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Norwich City vs Everton

Lyndon Lloyd , 7 April, 24comments  |  Jump to most recent
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With three consecutive 2-0 victories behind them and having crept above neighbours Liverpool in the Premier League table, Everton face another tricky away game with a trip to Carrow Road... all the while with the FA Cup semi-final against the Reds looming next weekend.

Like fellow newcomers Swansea, whom the Blues beat handily at the Liberty Stadium, Norwich have surprised many this season and were, until recently, hovering on the fringes of European contention. They have been difficult to beat on home turf as well, although tellingly as far as Everton and their own ambitions go, most of the top sides have come away from the Canaries' ground with three points.

Though Jack Rodwell and Seamus Coleman remain sidelined as they continue to recover from their respective muscle strains and the status of Royston Drenthe remains confusing, there are various options open to Moyes if he does decide to rotate some of his squad.

With his team in a solid winning groove, scoring goals and playing some lovely football at times, the conundrum, of course, for David Moyes is how much he dares disrupt things by resting players with another game on Easter Monday and that big cup derby looming.

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It's possible that he will make the bulk of his changes for the Sunderland game, leaving his starting XI largely intact from the team that beat West Brom last weekend.

Victory for the Blues would complete the double over Norwich after December's narrow win in the reverse fixture at Goodison Park and would keep them in seventh place. Newcastle's Good Friday win at Swansea moved them into fifth place, temporarily at least, probably puts them out of reach and leaves seventh as the most likely target for Moyes's men.

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