When Everton and Wolves meet on Wednesday at Goodison Park both teams badly need a win to rebound from an awful weekend.
WATCH — Everton v Wolves live
Everton were hammered 4-0 at Manchester United and Sean Dyche was left to rue woeful defensive mistakes. Everton have now gone five games without a win in the Premier League and sit just two points above the relegation zone. The Toffees are struggling to create chances and things are starting to get nervous again for Evertonians.
Wolves thought they were back on track after back-to-back to wins but came thumping back down to earth with a bang as they lost 4-2 at home to Bournemouth on Saturday. Gary O’Neil’s side conceded three penalty kicks in an error-strewn display and they sit in the relegation zone with just nine points from their first 13 games of the season. Matheus Cunha is their main hope of getting out of trouble.
How to watch Everton vs Wolves live, stream link and start time
Kick off time: 2:30pm ET, Wednesday (December 4)
Venue: Goodison Park — Liverpool
TV Channel: Peacock
Streaming: Watch live on Peacock
Everton team news, focus
Dominic Calvert-Lewin didn’t start at Man United and could come back in. There were some dreadful defensive mistakes from Branthwaite and Tarkowski, so perhaps one of them comes out of the team and Jake O’Brien starts? Harrison, Mangala and Patterson may all come in too.
OUT: Dele Alli (groin), Timothy Iroegbunam (ankle), James Garner (back) | QUESTIONABLE: Youssef Chermiti (ankle), Armando Broja (calf)
Wolves team news, focus
Jose Sa had an awful outing in goal in Wolves’ lost against Bournemouth and Sam Johnstone could be set to come back in and start. Strand Larsen and Cunha are a real threat in attack and Wolves need to hang in there and wait for Everton to open up and give them chances on the counter.
OUT: Yerson Mosquera (knee), Boubacar Traore (knee), Enso Medina (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Nelson Semedo (suspension) | QUESTIONABLE: Pedro Lima (fitness)
Everton vs Wolves prediction
This is going to be a tight, tense game but the onus will be on Everton to come out and have a go at some point. Expect that to happen in the second half and the Toffees will just have the edge from set-piece opportunities. Everton 2-1 Wolves.
