Will the Red Devils stay up?
13 points from a possible 18 for Manchester United from their first six league games. With only one point behind leaders Liverpoolthe Red Devils are currently in fourth place – level on points with today’s guests Everton, who suffered a 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa in their last away game.
The Red Devils are now in fourth place.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side also suffered their only defeat in league action against Aston Villa. They were beaten 1-0 by the Lions in their last home game last Saturday. Despite this, the odds are very clearly swinging in the home side’s direction for Manchester United v Everton.
It should be noted that the Red Devils have only lost one of their last league home games against the Blues (20 wins, seven draws). However, Solskjaer’s side have not conceded a goal in eight home games. Thus, for Manchester United against Everton, betting on both teams to score offers the best hedge against most eventualities
England Manchester United – Statistics & current form
After three defeats from their last four competitive matches, Manchester United went into their second Champions League group stage match ticked off. The reigning runners-up had already lost 1:2 away at BSC Young Boys on the first matchday and were under pressure against Villarreal.
The Red Devils delivered and took revenge for their loss in the Europa League final. Although top transfer Cristiano Ronaldo did not score the winning goal until the fifth minute of injury time, the final result was a 2-1 victory.
Lost three of last five competitive matches
Overall, the English record champions are in a good position, although they definitely need to improve their performance in the coming weeks. Against Villarreal, too, after a poor second half at times, another defeat would not have been considered unfortunate at all.
It is all the more important for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team to take the momentum of the last-minute victory in the top flight into the Premier League. In fact, the Red Devils have lost three of their last five games in the competition and are not in good form going into the home game.
No clean sheet for eight Premier League home games
Despite this, the odds are swinging in the direction of the home side ahead of the Manchester United-Everton clash.
However, the Red Devils have also suffered a string of recent failures at home to Old Trafford. The Red Devils have conceded at least one goal in their last eight home Premier League games and have also suffered their last eight defeats at home in the top flight of the English Premier League.
Predicted Manchester United line-up:
De Gea – Shaw – Maguire – Varane – Wa-Bissaka – Fred – McTominay – Pogba – Fernandes – Greenwood – Ronaldo
Last matches played by Manchester United:
England Everton – Statistics & current form
Everton FC reshuffled this summer, signing Rafael Benítez, a successful coach who once won the Spanish championship with Valencia and the Champions League with Liverpool.
Most recently, the Spaniard led Newcastle United back to the Premier League before spending two years in China. The Toffees’ rock-solid start to the campaign, which has seen them finish fifth in the current table on 13 points from a possible 18, shows that he can still do it.
Two defeats in the last three competitive games
However, after going unbeaten in their first five competitive games under their new coach, the Blues have also suffered a number of setbacks on Merseyside recently. Everton have lost two of their last three games and only managed to beat bottom-placed Norwich City 2-0 last weekend.
Before that, they suffered their first league defeat on matchday five when they were beaten 3-0 away at Aston Villa. The Toffees were also defeated in the League Cup by bottom side Queens Park Rangers the following week.
Ten goals conceded from last four league away games
Lightly ticked off and without the injured Dominic Calvert-Lewin (broken toe), the Blues now travel to Old Trafford, where they have won just one of 28 away games since August 1992.
Manchester United’s betting on a point against Everton is correspondingly ill-starred for Rafael Benítez’s side, who does not have a good record with the Red Devils himself. His charges have lost seven of the nine away games he has managed at Old Trafford as Premier League coach. On top of that, the Toffees’ defence has been out of sorts of late, conceding a staggering ten goals in their last four away games
Predicted Everton line-up:
Pickford – Digne – Keane – Mina – Godfrey – Iwobi – Allan – Doucouré – Townsend – Gray – Rondón
Last matches played by Everton:
Manchester United – Everton Direct Comparison / H2H Record
Head to head: 90 – 46 – 70
There have been a total of 206 meetings between the two teams so far and with 90 wins the Red Devils lead the head-to-head comparison very clearly. The last time they met at Old Trafford, however, it was a heated encounter on 6 February 2021 with a final score of 3:3.
England Manchester United – Everton England tip
When it comes to Manchester United vs Everton, the prediction has to take into account that both teams have had more failures than successes in their recent competitive matches. Accordingly, little momentum is present on both sideswhich is why nuances could decide this duel.
We see the greatest value in betting on goals on both sides. On the one hand, the Red Devils have conceded at least one goal in their last eight league home games. On the other hand, the Blues have conceded ten goals in their last four away games in the Premier League
