Everton is having a good time in the Premier League. Carlo Ancelotti’s team has managed to consolidate four wins in a row, which allowed him to reach the top of the standings. Before starting the day, the ‘Toffees’ are located in the fourth box of the classification; a victory would allow them to remain in the Champions League positions.
Goodison Park will host the duel between the Liverpool team and West Ham, meeting on the 17th day of the Premier League. Everton were unable to face Manchester City, due to multiple confirmed COVID-19 cases in Guardiola’s team. Now, in the first challenge of 2021, the ‘Hammers’ will be measured.
“The fact that we do not play City means we can have fresh legs against West Ham. The preparation has been good and I hope we are ready, in the last games we have increased our consistency, especially defensively; we know we can compete. We have improved our confidence and our faith, “said the Italian coach before the match.
Yerry Mina, key in the last duels of Everton
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The Colombian defender goes through a great moment at the club. He has started in the last games, regained his confidence and has shown an enormous level on the field of play. Even the defender was reported with a goal in the victory against Arsenal, this being his second goal of the season.
Carlo Ancelotti understood that the best way to regain the Colombian’s level was by giving him minutes on the court. This season he has played 13 games, equaling the mark of his first season in the Premier League at the ‘Toffees’. He already has 1170 minutes on the field of play.
A few weeks ago the coach highlighted the work of Yerry Mina and stated that, “I am happy with this level, he did better. He had problems in some games, but now he’s more focused, is playing with confidence. I am satisfied. “Now the defender could start again in the first game of 2021 for Everton, thus adding his 63rd game with the English team since his arrival,
Everton to win against West Ham at Goodison Park
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Everton in the last five games he has consolidated four wins and a draw, a streak that has allowed him to stay at the top of the standings four points behind Liverpool, the current leader. Against West Ham they will look for the three points that will allow them to stay in the Champions League qualifying positions.
Of the seven matches that Ancelotti’s team has played at Goodison Park, has won four, drew twice and lost twices, against Manchester United and Leeds United. However, in the history against the ‘Hammers’, in the last five games played by the Premier League they have a small advantage.
‘The Toffees’ they have won three times and lost twice. In the 2015/16 season they lost by 2-3, in the 2016/17 they were imposed by two goals to zero. In 2017/18 Everton thrashed 4-0 with a stellar match by Wayne Rooney that scored a triplet, in the following season, 2018/19 Everton fell 3-1 and finally, in the last duel between the two teams, Everton he won 2-0, in that match the defender Yerry Mina was present.
West Ham seeks to get closer to Europa League positions
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The team that is led by Scotsman David Moyes he is not going through his best moment in the Premier League. In the last five games they have only won once, against Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds, lost to Chelsea and drew with Crystal Palace, Brighton and Southampton.
At present they are located in the tenth box of the classification with 23 unitsHowever, they are three points behind Aston Villa, which is fifth and has a place in the Europa League, so the great objective of the ‘Hammers’ will be to leave Goodison Park with three points in the bag.
This is a special match for the coach as he knows Goodison Park very well. The Scotsman managed Everton from 2002 to 2013 and he was in command for 518 games. One of his most outstanding achievements in the ‘Toffees’ was having played in the FA Cup final in 2009, losing 2-1 to Chelsea.
Possible formations:
Everton: Pickford; Godfrey, Keane, Mina, Holgate, Davies; Doucouré, Gordon, Sigurdsson, Iwobi y Calvert-Lewin
West Ham: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Dawson, Fredericks, Rice; Fornals, Soucek, Lanizi, Yarmolenko y Haller
Match referees
Referee: Kevin Friend
Assistants: Simon Beck y Edward Smart
Fourth official: Andrew Madley
WHERE: Simon Hooper
VAR assistants: Nick Hopton
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