Sunderland vs Everton: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch

I like Dewsbury-Hall but he's not been great in recent games. Röhl looked like a real player and powerful and direct. Play him. Freshen things up. Make changes at positive times in the game.

Change the habit of a lifetime. Maybe even leave out both centre-forwards and play Alcaraz or Dewsbury-Hall also for an hour.

Time to change things up for this one, Moyes!

Pickford
Garner
O'Brien
Tarkowski
Mykolenko

Röhl
Gana
Alcaraz

Ndiaye
Beto
Grealish

Why?

Whatever the reason, it is treating every Blue who takes the effort to travel with utter contempt. Fucking shameful.

Garner
O'Brien
Keane
Mykolenko

Dibling
Gueye
Röhl
Grealish

Dewsbury-Hall
Ndiaye

2 own goals and a dodgy penalty...

I don't get the negative predictions before a ball has been kicked, by so-called Everton Fans?

A three-one win. Sin miedo!

We can't keep making excuses. 3 points a must!

Absolutely! I cannot for the life of me understand why they do that.

I get the “I'm worried about this game” but predicting a loss and a scoreline? WTAF???

Pickford,
Coleman (he played twice for Ireland so he can play for us too), O'Brien, Keane, Garner.
Gueye, Dewsbury-Hall,
Röhl,
Ndiaye, Alcaraz Grealish.

2 nil to EFC. Röhl and Keane.

COYBs.

A bit too radical for me that, although starting Röhl is a good shout.

The team's balance would be much better by seeing a natural right back there.

Jack #15,

Moyes has never played a formation like that in his whole managerial career. If he did, we would think that there was something wrong with him!

We have scored just four goals since the end of August, it's very quickly turning into an Everton season once again in a very familiar Premier League placing.

Take last two weekends for example. Spurs beat Everton, Chelsea beat Spurs, Sunderland beat Chelsea, don't be surprised if Everton beat Sunderland. It's that kind of league.

Palace who lost to Arsenal, beat Brentford who beat Liverpool the previous weekend.

Leeds beat West Ham who in turn lose to Brighton the following weekend who they previously lost away to Man Utd.

The Premier League is one weekend you win, the next you lose. It's an unknown.

No team other than Arsenal is putting a consistent winning run together.

I just wish we were a bit better in the table and on the field than we are now.

Unfortunately, it won't be and Moyes will play his normal set-up expecting things to change... and of course they won't.

Like Kunal, I wouldn't be surprised if we do win as the results are all over the place for all teams except for Arsenal who are winning and unfortunately Wolves who are losing.

Sadly, as wide open as the Premier League is, we at Everton never seem to find ourselves in that mix.

The cautious, predictable line-up that Moyes favours is best suited to this sort of game. This isn't the time to change it. The problem is home games, or 30 minutes to go when we need something fresh; this is where Moyes is failing.

By all means, start the predictable line-up away at Sunderland, just know what you're going to do to change or secure the result in the last 30 minutes.

Sunderland 1-Everton 2. Coyb.👮

To be honest, footy is getting pretty boring now. I'd try Ndiaye up top with Alcaraz behind. It's all too slow, Moyesy, take some chances for goodness sake!

Not really bothered anymore... this standing outside your own box, "Chuckle Brothers, to me, to you" shit is just rubbish. Yes, I know all the Premier League teams do it also! It's just mind-numbingly sleep-inducing!

I knew the old firm was on earlier; I couldn't be bothered. I read that West Ham had equalised... I still couldn't be bothered

And I know Bournemouth, who I've heard play a lot of good football, are playing Man City, right now, but I still can't be bothered. So hopefully I've been saving myself for a proper treat tomorrow night!

Moyes simply has to try a different format. We are not scoring, 4 blanks in the last 6 games. We are slipping into trouble.

Clive 28, Moyes change formation? Moyes must have managed us for approximately 500 games... Has he ever played more than 1 striker? Has he ever tried 5 at the back or 3 up top?

4-4-1-1 is in his DNA.

Even when getting beat, he will never throw a 2nd striker on -- it's always like for like.

I am hoping Sunderland get a bit of a reality check tomorrow and we scrape a win.

I would drop Gana, play Alcaraz as a Number 10 and put Beto up front as I do think this will be an open game where we will have a chance to counter, which would suit Beto.

I'd love to see Alcaraz, Dibling and McNeil on the pitch more; I'd love to see variety and innovation and I believe Dewsbury-Hall should play deeper with more attacking players on the pitch.

But the thing is…

Sunderland away is the kind of game where Moyes's way works. Our big problem this season is our home form. Two draws against out-of-form opposition, an embarrassing defeat to Spurs and two wins where I think we can all admit we were lucky to get the points on the balance of play.

I'll save my demands for something different for the home game against Fulham next week. It makes much more sense to try different things in that one, whatever the result against Sunderland.

There are no easy games in the Premier League, whether the opponents are top or bottom, but games are more difficult to win if you cannot score and these days scoring first and early is a big plus.

We should have scored very early against Spurs but, when they scored, it put us squarely behind the eight ball.

These next few games are crucial to Moyes and already some managers have gotten the chop so a turnaround has to happen soon.

I'd also start Röhl who looks like he has something about him, either instead of Dewsbury-Hall, whose form has dipped, or maybe alongside Gana and put Garner at right-back, with O'Brien replacing Tarkowski in the centre.

But not much chance of any of that so we'll just go with Anjishnu's line-up. We could really do with a win given our drop down the table and I wish we weren't playing Sunderland when they are on a high. Tough game, given what we currently bring to the table...

I hate that the physicality is getting taken out the game — I love a good crunching tackle. I absolutely despise VAR as well. UTFT

It doesn't help when Moyes reverts to pessimism and type, which so many remember from his first spell. It will always be my issue with him -- he just doesn't have a winning mentality when it comes to the big games. Whether they are cup fixtures or against the top 6, he always falls short.

If he goes into tonight's game with a belief we can get something and has a strategy to hurt the opposition, we can win this game. If he just reverts to type and churns out the 'lose by the odd goal' away performance he has built a career on, then the outcome is nailed on.

C'mon, Davey lad, show a little faith and belief!

I'd drop Garner to full-back so at least we have one defender who can play football.

With Merlin and Tim, there's now enough central cover to make this switch.

No wonder some people take 10 minutes to come back after half-time or leave well before the (unpredictable) final whistle.

The armchair is the furthest I'll go now and if there's something more interesting on another channel, like the weather forecast, I'll probably give the game a miss.