Everton v Brentford preview: Team news, head-to-head, where to watch, line-ups, prediction
Everton return from the international break with a home Premier League encounter against Brentford on Saturday.
Having failed to beat fellow strugglers Southampton and West Ham prior to the break, Sean Dyche will be hoping his side can get back to winning ways against a Brentford side who sit in 11th.
Failure to avoid defeat could see the Toffees drop into the bottom three, depending on results elsewhere with Crystal Palace three points behind.
Preview
It hasn’t been a particularly great season for the Toffees so far, with the Merseyside club winning just two of their opening 11 games, gifting Southampton their first win of the season in the process.
They find themselves 16th, just three points above the relegation zone and a clash with Brentford will pose its challenges.
Dyche will be keen to impress the new prospective owner Dan Friedkin after it emerged he may be in his final season with the club.
The former Burnley man will be looking to avoid a relegation battle although results and performances will have to improve drastically for that to be achievable.
Form Guide (Premier League)
Everton: DWDLD
Brentford: WLWLW
Head-To-Head (Premier League)
Everton 1-0 Brentford (April 2024)
Brentford 1-3 Everton (September 2023)
Everton 1-0 Brentford (March 2023)
Brentford 1-1 Everton (August 2022)
Everton 2-3 Brentford (May 2022)
Team News
Dyche will be without Seamus Coleman and Armando Broja for the clash with Brentford. The latter could feature in the near future for the Toffees’ Under-21 side as he returns from injury.
Youssef Chermiti remains out for Everton.
As for Brentford, their injury list is worryingly long.
Aaron Hickey, Josh Dasilva, Igor Thiago, Gustavo Nunes, Rico Henry and Kristoffer Ajer are all out nursing injuries.
Predicted lineups:
Everton: Pickford, Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Mangala, Lindstrom, Doucoure, Ndiaye, Calvert-Lewin
Brentford: Flekken, Van Den berg, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Damsgaard, Wissa, Mbuemo
Where to watch?
The match at Goodison Park kicks off at 3pm GMT on 23 November and will not be broadcast live in the UK. For fans outside of the UK, the match will be broadcast live on beIN Sports.
Prediction – Everton 0-1 Brentford
The Toffees need a win, and even with injuries, Brentford have a squad capable of damaging opponents.
Mbueme and Wissa in particular have the attributes that could cause a great threat to Dyche’s side and it looks very likely that they will get the better of the Merseyside club.
In other Everton news, Jarrad Branthwaite could be sold to Manchester United.
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