{"id":662893,"date":"2026-01-04T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=662893"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:46:48","slug":"everton-predicted-lineup-vs-brentford-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/04\/everton-predicted-lineup-vs-brentford-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Predicted Lineup vs Brentford For January 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everton are preparing for their first game of 2026 as the 8th place Toffees welcome 9th place Brentford to the Hill Dickinson Stadium. With only one point separating the teams on the table, it is all to play for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Predicted Lineup vs Brentford As One Point Separates Teams<\/b><\/h2>\n

How Everton Have Lined Up Recently<\/b><\/h3>\n

Everton continue to lineup in their 4-2-3-1\/ 4-3-3 formation, managing to take three points and keep a clean sheet with a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest just before the new year on December 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Star-winger Jack Grealish<\/span><\/a> was benched for that game, after returning from a short illness which resulted in him missing the December 27 fixture against Burnley. <\/span>Nathan Patterson<\/span> had his first start of the season, replacing Michael Keane in the starting lineup after he picked up an injury between games. Carlos Alcaraz was also missing from the squad after suffering an injury; however, Toffees boss David Moyes<\/span> refused<\/span> to comment any more on the injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/b> Team News, Form and Predicted Line-Up as Oxford United Travel to Sheffield United<\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan Pickford started in goal with a defensive line of Nathan Patterson, James Tarkowski, Jake O\u2019Brien and Vitaliy Mykolenko. James Garner and Tim Iroegbunam lined up as the defensive midfield with Dwight McNeil, Merlin R<\/span>\u00f6hl<\/span> and Tyler Dibling occupying the attacking midfield, Thierno Barry finished the starting lineup up front.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Recent Form And Tactics<\/b><\/h3>\n

David Moyes is <\/span>concerned<\/span><\/a> with his growing injury list, making his selection very limited in such a crucial stage of the season. With seven key players currently missing from the squad, the January transfer window could be vital to bring in some much-needed match-fit players.<\/span><\/p>\n

Midfielder Harrison Armstrong has been recalled from his loan spell at Preston North End, with Moyes <\/span>stating<\/span><\/a>: \u201cIf things allow me, then I will certainly send him back because I think it\u2019s really good for his education. But we need him at the moment. If he does well then we will keep a hold of him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The table remains tight, with a win against Brentford potentially taking the Toffees to 5th spot on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n

Injuries, Suspensions, and AFCON<\/b><\/p>\n

The manager believes<\/span><\/a> Keane may be able to return to the matchday squad against Brentford, however Carlos Alcaraz, Seamus Coleman, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and Jarrad Branthwaite will not yet return.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gueye are still at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, so are not yet back in the squad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Predicted Lineup vs Burnley\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

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

Defence: <\/b>J<\/span>ake O\u2019Brien – James Tarkowski – Nathan Patterson – Vitaliy Mykolenko<\/span><\/p>\n

Midfield: <\/b>James Garner – Tim Iroegbunam<\/span> – <\/span>Dwight McNeil – Merlin R<\/span>\u00f6hl<\/span> \u00a0– <\/span>Jack Grealish<\/span><\/p>\n

Forwards: <\/b>Thierno Barry<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured Image Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n

IMAGO \/ Visionhaus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everton are preparing for their first game of 2026 as the 8th place Toffees welcome 9th place Brentford to the Hill Dickinson Stadium. With only one point separating the teams on the table, it is all to play for.\u00a0 Everton Predicted Lineup vs Brentford As One Point Separates Teams How Everton Have Lined Up Recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5727,"featured_media":651351,"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":[3,13,1831],"tags":[31726],"class_list":["post-662893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-everton","category-starting-line-up","tag-everton-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662893","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\/5727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662893"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662907,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662893\/revisions\/662907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}