Everton host Peterborough United at Goodison Park in their FA Cup third round opener on Thursday evening.
The game was controversially moved 48 hours early due to Liverpool also playing at home that weekend, with both clubs expressing their dissatisfaction with the way the fixture was scheduled.
Latest Everton vs Peterborough team information
Everton continue to struggle with their squad, with top scorer Dwight McNeil absent from the defeat to Bournemouth and there is little chance that manager Sean Dyche will risk using him in this match, even if McNeil recovers from his knee injury.
Seamus Coleman, James Garner and Tim Iroegbunam remain out of the squad, while Armando Broja is expected to join the injury list after a bizarre incident against Bournemouth, when he was forced off after missing the ball during a shot.
Youssef Chermiti also picked up a knock last week ahead of the game, which has cost him his chances of playing. This opens the door for young talent Harrison Armstrong, who could be brought in from the start to breathe new life into a side that has lacked creativity in recent weeks.
On the opposite side, Peterborough United will likely be without first-choice goalkeeper Jed Steer, and Australian goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic will continue to be assigned the responsibility of replacing him.
The absence of Kwame Poku, one of League One's standout performers this season, is a huge blow for Peterborough, who has been involved in 15 goals in 17 games this season.
Rio Adebisi and Mahamadou Susoho are also other injury concerns, while Sam Curtis has returned to Sheffield United after his loan deal expired.
Everton vs Peterborough latest predicted lineup
Everton:
Joao Virginia; Patterson, Keane, O'Brien, Mykolenko; Doucoure, Mangala, Armstrong; Harrison, Calvert-Lewin, Ndiaye
Peterborough United:
Bilokapic; Johnston, Wallin, Fernandez, Katongo, Hayes; De Havilland, Kyprianou, Collins; Mothersille, Jones
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Pressure is mounting on Everton manager Sean Dyche following a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth at the weekend, with recent rumours suggesting the club's new owners, the Friedkin family, are concerned about the disappointing run of results.
Despite making a mark in his first 18 months in charge, Dyche’s relationship with the fans is slowly unravelling, with supporters growing tired of what they see as a negative style of play that is no longer delivering results.
Everton have won just one of their last 11 games, with the top scorer in that period being... Wolves defender Craig Dawson, who scored two own goals in their only win.
Everton's only open-play goal in their last 10 games was Iliman Ndiaye's stunning strike against Manchester City. The defeat to Bournemouth last weekend highlighted the ineffectiveness of their attack, as they failed to register a single shot on target and are now just one point above the relegation zone.
An FA Cup third-round win would not ease the pressure on Dyche, but a defeat would virtually end his reign, especially if Everton continue to lack ideas in attack.
The FA Cup always brings up a familiar story for Everton: the team has not won a major trophy since winning the tournament in 1995.
It has been 16 years since Everton last reached the FA Cup final, with their last two trips to Wembley ending in semi-final defeats to Liverpool and Manchester United.
Everton's FA Cup form in recent years has been disappointing, winning just one of their last five games. They lost heavily to Crystal Palace in 2022, were knocked out at the same stage by Man United a year later, and were beaten at home by Luton Town last season.
However, facing a lower-league side like Peterborough could be a good opportunity, with Everton having won 14 of their last 15 FA Cup games against teams outside the Premier League, with the only exception being a 3-2 defeat to Millwall in 2019, after a decisive handball was ruled out.
The last time Everton lost to a third-tier side in the FA Cup was in 2008, and that game was also at Goodison Park, when Oldham Athletic pulled off a surprise 1-0 win.
Peterborough, although they do not have much history against Everton, lost 1-2 in their only previous meeting in the League Cup in 2006, with Tim Cahill scoring a late winner.
Peterborough's record in the FA Cup is not great, having lost each of their last 14 third-round meetings with Premier League sides, and they have only progressed beyond this stage once in the last six seasons.
Despite this, manager Darren Ferguson still dreams of recreating the club's best FA Cup performance – reaching the quarter-finals in the 1964-65 season.
Peterborough are in impressive scoring form in the FA Cup, averaging 4.8 goals per game in their last eight games. This season, they beat Newport County 4-2 in the first round, and were thrashed 4-3 by Notts County in the second round.
However, the away team's form in other tournaments is not good, only winning four points from the last nine matches, losing seven and falling to 19th place, just five points above the relegation zone.
As reigning League Cup winners, Peterborough face League Two leaders Walsall in the last 16 next week, and Ferguson knows that will be a better chance of delivering success for his side.
Everton vs Peterborough score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Everton vs Peterborough match:
- Sportsmole: Everton 1-0 Peterborough
- WhoScore: Everton 2-1 Peterborough
- Our prediction: Everton 2-0 Peterborough
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