Team News & Lineups: Manchester United are coming into this game on the back of two good wins in Champions League against FC Basel and a comprehensive 4 - 0 win over
Everton over the last weekend.
Not exact matches
Last weekend's victory
over Everton was their first in the Premier League since a 4 - 0 away win
over Derby in May 2008.
Everton travel to Burnley on Sunday afternoon looking to build on their 3 - 0 win
over Aston Villa at Goodison Park
last weekend that, manager Roberto Martinez will hope, is set to mark the end of the Toffees» frustrating start to the Premier League season.
Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back
last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did
last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for
Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every
weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage
over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the
last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.
They get a home game against a Burnley side who finally managed to snap their long winless streak of form with success at Turf Moor
over Everton last weekend.
The Clarets collected a 2 - 1 home win
over Everton last weekend and that finally snapped their winless streak which was at eleven games.
Southampton on the other hand will be looking to build on that 4 - 1 win
over Everton last weekend.
The Red Devils are ready for their first FA Cup since 2004 after a thrilling 2 - 1 win
over Everton in
last weekend's semi-final.
Stoke finished off a hectic week of football with a 1 - 0 win
over Everton, after successfully seeing off Blackburn the previous
weekend and holding Dynamo Kyiv to a 1 - 1 draw to secure qualification for the
last 32 of the Europa League.
Jelavic, who scored twice in the 4 - 0 FA Cup win
over QPR
last weekend, joined
Everton from Rangers for # 5.5 m two years ago and scored nine goals in 13 league appearances following his arrival.
The 31 - year - old was forced off at half - time during
last weekend's 5 - 1 win
over Everton at Emirates Stadium but is due to return to training in time to face Mauricio Pochettino's side.
Cardiff City stunned the rest of the Premier League
last weekend with an emphatic 3 - 2 win
over big - spending Manchester City and they will host their second home game in a row on Saturday at 3.00 pm, as Roberto Martinez's
Everton make the trip to Wales.
The skillful Ghana striker returned from suspension
over the
weekend to rescue the Swans from the jaws of defeat against
Everton at the Liberty Stadium
last Saturday.
Sam Ricketts has been ruled out for the reason of the season, Zak Knight will sit out the next six weeks with an ankle injury he sustained in
last weekend's 2 - 0 home win
over Everton, while full - back Gretar Steinsson has been bogged down with injury since the turn of the year.
The 35 - year - old sustained a minor calf problem during the second - half of the Gunners» 5 - 1 win
over Everton in the Premier League
last weekend, and this has potentially put him at risk of missing out on his first top - flight game of the campaign.
One win in their
last eight league games is all that
Everton have to show for themselves (D3 L4) and they were awful on the
weekend at Arsenal, their defence once again being all
over the place.
I properly fancied
Everton's chances of ending their barren run
last weekend with victory
over Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Despite their 2 - 0 defeat to
Everton at the
weekend, Hughton has led his side to three wins in their
last five top flight games, which included a landmark home victory
over Arsenal.