Chris Sutton predicts result of Everton clash v Leicester City in new Sean Dyche exit verdict
Everton will pick up their first win of the Premier League season when they face Leicester City on Saturday 21 September, according to Chris Sutton.
Although the BBC Sport pundit doesn’t believe the result should have any bearing on Sean Dyche’s future, he thinks the Toffees will claim all three points at the King Power in a 2-1 win.
Although Leicester have started the season well under the management of Steve Cooper, Sutton admits that he believes this will be the week that Dyche and the Blues finally “catch a break”.
Writing for BBC Sport on Thursday (19 September) he said: “This is a huge game for both teams and it is probably safe to say that neither of them will want to go 2-0 up after what happened when they both did it last week – Leicester were held by Crystal Palace and Everton lost at Aston Villa.
“The same thing had obviously happened to Sean Dyche’s side in their previous league game too, when they lost 3-2 at home to Bournemouth.
“Leicester’s draw will hurt just as much though, with Palace’s equaliser coming from a stoppage-time penalty. Letting that slip will feel like a defeat. I’ve been there, and I know the feeling in a dressing room at full-time when you have chucked a win away.
“The Foxes’ collapse was not quite as extreme as Everton’s against Bournemouth and Villa, but it was still pretty bad.
“So, who do I back here? Everton are still without a point and also went out of the Carabao Cup on penalties against Southampton in midweek, but I just have a feeling that this might be the day where their manager Sean Dyche catches a break.
“He needs one, that’s for sure. Dyche should not be at risk of getting sacked and I want to make that absolutely clear, but you sense that a fair few of the Everton fans have turned against him now, and don’t have faith in him anymore.
“Another defeat, especially against another side from down the bottom of the table, would not go down well.”
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He may not be under pressure from the board, but some fans are beginning to turn on Dyche at Goodison Park and the Blues manager needs a win sooner rather than later to get them back on side.
The Toffees boss has been unlucky at times this year. Had his team won the shootout against Southampton last time out and kept their lead over Bournemouth, there would have been nowhere near as much fallout on Merseyside.
But football is a results business and while the Blues’ results are this poor, there will of course be pressure on the Toffees boss to find a solution and time is already running out.
The trip to Leicester has come far too early in the season to be considered a six-pointer, but it is the sort of game that could define the relegation battle this term. Everton need to win on Saturday to show that they have what it takes to avoid the drop.
Hopefully, Sutton is right and this is the weekend that the Toffees finally click into gear.
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