It's Everton vs Coventry City tonight
It's Everton vs Coventry City tonight
As Everton kick off this Premier League weekend, they do so with a big opportunity.
A win for the Blues at home to newly-promoted Coventry City - who arrive on the banks of the Mersey with ex-Everton boss Frank Lampard in charge - will take them up to fifth in the table, level on points with Chelsea and one ahead of Liverpool.
Confidence is high after back-to-back wins over Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup and in the league, and David Moyes will be hoping to give the Hill Dickinson Stadium crowd even more to smile about this Friday night.
Connor O'Neill and Theo Squires are both in attendance to see if the Blues can pick up another win, with the match kicking off at 8pm.
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Frank Lampard on David Moyes
Frank Lampard believes Everton are in safe hands with David Moyes back at the helm and he looks back on his time in charge of the club with pride rather than regret. Lampard replaced the sacked Rafa Benitez in January 2022 and managed to guide the Blues to safety with a dramatic comeback victory over Crystal Palace.
But in the following campaign, the former Chelsea and Man City midfielder lost his job with his side second bottom after 20 games. However, ahead of his visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium tonight with Coventry City, Lampard admitted: “I think they have got a really good manager, who has done this many, many times.
“I know the club well, so I know when Everton was in really, really tough times. I feel like those times are developing. It feels quite a while now since I have been there, so those things have moved on a lot.”
Read more here.
Bet365 odds
The Blues are odds on favourites to win tonight, with Bet365 pricing David Moyes' boys at 8/13 for the three points.
You can get Coventry City at 17/4, while the draw is 3/1.
Check out the full match odds here.
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Who makes your team?
Everton will be looking to make it three wins in eight days when they take on Coventry City tonight. The Blues head into the game at Hill Dickinson Stadium on the back of two, quick successive victories over Newcastle United – in the Carabao Cup and then the Premier League.
David Moyes hopes to have Jarrad Branthwaite fit after he cramped up in the latter of those successes but the Everton boss confirmed on Thursday that Jack Grealish remains unavailable. It will be the fourth straight match that Grealish has missed and his third since he was dropped from the squad for what was described as a “breach of club discipline”.
So what side should the Everton boss select for the return of Frank Lampard, who led Coventry into the Premier League and now to three wins in their first nine games back in the top flight?
Chris Beesley and Connor O'Neill pick their XIs here.