Everton vs Coventry City - prediction, team news, lineups

Everton volition beryllium bidding to marque it 3 consecutive wins successful each competitions erstwhile they invited Coventry City to the Hill Dickinson Stadium connected Friday night.

The Toffees are presently seventh successful the Premier League table, lone 2 points down fifth-placed Liverpool, portion Coventry inhabit 16th spot successful the division.

Match preview

Everton boast a grounds of 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their 9 league matches this season, which represents a beardown commencement to the run for the Toffees fixed the disapproval that came their mode owed to an underwhelming summertime transportation window.

David Moyes' broadside beryllium seventh successful the part and volition participate Friday's lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 1-0 triumph implicit Newcastle United astatine St James' Park.

Everton besides bushed the Magpies successful the EFL Cup past Thursday, truthful it has been a beardown week for the Merseyside outfit, who volition beryllium eyeing a 3rd consecutive triumph connected Friday night.

The Toffees volition look Brentford successful their archetypal lucifer aft the November planetary interruption earlier the tiny substance of a clash with Liverpool astatine the extremity of the month.

Everton person incredibly lone won 1 location Premier League lucifer against Coventry - a 2-0 occurrence astatine Goodison Park backmost successful April 1999, though they bash pb the wide head-to-head grounds betwixt the 2 teams 37 wins to Coventry's 23.

Coventry person really won 2 of their past 3 games against Everton, including a 2-1 triumph erstwhile the brace past locked horns astatine the location of the Toffees successful December 2000.

The Sky Blues mislaid their opening 4 Premier League matches of the season, but they person present been victorious successful 3 of their past 5 during an awesome tally of form, overcoming Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Sunderland.

Frank Lampard's broadside beat Sunderland 3-1 past clip out, and they presently beryllium 16th successful the part connected 9 points, lone 3 points down eighth-placed Bournemouth.

Coventry are retired of the EFL Cup, truthful their absorption until January astatine slightest volition beryllium purely connected the Premier League, and they volition look Crystal Palace and Leeds United successful their 2 matches pursuing the November planetary break.

The Sky Blues person lone mislaid 3 of their 18 Premier League meetings against Everton, and their caller signifier volition surely manus them assurance up of this contest.

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Team News

Everton indispensable marque a caller determination connected Jack Grealish, with the on-loan Manchester City attacker missing the team's past 2 matches owed to a disciplinary issue. As it stands, it is unclear whether the Englishman volition beryllium successful contention for this match.

Moyes could person a afloat squad disposable for this game, with nary caller injuries being reported, and it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot the aforesaid XI from the Newcastle clash past clip retired fixed the awesome quality of the show and result.

Thierno Barry has scored 8 goals successful 12 appearances this play and volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field, portion Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall should again diagnostic arsenic the fig 10.

As for Coventry, Aurele Amenda (calf), Haji Wright (thigh), Josh Eccles (ankle) and Luke Woolfenden (knee) are retired of the Premier League match.

Meanwhile, Bobby Thomas (calf) and Frank Onyeka (muscle) some request to beryllium assessed.

Jack Rudoni is the team's starring goalscorer this play with four, and the 25-year-old volition again diagnostic arsenic the fig 10; Taiwo Awoniyi is besides acceptable to proceed successful the side.

Everton imaginable starting lineup:

Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Armstrong, Garner; Rohl, Dewsbury-Hall, George; Barry

Coventry City imaginable starting lineup:

Rushworth; Van Ewijk, Mfuni, Pinnock, Dasilva; Yirenkyi, Torp; Sakamoto, Rudoni, Gboho; Awoniyi

We say: Everton 2-1 Coventry City

This is simply a pugnacious lucifer to call, arsenic Coventry person been successful beardown signifier aft a mediocre start. Everton, though, are successful a bully spot astatine the moment, and we are expecting the Toffees to navigate their mode to a constrictive success.

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