Stoke City vs Everton - prediction, team news, lineups

Everton volition proceed their pre-season preparations with a travel to the bet365 Stadium for Tuesday’s affable against Stoke City.

The Toffees are moving towards their Premier League opener connected August 22, portion the Potters are gathering up to an EFL Cup necktie connected August 8.

Match preview

Stoke would person been gladsome to person seen the backmost of the 2025-26 run aft finishing successful 17th spot with 55 points from 46 games. 

In fact, the Potters person not finished supra 14th spot successful immoderate of their 8 campaigns since being relegated from the Premier League successful 2017-18.

Mark Robins volition consciousness the unit to propulsion the nine into the apical fractional and equine a imaginable playoff bid, thing that seems much plausible present their are 2 other spots successful a revamped playoff system. 

Stoke's ambition has been matched by an progressive transportation model that has seen them denote the imperishable additions of Joshua Griffiths, Lukas Graham, Ethan Galbraith, Svante Ingelsson, Djibril Soumare and Milan Smit. 

The Potters started pre-season with a 1-0 decision to Braga and a 1-1 gully against Crewe Alexandra, earlier they deed their straps successful 2 70-minute games against Sheffield Wednesday connected Saturday, winning 2-0 successful the archetypal lucifer and 4-0 successful the 2nd contest. 

After facing the Owls astatine the extremity of a grooming campy successful Austria, Stoke present instrumentality location for games against Everton and Valencia earlier they look Oldham Athletic successful the EFL Cup archetypal circular connected August 8. 

Everton were made to settee for an underwhelming 13th-placed decorativeness past word aft failing to triumph immoderate of their 7 Premier League games.

The Toffees, who finished 4 points adrift of the European spots, volition beryllium aiming to suffice for 1 of the 3 UEFA competitions successful the upcoming Premier League campaign.

Everton person truthful acold made 3 additions to their squad, including the imperishable transfers of Merlin Rohl and Tyrique George, who spent clip connected indebtedness astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium past season.

David Moyes, who has besides welcomed midfielder Hayden Hackney from Middlesbrough, volition privation further reinforcements earlier his squad play big to Crystal Palace connected the opening play of the season.

In respect to on-pitch preparations, Everton person started pre-season with back-to-back cleanable sheets, moving retired comfy 4-0 winners implicit Dundee FC earlier playing retired a goalless gully with Bolton Wanderers. 

After facing Stoke connected Tuesday, the Toffees volition caput to Germany for tests against Hamburg and Stuttgart earlier concluding their pre-season with a clash against Newcastle United successful Edinburgh and a gathering with Lille astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Stoke City Club friendlies form:

L D W W 

Everton signifier friendlies form:

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Team News

Stoke's first-choice goalkeeper Viktor Johansson is acceptable to commencement successful betwixt the posts, though helium is apt to marque mode astatine immoderate constituent for Griffiths astatine immoderate constituent successful the contest. 

Graham could diagnostic successful a backmost 4 that features Ben Wilmot, Bosun Lawal and Eric-Junior Bocat. 

At the other extremity of the pitch, Smit could commencement arsenic the main striker earlier handing implicit the mantle to Sam Gallagher oregon Robert Bozenik arsenic Robins looks to measure his squad up of the caller campaign. 

Everton midfielder James Garner is facing a conflict to beryllium acceptable for the commencement of the Premier League play aft undergoing groin surgery.

In much affirmative news, Tyler Dibling and Hackney should beryllium capable to play immoderate portion of Tuesday’s affable aft sitting retired the gully with Bolton.

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is connected his summertime interruption aft helping England marque a tally to the World Cup semi-finals.

Stoke City imaginable starting lineup:

Johansson, Wilmot, Lawal, Graham Bocat; Galbraith, Ingelsson; Manhoef, Cisse, Thomas; Smit

Everton imaginable starting lineup:

Travers; O’Brien, Keane, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Alcaraz; McNeil, Dewsbury-Hall, George; Barry

We say: Stoke City 2-2 Everton

Stoke would person taken assurance from their 2 wins successful Saturday's behind-closed-door friendlies against Sheffield Wednesday, and with Robins capable to telephone upon the bulk of his squad, we deliberation they volition supply Everton with a stern capable trial to grounds a gully successful Tuesday's friendly.

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