After a shaky start, Everton has gradually found stability recently. 14th place is not a bad achievement for the home team at Goodison Park. However, they were suddenly deducted 10 points for violating financial fairness laws.
Everton fell straight to the penultimate position, ranked only above Burnley thanks to better goal difference. Obviously, Sean Dyche and his team did not have good psychological preparation before the match with Man Utd.
On the other side, Red Devils fans are always in a state of insecurity with the team’s performance. Coach Erik ten Hag is expected to achieve success after his first season.
However, a series of injuries caused Man Utd to struggle. Meanwhile, newcomers like Mason Mount, Sofyan Amrabat,… caught up quite slowly. Erik ten Hag and the Manchester team struggled through each match.
But quite surprisingly, before round 13, Man Utd was ranked sixth in the rankings and only 7 points behind the top. This is because the top teams have continuously stumbled recently.
Man Utd is the only team with a negative goal difference but is in the top 10. That is an alarm bell for the Red Devils’ attack, as well as a wake-up call for Erik ten Hag’s patchy defense.
The home team lost Seamus Coleman, Dele Alli and André Gomes because these players have not recovered from injuries. Amadou Onana is also unlikely to be able to play.
Man Utd received good news when Luke Shaw returned to normal training. However, he is likely to start on the bench. Similar is the case of Lisandro Martinez, Jonny Evans and Aaron Wan-Bissaka. This team’s concern is in the midfield. Casemiro, Mason Mount and Christian Eriksen are injured. Coach Erik ten Hag is considering a plan to use Kobbie Mainoo alongside Scott McTominay.