Everton v Manchester United

Everton will face a stern challenge at home this week when they play host to Manchester United in week 27 of the Premier League. Both teams picked up positive results in their most recent matches.

The Toffees are presently in 9th place of the Premiership log with 35 points from 25 matches. They sit 2 points behind the 8th place Birmingham City and one point ahead of the 10th place Fulham with one match in hand on the Cottagers. Everton are coming off of a tremendous effort at home their last time out when they knocked off Chelsea by a score of 2-1 at Goodison Park. David Moyes has 2 confirmed injury absences at this time in Fellaini and Hibbert while Senderos, Cahill, Anichebe and Jagielka are doubtful.

The visiting Manchester United were able to hold out for a 1-1 draw away to Aston Villa at Villa Park last Wednesday. With that point the Red Devils are now in 2nd place of the Premier League table with 57 points. They sit one point behind the league leaders Chelsea and 5 points ahead of the 3rd place Arsenal. Sir Alex Ferguson will be missing 3 players to injury in Ryan Giggs, O’Shea and Owen Hargreaves.

Live Premier League
Everton v Manchester United
Goodison Park, kick off 1245 hours