{"id":652107,"date":"2025-02-21T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=652107"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:04:49","slug":"everton-predicted-lineup-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/21\/everton-predicted-lineup-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Predicted Lineup vs Manchester United for February 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everton are set to host Manchester United at Goodison Park on Saturday, February 22. The Toffees will look to redeem themselves after suffering a 4-0 loss in the reverse fixture earlier in the season. Last Word on Football brings you our Everton predicted lineup for the match at 12:30 pm.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Predicted Lineup Vs Manchester United In Premier League Clash<\/span><\/h2>\n

How Everton Have Lined Up<\/span><\/h3>\n

Injuries and suspensions have led to necessary rotations for Everton. Abdoulaye Doucoure\u2019s role in the post-match scuffle against Liverpool, which saw him receive a second yellow card, led to new signing Carlos Alcaraz earning his first start for the club last match.\u00a0<\/span>Iliman Ndiaye<\/span><\/a>\u00a0suffered a knee injury in the Merseyside derby, and Jack Harrison returned to the starting lineup on the left wing in his place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elsewhere on the pitch Guinea-Bissau striker\u00a0<\/span>Beto<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has continued his great form since earning the starting position, scoring four goals in his last three Premier League matches.\u00a0<\/span>Jesper Lindstrom<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has improved since David Moyes\u2019 return as manager, playing in a hybrid right midfield-wingback role. James Garner and Idrissa Gueye have made up the double pivot at the base of the midfield.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defence has stayed largely unchanged since the new manager’s appointment. Vitaliy Mykolenko is the first choice left-back, with a renewed freedom to join in on the attack and overlap. On the other side, Jake O\u2019Brien is lined up in a traditional right-back position but often moves more centrally when the team is defending. The centre-back duo of James Tarkowski and\u00a0<\/span>Jarrad Branthwaite<\/span><\/a>\u00a0have helped the team, alongside Jordan Pickford in net, to earn nine league clean sheets this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/span><\/h3>\n

Everton are undefeated in their last five Premier League matches, with their only blemish being a draw against cross-town rivals Liverpool two games ago. This run of form is largely due to their improved attack over the last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A renewed focus on high pressing and playing balls in behind has transformed the team <\/span>going forward<\/span>. The biggest beneficiary is Beto, three of his four goals have been from runs in behind the defence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defensively the team shifts from a 4-2-3-1 to a 5-2\u20132-1 with Lindstrom pushing O\u2019Brien into a central defending position.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Injuries To Consider<\/span><\/h3>\n

Wingers Ndiaye and Dwight McNeil have both suffered long-term knee injuries, Moyes stating in the club’s\u00a0<\/span>press conference<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that the former is ahead of schedule for a return. Other injuries include Nathan Patterson, Seamus Coleman, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Youssef Chermiti, none of whom have seen the field in recent months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton\u2019s Predicted Lineup<\/span><\/h3>\n

GK: Jordan Pickford<\/span><\/p>\n

RB: Jake O\u2019Brien<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: Jarrad Branthwaite<\/span><\/p>\n

CB: James Tarkowski<\/span><\/p>\n

LB: Vitaliy Mykolenko<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: James Garner<\/span><\/p>\n

CM: Idrissa Gueye<\/span><\/p>\n

CAM: Carlos Alcaraz<\/span><\/p>\n

LM: Jack Harrison<\/span><\/p>\n

RM: Jesper Lindstrom<\/span><\/p>\n

ST: Beto<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everton are set to host Manchester United at Goodison Park on Saturday, February 22. The Toffees will look to redeem themselves after suffering a 4-0 loss in the reverse fixture earlier in the season. Last Word on Football brings you our Everton predicted lineup for the match at 12:30 pm. Everton Predicted Lineup Vs Manchester […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5033,"featured_media":640801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,18,1831],"tags":[31726],"class_list":["post-652107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-everton","category-manchester-united","category-starting-line-up","tag-everton-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652132,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652107\/revisions\/652132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}