Marco Silva’s Everton side received a significant boost on transfer deadline day after the club managed to secure the services of Yerry Mina and Andre Gomes from Barcelona, while also sealing a move for Bernard on a free transfer. However, the trio is not expected to play a part in tomorrow’s crucial clash against Nuno Espirito Santo’s Wolves team.
It might be a tricky tie for the Toffees as their opponents had played some breath-taking football over the course of last season which helped them clinch the EFL Championship title on their way to the Premier League.
The recent history of this fixture overwhelmingly favours the Merseyside club as they have not lost any of their past five meetings with Wolves, emerging victorious in two of those matches. Silva might choose to go for a 4-2-3-1 formation and hand his big-money summer recruit, Richarlison, his competitive Everton debut.
4-2-3-1 Everton Predicted Lineup To Face Wolves
Defence
Maarten Stekelenburg could start in between the sticks for the away side if Jordan Pickford is afforded a little more time to rest. The Dutch goalkeeper might be protected by the centre-half pairing of Michael Keane and Phil Jagielka. Leighton Baines could get the nod just ahead of Lucas Digne to take up the left-back duties while Seamus Coleman operates on the right side of the backline. Marco Silva will be without the services of Mason Holgate who has been sidelined because of injury.
The Toffees defence needs to keep things tight at the back if they are to stop Wolves from scoring at home. They are likely to come up against an attacking trio of Diogo Jota, Helder Costa, and Raul Jimenez, so it won’t be easy for the ageing Jagielka to cope up with the pace of some of these players.
Midfield
The defensive pair of Idrissa Gueye and Morgan Schneiderlin could be unleashed in the middle of the park as the holding midfielders. The trio of Theo Walcott, Gylfi Sigurðsson and new signing, Richarlison will play just ahead of them in the opposition half, looking to create chances for Cenk Tosun.
The Brazilian Richarlison was signed for a hefty price tag this summer, so all eyes ought to be on his performance against Nuno Santo’s men on Saturday.
Attack
Cenk Tosun is expected to lead the lines for the Merseysiders up top.
The 27-year-old Turkish striker scored five goals in 14 Premier League matches so far. We can expect him to improve on that tally in the upcoming campaign if the Blues of Merseyside are to clinch a top 7 finish at the end of the season.
