Sutton's predictions: Everton v Man Utdpublished at 07:33 GMT
07:33 GMT
Manchester United lost at home to Everton in November despite the Toffees going down to 10 men in the 13th minute, when Idrissa Gueye was sent off for striking his team-mate Michael Keane.
Ruben Amorim's United just could not find a way of breaking Everton down that night, but there is a very different feel about them now Michael Carrick is in charge.
They needed a stoppage-time equaliser to get a point at West Ham last time out, but they seem much more confident and have been playing well.
This will be a tough game for them but, as I've mentioned previously, Everton have picked up more points on the road this season than they have done at home.
That's another reason why I fancy United to get something here, and stop David Moyes doing the double over his former club.
Everton v Manchester United: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 12:05 GMT 22 February
12:05 GMT 22 February
Matt Jones BBC Sport journalist
A resurgent Manchester United have the chance to add to Everton's poor recent home form in the final fixture of the Premier League weekend on Monday at Hill Dickinson Stadium (20:00 GMT).
Having been eliminated from the FA Cup in the third round, both sides have had nearly a fortnight to reflect on their previous results in the top flight.
Everton were undone by eight minutes of chaos at home to Bournemouth to lose 2-1, while United salvaged a point at West Ham United in stoppage time.
No Mersey paradise for Moyes
Everton are in a curious position at the moment. After numerous seasons of flirting with relegation, the table looks a lot rosier - they started the weekend in eighth position - yet there is still some frustration around recent performances at home.
The calamitous manner in which they threw away a winning position against Bournemouth left supporters angry, as a chance to consolidate a spot in the European positions was tossed away.
It's now six games without a win at Hill Dickinson Stadium in all competitions; they have lost five of their last nine Premier League home games, as many as they had in their previous 28.
That run is in stark contrast to the team's away form; they've won five, drawn four and lost one of their last nine.
Manager David Moyes will be hoping a visit from a big-name opponent can ignite the mood at the new 52,000-seat arena. The number of midweek games and Monday night matches have been a big factor in a number of low-key atmospheres at their new home.
United playing favourites
United have 19 away wins and 42 wins overall against Everton in the Premier League, more than any team has against another team in the competition's history.
The Toffees did get the better of the Red Devils previously though, as they rallied from an early Idrissa Gueye red card to win 1-0 at Old Trafford thanks to a Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall goal. A win for Everton on Monday would give them just their second Premier League double over United, the first coming in 2013-14 when Moyes was in charge of the Red Devils.
That defeat in November was arguably the nadir for former boss Ruben Amorim. Plenty has changed since, with Michael Carrick in charge and the team playing with a renewed sense of freedom.
The draw at West Ham may have ended Carrick's winning start, but the team will take heart from the manner in which they fought to the end.
Benjamin Sesko's stoppage-time goal - his second in three games - was enough to extend the team's current unbeaten streak to nine. The improved form of the £74m summer transfer will be a big relief at Old Trafford.
Overall, United have been the best team in the division in 2026, with no side able to better their haul of 15 Premier League points for the year; they have also scored more open play goals than any team since Carrick took charge.
Against a muddled opponent - their favourite opponent - they will be confident of adding to that on Merseyside.
Moyes on European challenge, Coleman and 'calm' Carrickpublished at 14:52 GMT 20 February
14:52 GMT 20 February
Tyrese King BBC Sport journalist
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Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Monday's Premier League game against Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Moyes revealed that everyone is fit apart from England international Jack Grealish, who is out for the season.
On who replaces suspended defender Jake O'Brien in the starting line-up: "Seamus [Coleman] is fit and available. We also have other people who we can choose."
On O'Brien's red card against Bournemouth: "We move on from it. He got sent off and these things happen."
On the changes at Man Utd: "I don't think that there are any player changes, that's for sure. It's roughly the same players that Ruben [Amorim] had. I think Michael [Carrick] has come in and done a brilliant job, I think he has freshened up the players and supporters as well."
On beating United earlier in the season: "Seems a long time ago but it was a huge three points because you have to try to pick up wins when you can and it didn't look likely as we went down to 10 men. We got a really good goal that night and did really well to hang on to it."
Everton manager David Moyes on interim manager Michael Carrick, who Moyes managed during his spell in charge of United: "He was a really good professional and I think I was more impressed at the work he did at Middlesbrough. I think he did an amazing job there and his team played really well. He's come into the Manchester United job in what looks like a calm manner and gone about it very well."
Looking back on his own brief tenure at Old Trafford: "It's where life takes you isn't it? I had a great time there even though it lasted a very short period, but I also have things I wished I could have done better. If I got another go at it I think I would have done things slightly different, but that's what happens when you look back on things."
On Everton: "I think the big thing that I wanted us to do at Everton was to make us competitive with the so-called big teams at the top of the league. And I think we have tried to do that. We haven't won all the games, but we have been competitive."
He also said: "We are not a team planning to fight relegation, we are a team trying to plan to challenge the teams in Europe and, to do that, we have to win some big games."
What's missing for Alcaraz?published at 15:58 GMT 19 February
15:58 GMT 19 February
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Everton fan Peter MacFarlane discusses Charly Alcaraz's lack of playing time this season, on BBC Radio Merseyside: "We haven't seen consistency in terms of him getting minutes but also in his performances when he has been given minutes.
"I think he was really unlucky with the timing of his injury as well. Idrissa Gueye was at Afcon and Iliman Ndiaye. We had a number out injured. I think at that time he would have been given a chance.
"He's a funny one. I can see he has quality. I am just not entirely sure what his best position is and how he fits David Moyes' system. I don't know whether there are slight reservations there as to where you can really trust him. He's not a winger, he's not really a 10. I can't quite place where his best position might be.
"One thing I will say is he does battle and he doesn't shy away from the ball. He does have that bravery. I'd like to see that consistency but the only way he gets that is if he plays more.
"I do see quality. He is the type of player that has a moment in him. Sometimes, especially at home trying to break teams down, you need that."
Hit play below to hear more from Peter - including on how Harrison Armstrong may be blocking Alcaraz's path - or listen on BBC Sounds here
'I've been very disappointed with Dibling'published at 11:13 GMT 18 February
11:13 GMT 18 February
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Supporter Paul Brown from The Paddock Blues podcast admits he has been underwhelmed by Tyler Dibling so far but believes Everton have to be "patient" with him.
The young winger arrived on Merseyside in the summer from Southampton in a deal worth £40m.
Brown told BBC Radio Merseyside: "I've been very disappointed, I have to be honest. But I can see the talent is there.
"Obviously he cares, but I just don't see it enough. I don't think the desire is really there to get into the Everton first team.
"Iliman Ndiaye goes away to the Afcon and every Evertonian you speak to says: 'This is Tyler Dibling's time now to get in the team - there's nothing stopping him.'
"I thought he took it against Burnley and Nottingham Forest. I thought he had really good games, but then we played Sunderland in the FA Cup and he was just non-existent again.
"I've been very disappointed with him but he is only 20. I think we need to be patient with him."
New stadium 'beginning to feel fragile'published at 12:01 GMT 17 February
12:01 GMT 17 February
Briony Bragg Fan writer
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It feels like one step forward then two steps back again with Everton this season.
In one moment, there's fantastic wins on the road and talk of Europe. In the next home game, Everton manage to capitulate within eight minutes.
With only three wins since the opener in August at Hill Dickinson stadium, home form - to put it plainly - is a real issue. Worryingly, it feels like a psychological block is developing among both players and fans.
Realistically, what's happening to Everton is exactly what they're doing to other teams on the road.
Fulham should have been at least three goals up at half-time. Though deserved, taking a point in the 97th minute at Brighton involves a lot of luck.
Everton have been punished at home - brutally and quickly.
As soon as the other team score, there's a real feel of trepidation across the fans and the players.
Scoring first is becoming critical. Once the other side beds in, Everton really struggle to turn things around.
The pitch is five metres longer than Goodison Park, and David Moyes has persisted with James Tarkowski and Michael Keane at centre-half this season.
They don't have the pace Jarrad Branthwaite and Jake O'Brien do, and statistics prove Everton perform better when either is not being shoehorned in at left or right-back.
The stadium has also been made deliberately steep to create an intimidating atmosphere, but it seems to be providing the advantage to the away fans once they get their noses in front.
The place is beginning to feel fragile.
Though home form at Goodison Park was not up to much in the past few years, it doesn't feel like it ever earned that label because of the history and success of the years behind it.
Until it starts to feel really like Goodison once did - intense, hostile and unmistakably ours - progression will lack real consistency.
Gossip: Everton plan to make another move for Wilsonpublished at 07:28 GMT 16 February
07:28 GMT 16 February
Everton plan to make another move for Wales winger Harry Wilson, 28, in the summer having had an approach rebuffed by Fulham in the January transfer window. (Football Insider), external
'Our lads might quietly fancy having a right go at Brentford'published at 11:39 GMT 13 February
11:39 GMT 13 February
On The Wayne Rooney Show this week, the former Everton striker exchanges tales with a player he looked up to early in his career, former Toffee Francis Jeffers. Rooney's brother John also has plenty to say before his Macclesfield side take on Brentford in the FA Cup.
Jeffers - assistant to John Rooney at Macclesfield - says Brentford will "100%" show more respect for The Silkmen than Crystal Palace did when they were humbled in round three.
Jeffers said: "The backroom staff at our place, the people in the office are already telling us, Brentford want to bring the team, squad of players, to look at the pitch at 12 o'clock that day. So, you know, they don't want to get there and be surprised like Palace, so, like you said, that giant killing now has sort of made Brentford wake up and go, listen, we're not going there and we're not going to allow that to happen.
"But we have to just allow our lads to enjoy it. It's an unbelievable occasion, we said that to them in the last round didn't we? Lads you know, I actually said to them, thank you very much for where you've took us here, by the way, because I've had some great days in football as a player.
"That's probably one of the best days I've ever, ever had. And that was all down to the lads and I thanked them. And I'll be saying the same to them. You know, after John gives his team talk, you know, I'll be saying to the lads, thanks. Make sure you go out and enjoy the occasion. And what will be, will be. No one's expecting us to win. But, you know, there might be a little element of surprise because we've done it before.
"I think our lads might quietly fancy having a right go at Brentford."
Pubs, milk and Croxteth - Rooney and Jeffers reminisce published at 10:39 GMT 13 February
10:39 GMT 13 February
On The Wayne Rooney Show this week, the former Everton striker exchanges tales with a player he looked up to early in his career, former Toffee Francis Jeffers. Rooney's brother John also has plenty to say before his Macclesfield side take on Brentford in the FA Cup.
Jeffers told the BBC Sounds podcast: "We grew up in same area, in Crocky (Croxteth). Everyone knows everyone, so I'm a bit older than the lads, obviously, but we were all aspiring young footballers at one time. I used to hear Wayne's name a lot when I was coming through at Everton. And, obviously, I went back there on loan when he broke through and he was a superstar and I spent a lot of time with him.
"I used to come across Wayne a lot in Crocky, robbing milk off doorsteps. And I'd be driving into training, and I'd have to put the window down and say, put that back!
"I used to bevy in the boozer called the Western and John and Wayne had come in with their brother Graham, with their dad after Everton games and if I'd had a good game I might have got a high 5 off his dad. That was the way it was, that was how we grew up."
Rooney told his podcast listeners: "Everyone used to come there, the Western, after the game, I remember we went in there, after we played Man City, and Schmeichel was in goal for Man City.
"I think it was my godfather, actually. I swapped shirts with Schmeichel, and he had the top on, you had one fella kicking a pretend ball taking a penalty kick and he's diving all over the place in the Schmeichel shirt. It was a mad place, it was a boss place obviously. Everyone used to go there after the games and have a good time, especially if you win.
"Franny was who I looked up to really, obviously being from Crocky. He got into Everton's first team, so watching him, he was someone who I wanted to emulate and go and to try and do the same thing.
"We obviously made our England debut together. Franny's got the best record in England's history, haven't you? One in 45 mins? One in a half a game?
"It was great, obviously, for the two of us, two lads from Crocky, from the same school - De la Salle - to make our England debut together was a special moment for the area."
'Too sensible and you won't get the big gigs' - has punditry gone too far?published at 06:19 GMT 13 February
06:19 GMT 13 February
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Recently, Liverpool and the Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk said former players-turned-pundits have a responsibility when discussing the performances of the current generation of footballers.
He believes they can stray into "clickbait" and have a possible impact on players' mental health.
On Thursday's episode of the More than the Score podcast, former Scotland international Pat Nevin and chief sports editor for Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf Marcel van der Kraan join John Bennett to discuss and analyse the modern world of punditry and the impact it can have on players and managers alike.
"As a player you do tend to take it to heart, especially when it feels a little personal," said Nevin.
"Generally, it isn't personal and the pundit is just having their opinion and we all kind of know where the lines are. But, the lines have been jumped over more often in recent years and I think Van Dijk is right about that.
"Because of the clickbait, it is so much easier to get more likes, views and work if you're a little bit more extreme. Ex-players aren't stupid and they know that. If you are too sensible and sit on the fence you won't get the big gigs.
"You have a dichotomy. Most ex-players would like to be balanced but they know if they are too balanced and sensible they won't be there next week.
"My criticism would always be constructive criticism which is explained. One-dimensional labeling of players should never happen. Sometimes if a big name says something enough it becomes accepted wisdom."
Van der Kraan added: "There are two different kinds of pundits; those who need to be on every week and those who are genuinely focused on what is right and what players should do.
"For Van Dijk, after so many years enough is enough.
"It all started after he came into the Netherlands team and became a big player at Liverpool. The first ex-player to really criticise him was Marco van Basten, saying he was not a leader. Van Dijk was biting his lip after every match because it became a bit of a stigma.
"Eventually it filtered to England and every time he had a bad game it became an open nerve."
Gossip: Clubs in race for Ndiaye this summerpublished at 07:21 GMT 12 February
07:21 GMT 12 February
Manchester United are the frontrunners among a number of clubs who will try to sign Everton's 25-year-old Senegal forward Iliman Ndiaye this summer. (Teamtalk), external
Watch Premier League highlights and analysispublished at 07:14 GMT 12 February
07:14 GMT 12 February
Pundits Alan Shearer and Danny Murphy join host Kelly Somers to bring you the action and talking points from Tuesday's and Wednesday's Premier League fixtures.
Everton 1-2 Bournemouth - the fans' verdictpublished at 11:12 GMT 11 February
11:12 GMT 11 February
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We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Premier League game between Everton and Bournemouth.
Here are some of your comments:
Everton fans
Harry: I watched David Moyes football for 11 years and was bored off my head, now I have to watch dithering Dave football again! It's just not good enough. We know some players are not up to the job but this is the best squad we have had in years and they don't know what they are supposed to do. What kind of football are we playing? The supporters are fed up.
Percy: Disappointing at home again. Left-back and striker still a weakness. Any idea why Patterson does not play? We all want Barry to succeed but he's clearly a long-term development prospect. We played better with 10 men on the pitch. A decent season in comparison to previous years and looking up rather than down, which is great. But now it's how to cement a place in the top half and put in more complete 90-minute performances. Easier said than done in this league.
Stuart: Story of our season in this game. Poor at home, don't take our chances, can't defend from full-back positions and a stupid red card. So frustrating.
Tony: Poor team selection cost us again. With a centre-half playing at right-back and getting sent off while we have a right-back unused, sitting on the bench. We and Bournemouth got what was deserved. I don't agree with the new stadium narrative.
Bournemouth fans
James: We deserved the win overall despite not playing well. Everton didn't turn up until the last 20 minutes, ironically after going down to 10 men. One of the seasons' success stories is James Hill stepping into the defensive void left in the summer. The £1m signing from Fleetwood is keeping his place above some expensive signings. Jimenez too played well as he always does. Another three points. Up the Cherries!
Drew: Gutsy performance in front of a baying crowd - showed real quality and took well deserved three points. What a player Hill is!
Tim: Nobody deserved that Player of the Match more than James Hill. He fought for his place in this team and each match proves why he deserves to stay in it. Our defensive displays give me hope; a stark contrast to the beginning of the season when Diakite was struggling to find his feet. That Brentford defeat was the turning point.
'It feels a bit rubbish'published at 09:47 GMT 11 February
09:47 GMT 11 February
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Everton captain James Tarkowski has been speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside about their 2-1 home loss to Bournemouth.
The Toffees led at half-time through Iliman Ndiaye's penalty, but conceded twice in three minutes in the second half - and then had Jake O'Brien sent off.
"We had a couple of chances to put the game to bed and didn't do that and got punished," said Tarkowski.
"Away from home we can defend our goal brilliantly and keep clean sheets, but for some reason at home we can't do that as well.
"We conceded two from pretty much nothing. Very disappointing. It feels a bit rubbish."
Asked whether their early FA Cup exit giving them a break in fixtures now might be a good thing, the 33-year-old said: "I'm really disappointed about the FA Cup.
"I'm running out of opportunities to win the FA Cup or at least get far in the competition. Every year I hope to do well in the FA Cup so to be out of that is disappointing, but the positive is we can recover well before the next game."
Wasted chances and sudden collapse as home struggles continuepublished at 08:36 GMT 11 February
08:36 GMT 11 February
Alex Brotherton BBC Sport journalist
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Adapting to a new home after spending 133 years at Goodison Park was never going to be easy, but Everton's settling-in period at Hill Dickinson Stadium is taking longer than most expected.
David Moyes' side began well enough, winning two and drawing two of their first four, but are now winless in their last five home league games.
Before kick-off the Toffees boss said he would like his side to replicate their impressive away performances in front of their home fans, and for a time they did.
If Barry's glaring first-half miss let Bournemouth off the hook, then the Cherries had goalkeeper Petrovic to thank for clawing Ndiaye's back post effort off the line and onto the woodwork.
Superb goalmouth blocks denied Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Barry early in the second half, before Everton's night fell apart in the space of eight minutes.
The ease with which Bournemouth twice opened up Everton – having created little beforehand – should concern Moyes, more so than O'Brien's avoidable red card.
The defender felt he had to try and stop Adli racing onto a through-ball in behind, and even though he was still more than 30 yards from goal, he was the last man.
