On the 2nd of October, in this week 7 match, Manchester United hosts Everton in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Manchester United is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Aston Villa. Kortney Hause struck first for Aston Villa in the 88th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Manchester United couldn’t manage to score, and Aston Villa took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Manchester United should be reasonably happy with their performance, while everton sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Norwich City. Andros Townsend struck first for Everton in the 29th minute on a penalty, then Abdoulaye Doucouré added another in the 77th minute on a feed from Demarai Gray In the end, Norwich City was frustrated by Everton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Everton ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Everton should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Manchester United won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Demarai Gray has been the most effective weapon for Everton lately. The English midfielder has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Manchester United is fortunate enough to have Cristiano Ronaldo in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Alex Telles, Donny van de Beek, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Edinson Cavani, Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Phil Jones are unavailable to play for Manchester United, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Fabian Delph and James Rodríguez are unavailable to play for Everton.