View: Lampard makes six changes, Demarai Gray to return – Everton predicted XI vs Tottenham
Everton are back in Premier League action on Monday night when they travel down south to take on Tottenham in north London.
The Toffees bounced back from defeat to Man City last week by progressing to the FA Cup quarter-finals against Boreham Wood on Thursday, with manager Frank Lampard making wholesale changes.
But with the club desperate for points to get to safety as they sit just one point above the relegation zone, Lampard is expected to revert to type with his team selection for this game.
In goal, Jordan Pickford will return to the side after Asmir Begovic got a rare start in the cup game despite his clean sheet.
The Blues lined up with a three-at-the-back system in midweek but Lampard is expected to go back to a 4-3-3 system, which means there will be more personnel changes.
Captain Seamus Coleman should return to the side at right-back, while Michael Keane will be partnered in the centre by the impressive Mason Holgate with Yerry Mina and Ben Godfrey still out injured.
Vitalii Mykolenko went off with a dead leg in that cup game but is expected to be okay to return at Spurs and when fit he tends to start, so it’s expected he will line up at left-back again.
Both Allan and Abdoulaye Doucoure played most of the game in midweek and should keep their positions in midfield despite the return of Andre Gomes, but Donny Van de Beek should come back into the team as the extra midfielder.
In attack, Dominic Calvert-Lewin should be back in training before the game but expect him to start on the bench after not much time on the grass.
That means Richarlison will move to the number nine position, despite Salomon Rondon’s brace in the cup.
Anthony Gordon should also keep his place in the side after an impressive performance, but the ‘brilliant‘ Demarai Gray is fit again after missing the game with a fever and should come back into the side.
Predicted XI: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Holgate, Mykolenko; Allan, Doucoure, Van de Beek; Gordon, Richarlison, Gray.
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