Everton vs West Ham: Predicted Line-Up | Beto or Barry

Everton need a win tonight to get their season back on track after their last three games have gone askew. A scoreless home draw against Aston Villa, a close Merseyside Derby defeat to Liverpool last weekend, and then compounded by getting dumped out by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Third Round of the Carabao Cup.

In those three games Everton have only scored once, Idrissa Gueye’s smashing shot against the Reds. That aside, it’s like Everton’s attack starts and ends with Jack Grealish, and when he is double- and triple-teamed none of the other players seem capable of taking advantage of the situation.

And then there is the struggle with the strikers. Neither Beto nor summer signing Thierno Barry has grabbed the opportunity to be the regular starter, and neither is scoring consistently or even otherwise.

Who’s Out?

Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Röhl remain out per David Moyes in his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Everton squad available vs West Ham

Goalkeepers: Pickford, Travers, King

Defenders: Keane, Branthwaite (OUT), Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Coleman, Patterson, Aznou

Midfielders: Gueye, Garner, Iroegbunam, Dewsbury-Hall, Röhl (OUT)

Wingers: McNeil, Ndiaye, Grealish, Dibling, Alcaraz

Attackers: Beto, Barry

Tactics and Formation

Everton will likely stick to the 4-2-3-1 they’ve used so far.

Starters (likelihood of starting rated out of 10)

Jordan Pickford – 9/10

Vitaliy Mykolenko – 7/10

Michael Keane – 9/10

James Tarkowski – 9/10

Jake O’Brien – 8/10

Idrissa Gueye – 8/10 Gana was sorely missed in the defeat at Wolves.

James Garner – 7/10

Jack Grealish – 9/10 Getting Grealish back in the goal contributions column is very important.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – 9/10 His introduction in the second half at Wolves was pivotal to kickstarting the attack.

Iliman Ndiaye – 9/10

Beto – 7/10 This could go either way really, but Moyes might have to look at a False-9 experiment soon if the barren run continues upfront.

Bench

Mark Travers

Adam Aznou – Interesting that Moyes thinks the youngster is still not ready to play at this level.

Nathan Patterson

Seamus Coleman

Tim Iroegbunam

Dwight McNeil – Looked lethargic and slow on Tuesday, despite not having played in weeks.

Tyler Dibling

Carlos Alcaraz – Another one who had an opportunity to shine and didn’t quite grasp it.

Thierno Barry