Match Forecast: 14° C/57° F, cloudy, winds south at 10 MPH

TV: USA Network, Telemundo – United States

Radio: Westwood One Sports, SiriusXM FC, Everton Match Centre

Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra

Info from Livesoccertv

Lineups

Manchester United:


Starting XI – TBA

Bench – TBA

Everton:


Starting XI – TBA

Bench – TBA


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Everton at Manchester United: Roberto Martinez Pre-Match Quotes via Royal Blue Mersey

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It wouldn't be an international break without transfer speculation to respond to…

After a two-week break to lick their wounds following the defeat to Arsenal, Everton now face a tough trip to Man United – their potential opponents in the FA Cup semi-final. To preview the clash, Roberto Martinez sat down with the assembled media at Finch Farm for his pre-match press conference but it was the speculation surrounding the future of star striker Romelu Lukaku that took centre stage.

In response to questioning of the Belgian's future, the Spaniard said:


"What we shouldn't be afraid about is losing payers because we are in a position where financially we can compete against anyone in world football at this time.

"Things have changed radically in that respect but at the moment it's the wrong time; it's pointless to talk about individual situations because we have two months left to finish the season strongly.

"You need to understand that at this point all that matters are the remaining games. In the summer we will have time to speak about individual situations.

"We're not in a position where we should be fearful of losing anyone because financially we can compete with anyone."
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The gaffer continued by declaring:


"At this present time it doesn't bother me what the individual situations will be in the summer. At the end of the season we will reassess how the season has gone. At the end of the season these individual cases will be approached and we can speak about that then.


"But this is the start of a new financial era at Everton. We are very very strong and have our own ambitions.

"We want to be a winning team and every window we will do that in order to become as good as we can. We made a huge investment in him and now you can see why. He has grown into the player we expected him to."
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In regards to Lukaku's comments about playing in the Champions League, his manager described the player's ambitions as matching the club's own.


"It's not unsettling because that should be the aspirations of everyone. Being the best you can.

"That's our aspiration – to be in the Champions League. I've said it openly for a long time. We want to be competing to win titles.

"We've just been in the semi-final of the League cup and marginally knocked out by eventual winners.

"Now we're in the semi-final of the FA Cup. The players need to be part of that and we need ambitious players who can carry the expectations of our football club."
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But the gaffer did seem to have some ill-feeling towards international breaks and the comments that surface during them:


"every time we lose the payers for internationals it seems to attract what the players have to say, family member and people affiliated to them.


"Nothing can upset our concentration on the next two months of our season.

"Rom is having a really good season – he needs to make it an outstanding season with the two months we have left. It's only the talking he does on the pitch that I'm looking at.

"Speculation is always because he's doing well on the pitch."
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Away from Lukaku and his future, Martinez did manage to squeeze in some time to talk about another player who has been widely sought after:


"John Stones is 21 and is still developing. He is well ahead of where he should be at his age."
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…and even a line about Sunday's opponents!


"Manchester United are still a team in transition. They won their derby and they could finish the season very strongly."
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Everton at Manchester United: Injury Report via Royal Blue Mersey

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Stones and Oviedo ruled as fully fit and Mirallas returns from ban

After a dismal defeat at home to Arsenal, an international break might have just been what the doctor ordered for the Toffees as their Premier League season has begun to peter out.

However a trip to Old Trafford, a place they've won only twice since the Premier League's inception, may not quite be what the doctor ordered.

The international break has given Bryan Oviedo time to recover from his bronchitis and return to the squad. John Stones suffered a knock in England's defeat hosting the Netherlands but manager Roberto Martinez has said the centre half has shaken off the injury. Kevin Mirallas returns from his suspension following his red card against West Ham United but Gareth Barry is serving the last match of his suspension from the two bookings he received against Chelsea.

As for the hosts, Ashley Young and Ander Herrera are doubts with groin injuries and will both face fitness tests. Bastian Schweinsteiger suffered a knee injury on international duty that will rule him out for the remainder of the season. Wayne Rooney's knee injury will keep him out of playing against his boyhood club as he won't return to training for another week. The Red Devils are also without Phil Jones, Luke Shaw and Will Keane.


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