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Everton vs Man Utd: Preview, Team News, Likely Line-ups & Predicted Score
Manchester United start the new season with an away trip to Everton at Goodison Park. Here’s a preview with team news, likely line-ups and predicted score.
Manchester United start the new season with a tricky tie away to Everton at Goodison Park tonight.
Many point to the sensational 4-4 draw between the two sides at Old Trafford as the turning point in the title race last season, with Everton coming from 2-goals down to salvage a late draw and hand the impetus back to Man City.
Sir Alex Ferguson has gone out and splashed big money on Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa as he looks to wrestle to title back from their City rivals.
Despite Everton being notoriously slow starters, Goodison Park is never an easy place to go and Fergie knows his side will have to be at their best to get off to a winning start.
Team News
Steven Pienaar is expected to start after making his return to Everton permanent in the summer following a successful spell on loan from Spurs during the second half of last season.
Steven Naismith is likely to miss out and will have to make do with a place on the bench after his move from Rangers. Marouane Fellaini and Darron Gibson should both be involved despite missing international games last week, although former United favourite Phil Neville may keep fellow former-Red Gibson out the side.
United have concerns at the back with Rio Ferdinand, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Jonny Evans all expected to miss out through injury. Michael Carrick is therefore likely to be deployed alongside Nemanja Vidic at the back.
Fergie must decide how best to utilise his summer signings with both Van Persie and Kagawa pushing for starts.
Likely Line-ups
Predicted Score
David Moyes side are always difficult to beat and will be buoyed by the 4-4 draw at Old Trafford last season. However, with the firepower available to Fergie we think United might just nick this one. Everton 0-1 Man Utd
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Ate okpe
August 20, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Unitd 3 everton 1
munyaradzi
August 20, 2012 at 5:29 pm
we need at least four goals coz of what happened with city and chelsea at the weekend- i donot mind Swansea being above us, but cannot swallow city/chelsea up there!
Amoran Oyindamola Oluwaferanmi
August 20, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Everton 0:3 Man Utd
this is d result.
Ekanem Kingsley
August 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Man Utd’ll be 2 extraordinary
Steve
August 20, 2012 at 5:15 pm
16 -0 To Man u !!!!!!! Manu all de way !!! Everton sucks!!
Steve
August 20, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Wohoooo 94-0 Wohoooo 19 times champion
shaun
August 20, 2012 at 5:19 pm
man u5-3 everton fc
Hared akyaar
August 20, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Man u 2-0 everton that what i hope and man u will be forward
sfsjfj
August 20, 2012 at 5:25 pm
united 3-1 but i would like them to buy cabaye or even sneidjer to fill that dcm role and to mark out yaya toure
sfsjfj
August 20, 2012 at 5:25 pm
wannn hve sex
adam
August 20, 2012 at 5:49 pm
yh
adam
August 20, 2012 at 5:48 pm
come on man u and van persie gonna score tonight
Samiryogo
August 20, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Everton 8 man u 3 woyeeee
mark
August 20, 2012 at 6:11 pm
how can we not win,everton are the second team in what is more or less a third world city in footballing terms while the other outfit over that way are developing into a laughing stock season by season
Enock
August 20, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Everton 0-0 man u
Simapaul
August 20, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Manchester united 5 vs everton 2
Israel
August 20, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Manu4 Everton0,vp,rooney,kagawa will score tonigth
Maxwell Jullah
August 20, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Everton 1-6 man utd
Anam Karaama
August 20, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Man united 5-0 Everton Rooney, Rvp, S.kagawa
Shafi
August 20, 2012 at 6:46 pm
I hope man utd’s new signings to test their debut with awin.rvp and kagawa are our concern,man utd 3-0 everton
Anam Karaama
August 20, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Everton 0-3 Man united
matt
August 20, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Half you man utd fans can’t even speak english let alone predict a premier league match. Whoever that bloke saying to bring in sneijder to play dcm, yeah good one. Another guy says we have to score 4 – you’re playing at Goodison park you absolute imbecile
caleb
August 20, 2012 at 7:20 pm
van persie is not going to score tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!
caleb
August 20, 2012 at 7:23 pm
van persie is going to make his man utd debut! why did he have to go to man utd their so crap and my mum loves man utd!
caleb
August 20, 2012 at 7:25 pm
man utd is losers! their gonna lose you know!
Conell
August 20, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Man u 2 everton 1 dats de score line