Everton predicted XI v Brentford: Sean Dyche to bin Michael Keane
Everton will be looking to stretch their unbeaten run to two games in the Premier League when they take on Brentford on Saturday, 11 March.
Sean Dyche decided to play Ben Godfrey as a left-back during the 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest due to the absence of Vitalii Mykolenko.
However, we expect the Ukrainian to return and he’s probably going to start on the left once again for the Toffees.
The other change we see is at the heart of defence with Conor Coady coming back in for Michael Keane.
Brentford are a side that will sit back and Coady’s ability to play long balls and sometimes even line-breaking passes may come in handy.
This would mean that Godfrey, who was signed for £20million in 2020 [Sky Sports] and Keane who came in for £30million [BBC] in 2017 are both going to be dropped back to the substitutes’ bench.
This could be the perfect game for the likes of Alex Iwobi and Dwight McNeil to play more narrow and get into goal-scoring positions themselves.
For the first time in his Everton reign, Dyche will go into a game expecting to dominate the lion’s share of possession and he surely needs to have a plan on how to break open the rigid Brentford defence.
We’re hoping to see a similar performance in terms of intensity as we did against Forest but they certainly need to be more organised at the back and not make needless errors.
Three points are there for the taking and we’re expecting a good show from the team.