shock home defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest this afternoon, a win tonight will send Aston Villa level on points with Arne Slot’s side, who are currently second in the table, three points behind Manchester City. A win for Everton will take them from the foot of the table to the dizzy heights of 15th.eye-popping Champions League pricing has rankled the fanbase amid planned protests at tonight’s match against Everton. Ben Fisher reports …
Everton following his deadline day loan move from Lyon, but Armando Broja, brought in on loan on the same day from Chelsea, is out with injury. Everton defenders Jarrad Brantwaithe and Nathan Patterson are both yet to play for Everton this season and remain out injured, while Seamus Coleman is a doubt after picking up an injury while on international duty with the Republic of Ireland.
morale-sapping defeat from the jaws of apparently easy victory against Bournemouth.
They travel to face Aston Villa, whose club hierarchy incensed fans with the recent announcement that tickets to see their club compete in the Champions League this season will be prohibitively expensive for many season ticket holders who would like to see their team play in Europe’s top competition for the first time in 30 years.
With a trip to Switzerland to face Young Boys on Tuesday looming, Unai Emery will need to keep his players focussed on the more mundane domestic business in hand, while Dyche has to try and pick his off the floor in order to kick-start a season that has been little short of disastrous for Everton so far. Kick-off is at 5.30pm but we’ll have team news and build-up in the meantime.
Source: theguardian.com
