{"id":652527,"date":"2025-03-08T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T11:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=652527"},"modified":"2025-03-08T06:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T11:20:07","slug":"everton-predicted-lineup-wolves-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/08\/everton-predicted-lineup-wolves-mar\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Predicted Lineup vs Wolves For March 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everton travel to Wolverhampton for a Saturday night Premier League match. A win for the Toffees would all but finalise their safety, putting them 15 points above their opponent who are the first team above the drop zone. Last Word on Football brings you our Everton predicted lineup for the match that kicks off at 8 pm on March 8.<\/p>\n<h2>Everton Predicted Lineup To Face Wolves In Premier League Clash<\/h2>\n<h3>How Everton Have Lined Up<\/h3>\n<p>Everton have used minimal rotation in their starting lineup over the last month. The only change is Carlos Alcaraz starting in the central attacking midfield role in place of Abdoulaye Doucoure who has missed matches due to suspension and personal leave.<\/p>\n<p>The midfield is rounded out by James Garner and Idrissa Gueye, who play in a double pivot. Jesper Lindstrom starts on the right wing, and on the other side Jack Harrison, both crucial to the success of the team with their defensive work. Beto, nominated for PL Player of the Month in February, leads the team at the top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/01\/david-moyes-everton-improvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">David Moyes\u2019 Everton Revival: Key Changes Behind Recent Success<\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Tarkowski and Jarrad Brantwaite make up the centre of defence ahead of Jordan Pickford in net, the trio helping the team to the sixth-best defence in the Premier League. The wing-backs are Vitaliy Mykolenko and Jake O\u2019Brien, the latter not a natural right back and often moves centrally.<\/p>\n<h3>Everton\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Everton are undefeated in their last seven league games, but three draws in their last four games have stopped their ascension up the table. Currently 16th in the table, they are 15 points clear of the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>David Moyes\u2019 small tweaks to the lineup have seen a shift in performance. A more free-flowing style of football with a focus on direct passing through the lines rather than long balls over the top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/01\/david-moyes-beto-everton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Beto\u2019s Revival at Everton: How David Moyes Transformed His Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Toffees press is crucial to creating chances. They rank first in shots created from high turnovers since the manager&#8217;s arrival. Gueye is the leader for tackles in the league and a key part of their ability to press.<\/p>\n<p>The starting formation turns from a 4-2-3-1 into a 5-2-2-1 when defending. They force opponents wide to make crosses into their defence that is well equipped in the air.<\/p>\n<h3>Everton Injuries To Consider<\/h3>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oTZNex6pm04\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a> the fitness of the first team was confirmed. Seamus Coleman and Armando Broja are closing in on a return from long-term injuries but will not feature in this match. Other long-term injuries include Iliman Ndiaye, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Dwight McNeil, none of which are near returning to the pitch.<\/p>\n<h3>Everton\u2019s Predicted Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>GK: Jordan Pickford<\/p>\n<p>RB: Jake O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<p>CB: Jarrad Branthwaite<\/p>\n<p>CB: James Tarkowski<\/p>\n<p>LB: Vitaliy Mykolenko<\/p>\n<p>CM: James Garner<\/p>\n<p>CM: Idrissa Gueye<\/p>\n<p>CAM: Abdoulaye Doucoure<\/p>\n<p>LM: Jack Harrison<\/p>\n<p>RM: Jesper Lindstrom<\/p>\n<p>ST: Beto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton travel to Wolverhampton for a Saturday night Premier League match. A win for the Toffees would all but finalise their safety, putting them 15 points above their opponent who are the first team above the drop zone. Last Word on Football brings you our Everton predicted lineup for the match that kicks off at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5033,"featured_media":652545,"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":[13,3],"tags":[31726],"class_list":["post-652527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everton","category-premier-league","tag-everton-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652527","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=652527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652546,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652527\/revisions\/652546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}