{"id":658341,"date":"2025-08-18T13:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=658341"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:51:39","slug":"everton-vs-leeds-confirmed-lineups-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/18\/everton-vs-leeds-confirmed-lineups-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton vs Leeds Confirmed Lineups for August 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the confirmed lineups for Everton vs Leeds United as they collide for our Monday Night Football fix. Both teams enter the season revamped as the Toffees are in a new home with David Moyes at the helm while their opponents earned promotion and have built a very physical side to contend with the top division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/18\/leeds-united-predicted-lineup-vs-everton-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United Predicted Lineup vs Everton for August 18<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Everton vs Leeds United Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<h3>Everton Team News<\/h3>\n<p>Jordan Pickford starts in goal with a back line of Michael Kean, James Tarkowski, and Jake O&#8217;Brien. Tim Iroegbunam, Idirssa Gueye, and James Garner all start with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Iliman Ndiaye, and Charly Alcarez support starting striker Beto.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable Changes<\/h3>\n<p>After starting new signing Thierno Barry in their last friendly, the Toffees opted to go with Beto up front for this one as a reognised PL striker. The back line will be interesting as Branthwaite was ruled out with injury already but Vitali Mykolenko is also absent meaning someone will have to fill in as a full-back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/18\/everton-predicted-lineup-leeds-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Everton Predicted Lineup vs Leeds for August 18<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Leeds United Team News<\/h3>\n<p>Lucas Perri starts in goal with Gabriel Gudmundsson, Pascal Struijk, Joe Rodon, and Jaden Bogle in the back line. Ethan Ampadu starts in midfield with Ao Tanaka and Anton Stach. Wilfried Gnonto is up front with Daniel James and Joel Piroe.<\/p>\n<h3>Notable Changes<\/h3>\n<p>This is the same 4-3-3 shape as in their final pre-season friendly with just one change as Bogle comes in for Isaac Schmidt.<\/p>\n<h3>Everton Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Travers<\/li>\n<li>Tom King<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Pickford<\/li>\n<li>Harry Tyrer<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Patterson<\/li>\n<li>Michael Keane<\/li>\n<li>James Tarkowski<\/li>\n<li>Jake O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>Vitalu Myolenko<\/li>\n<li>Seamus Coleman<\/li>\n<li>Jarrad Brantwaithe<\/li>\n<li>Adam Aznou<\/li>\n<li>Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall<\/li>\n<li>Jack Grealish<\/li>\n<li>Charly Alcaraz<\/li>\n<li>Idirssa Gueye<\/li>\n<li>James Garner<\/li>\n<li>Tim Iroegbunam<\/li>\n<li>Harrison Armstrong<\/li>\n<li>Dwight McNeil<\/li>\n<li>Illiman Ndiaye<\/li>\n<li>Thierno Barry<\/li>\n<li>Beto<\/li>\n<li>Youssef Chermiti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Leeds Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Lucas Perri<\/li>\n<li>Illan Meslier<\/li>\n<li>Alex Cairns<\/li>\n<li>Karl Darlow<\/li>\n<li>Jayden Bogle<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Gudmundsson<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Ampadu<\/li>\n<li>Pascal Strujik<\/li>\n<li>Joe Rodon<\/li>\n<li>Jaka Bijol<\/li>\n<li>Sebastiaan Bornauw<\/li>\n<li>Sam Byram<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Schmidt<\/li>\n<li>Daniel James<\/li>\n<li>Sean Longstaff<\/li>\n<li>Brenden Aaronson<\/li>\n<li>Anton Stach<\/li>\n<li>Ao Tanaka<\/li>\n<li>Sam Chambers<\/li>\n<li>Ilia Gruev<\/li>\n<li>Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/li>\n<li>Joel Piroe<\/li>\n<li>Lukas Nmecha<\/li>\n<li>Largie Ramazani<\/li>\n<li>Wilfried Gnonto<\/li>\n<li>Jack Harrison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Squad details via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League site<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for the Everton vs Leeds confirmed lineups. There will be news as well as discussions on who started, who missed out, and what tactical changes the managers could make. See how the Whites do in their return to the top flight against one of the league&#8217;s most pragmatic setups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the confirmed lineups for Everton vs Leeds United as they collide for our Monday Night Football fix. 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