- 1 Everton vs Manchester United: two direct attacks at the top of the table
- 2 Everton solid at the back, but missing their best dribbler
- 3 Manchester United revived by a red-hot Bruno Fernandes
- 4 Premier League prediction Everton vs Manchester United
- 5 First, a word on our free predictions
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Everton vs Manchester United: two direct attacks at the top of the table 
Both sides have posted six direct attacks each after two rounds: Everton and Manchester United share the best total in the Premier League in that category since the restart. It sets the tone pretty well for what should be coming at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday.
Kick-off is set for Sunday 6 September at 14:00, English time, which is 15:00 in France. This third round brings together two clubs whose starts to the season have looked nothing alike.
Everton are still unbeaten since the restart, with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace and a 1-1 draw snatched at Bournemouth. A 4-0 win at Preston North End in the EFL Cup completes a three-match unbeaten run.
Manchester United opened their campaign with a 0-2 defeat at Hull City, their first opening-day loss against a promoted side. They hit back seven days later with a 5-2 rout of Ipswich Town at Old Trafford.
David Moyes is back at the club he once managed after leaving Goodison Park in 2013. The Scot has 23 Premier League defeats against Manchester United as a manager, a total only Harry Redknapp tops with 24.
The last two meetings ended by the same scoreline. Everton won 1-0 at Old Trafford in November, United gave them a taste of their own medicine at Hill Dickinson Stadium in February with the same 1-0 result.
The transfer window has weighed heavily on both dressing rooms ahead of this one. Everton sold Iliman Ndiaye to Manchester City for 60 million pounds and saw the Folarin Balogun deal collapse in the final hours of the market.
Everton solid at the back, but missing their best dribbler 
Three competitive games, no defeats: Everton’s start to the season has held up well in the numbers. Seven goals scored in that spell, including four at Deepdale in the League Cup.
The 2-0 against Crystal Palace was built without the ball, with four big chances conceded and none taken by the London side. That compact, transition-heavy shape is exactly what David Moyes has been putting in place since his return.
At Bournemouth, Everton had to come from behind to take a point from the 1-1 draw. Staying in the game after falling behind has been the biggest positive from their first three outings.
Jack Grealish returned to the Mersey on 1 September, on loan from Manchester City. An immediate start would be no shock at all, given how short on creators Everton have looked since Ndiaye’s exit.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles signed on the same day and should go straight into the defensive rotation. Christian Norgaard remains out, with the club yet to give full details of the injury.
Up front, Thierno Barry is now without direct competition after Beto’s move to Fiorentina and the failed Balogun chase. Brennan Johnson is expected to fill the right flank left open by the Senegalese man’s departure.
A win would make Everton only the second side in their history to start with two Premier League home wins at Hill Dickinson Stadium. They have not won their first two top-flight home games in a season since 2021-22.
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Manchester United revived by a red-hot Bruno Fernandes 
The 5-2 win over Ipswich wiped away the bad start at Hull City. Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick, with Jacob Greaves adding an own goal and Bryan Mbeumo finishing with a clever lob.
Leif Davis had opened the scoring for the visitors at Old Trafford. Going behind has become a habit for the Red Devils, who had not gone through a three-game league stretch like that since 2012-13.
Michael Carrick has banked 42 points since taking over from Rúben Amorim. No other Premier League side has done better over that run, which puts the Hull slip in a slightly different light.
Bruno Fernandes now has 11 goal involvements against Everton in the Premier League. The Portugal captain shares that club record with Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, two of United’s finest attacking references.
The injury list is still a mess ahead of the trip to the Mersey. Carlos Baleba, signed for 70 million pounds this summer, is out with an ankle problem, as is Amad Diallo, while Manuel Ugarte is nursing a knee issue.
Matthijs de Ligt is struggling with a back problem and should also miss out. Luke Shaw, Mason Mount and Tom Heaton will face late checks before their availability is confirmed.
February’s meeting favours the visitors: it was already on their first trip to Hill Dickinson Stadium that the Red Devils won 1-0. So the place does not exactly scare them.
Projected Everton XI: Pickford ; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko ; Garner, Armstrong ; Johnson, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish ; Barry
Projected Manchester United XI: Lammens ; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Shaw ; Mainoo, Tielemans ; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Rashford ; Cunha
Premier League prediction Everton vs Manchester United
Our prediction: Manchester United to win
The attacking edge clearly leans towards the Manchester side: five goals in one game against Everton’s seven in three, including four against a lower-division outfit. The firepower gap is real.
Everton lose their best dribbler in Ndiaye and are left with only one out-and-out centre-forward. Against a Bruno Fernandes who has 11 goal involvements against this opponent, the Toffees do not look like they have much room for error.
United have already won on this pitch in February, on the same ground and in similar circumstances. The bet is on a side that corrected itself after Hull and leaves the Mersey with all three points.
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