By Goal.com News on Saturday, 07 November 2020
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LIVE: Everton vs Manchester United

9' Everton win the first corner of the game, which Sigurdsson swings in. It is cleared by a United player at the front post.

8' That Calvert-Lewin chance just goes to show possession counts for nothing unless you do something with it. It was a fairly direct approach from the home side and very nearly paid off.

7' CLOSE! This is a lot better from Everton. Play is switched from the right to left and Bernard brings the ball inside. He swings a lovely little cross into the middle that Calvert-Lewin, having got in front of Maguire, flicks over the crossbar.

6' Everton have barely had a touch of the ball in the first five minutes. United are looking to move the ball around quickly, though they have only got in behind once so far, and that was inside the first 30 seconds.

4' It has been a positive start for United, who have seen a fair bit of the ball early on. Fernandes and Shaw both misplace passes in the final third, though, and Everton are forming a pretty solid shape at the back.

2' Right from kick-off the visitors work the ball forward down the left. Shaw is played in behind but his cutback is intercepted on the edge of the box.

1' KICK-OFF! Man United, in desperate need of a positive result with Solskjaer under pressure, get us up and running at Goodison Park.

Both sets of players have made their way onto the field and kick-off is now just moments away. This game will be played behind closed doors, as will every other Premier League fixture for the foreseeable future.

Everton are unbeaten in their last three league games against Manchester United, with both matches last season ending 1-1. They last went four without defeat in this fixture in March 1990. However, United have won more Premier League games versus Everton (36) than any side has against another in the competition's history.

Solskjaer has made four changes to United's XI on the back of the loss in Istanbul. De Gea and Lindelof are brought in for Henderson and Tuanzebe, while Fred and McTominay are given the nod in holding midfield. That means Van de Beek again drops down to the bench, where he is joined by Matic and Pogba.

James and Pickford return to Everton's starting line-up as two of six changes from the defeat to Newcastle. Holgate and Bernard begin their first Premier League game of the season and captain Coleman returns from injury, while Digne is back from suspension. Richarlison is serving the last of a three-game ban.

Subs: Edinson Cavani, Daniel James, Axel Tuanzebe, Dean Henderson, Donny van de Beek, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic.

MAN UNITED XI (4-2-3-1): David de Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire (c), Luke Shaw; Scott McTominay, Fred; Juan Mata, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford; Anthony Martial.

Subs: Yerry Mina, Cenk Tosun, Tom Davies, Ben Godfrey, Robin Olsen, Andre Gomes, Alex Iwobi.

EVERTON XI (4-3-3): Jordan Pickford; Seamus Coleman (c), Mason Holgate, Michael Keane, Lucas Digne; Abdoulaye Doucoure, Allan, Gylfi Sigurdsson; James Rodriguez, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Bernard.

United have also lost successive games, going down 1-0 at home to Arsenal in the Premier League last weekend before a shambolic 2-1 reverse at the hands of Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League. However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have won each of their last six away games in the top flight.

After an impressive start to the campaign that saw them top the table, Everton have since lost back-to-back away games against Southampton and Newcastle United. Manager Carlo Ancelotti, incidentally, has not lost three league games in a row since November 2006 when at Milan.

Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League meeting between Everton and Manchester United at Goodison Park.

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