Everton face Fulham on Saturday and David Moyes is looking to get back to winning ways.
The Toffees recently had a fantastic away win at Aston Villa, but have since dropped points against Leeds United and Brighton.
Everton came from behind to take a point in each of those games, drawing 1-1, and it was good to see a show of character.
Let’s hear your score predictions as Everton take on Fulham at Craven Cottage!
Debut goal for Tyrique George, anyone? 👀
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But Everton could do with kicking on again now if they are to avoid losing ground in the hunt for European football.
Fulham will be a test. They sit level on points with Everton but one place above in the table due to a better goal difference.
Ahead of the game, Everton News offers three bold predictions as the Toffees seek three points.
Tyrique George scores on his debut
Everton didn’t get up to much in January in the end, but one player the club did sign was Tyrique George.
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The 20-year-old came in on loan from Chelsea, and is the replacement for the injured Jack Grealish.
Lots of people want to see George start against Fulham, and there could well be a good chance of that given the poor form of some of the other wide options.
David Moyes has surely got to throw George straight in from the start vs Fulham, hasn’t he!? 🤔
Let us know your thoughts in the comments…
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He’s only been in the door five minutes, but we are backing him to make an instant impact in an Everton shirt.
He scored his first ever Premier League goal against Fulham at Craven Cottage for Chelsea, and we predict he’ll also score on his Everton debut at the same ground.
Jarrad Branthwaite plays left-back and locks down Harry Wilson
Everton received a major boost recently as Jarrad Branthwaite made his return from injury.
David Moyes sprung a surprise against Brighton by deploying the England international at left-back – and we can see him doing this again on Saturday.
Vitaliy Mykolenko could be back fit and available.
Jarrad Branthwaite playing for Everton.
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But Moyes might just keep Branthwaite out wide, in the hope of keeping the influential Harry Wilson quiet.
Wilson, who is a player Everton enquired about in the transfer window, tends to play from the right side for Fulham, and causes real problems with his technical quality and playmaking.
We predict Branthwaite will start at left-back and be that solid that Wilson’s name will barely be mentioned.
David Moyes doubles down and wildly celebrates an Everton winner
Moyes was handed a yellow card for his celebrations after Beto equalised for Everton against Brighton.
In the joy of the moment, the Scot left his technical area and danced around on the pitch, punching the air and soaking in the moment.
After the game, Moyes slammed his booking, saying (via BBC Sport): “We’re killing it. The managers can’t come out of their technical area to celebrate a goal, knee sliding, do things which give you people [the media] quite a bit to talk about.”
David Moyes on the touchline for Everton.
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Moyes also refreshingly stated he would do what he did again, and would even perform a knee slide if he was more mobile.
Following these brilliant comments, we are tipping Everton to score a last-gasp winner against Fulham, which will prompt Moyes to celebrate just as he did against Brighton, but potentially even wilder this time.
We won’t go as far to predict an actual knee slide by the 62-year-old though…
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