STRUGGLING Everton host Manchester United TODAY with three crucial points up for grabs.
The Toffees have been in abysmal form – only gaining six points from nine league games since Frank Lampard was appointed in January.
Whereas the Red Devils will be eager to close the gap on the their top four rivals sitting above them.
- Start time: 12:30pm GMT
- TV/Live stream: BT Sport 1
- Everton XI: Pickford; Coleman, Godfrey, Keane, Mykolenko; Iwobi, Allan, Delph; Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin, Gordon
- Man Utd XI: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Telles; Fred, Matic; Rashford, Fernandes, Sancho; Ronaldo
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
90+4. United try one last time to find a goal.
Telles plays the ball into the box but Pickford comes through a sea of players to punch.
Keane clears the ball to safety.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd – Pickford save!
90+3. Maguire heads the ball down to Ronaldo.
He controls the ball and fires off a shot but Pickford saves from close range.
The Portuguese striker is claiming there was a hand involved but the referee isn't interested at all.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
90+2. Fabian Delph is awarded the 'Man of the Match' award.
Everton are trying to manage the remainder of this game by running the clock down.
Coleman goes on a run down the right but his pass cannot find Iwobi.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
90. Looks like we are going to have five minutes of added time.
A collective groan from the home fans as the board went up.
Although it is Everton attacking the Man Utd end currently.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
88. Can never understand the interim manager position.
Rangnick knows he is bulletproof whatever the results.
Time is running out for his team to get back into this one.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
86. Everton are doing all they can to protect Jordan Pickford now.
Alex Iwobi tracks the run of Pogba and makes sure he cannot go anywhere.
Pickford gets a booking for wasting time with the goal kick.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
84. Wan-Bissaka has a great chance to have a strike at goal.
Just as he unleashes the shot, Demari Gray puts in a sliding challenge.
His block saves The Toffees as he looked likely to score.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
82. We did see the Everton groundstaff heavily water the pitch before the game.
So many players have slipped on the surface today and quite a few have been booked as a result of the challenges they made when slipping.
Any more water on the pitch before kick off and it would have been like 'Total Wipeout' here today.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
80. Fabian Delph has had a great game for Everton today.
Just tidying things up, breaking down the visitor's play.
Pogba shoots from distance, Pickford saves easily.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
78. Twelve minutes left for United to change their luck.
They have to expect their rivals for the fourth placed spot will all pick up points this weekend.
Probing Everton with no penetration.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
76. Gordon goes to ground chasing the ball out wide.
John Moss is not interested at all.
Man Utd win a corner.
VAR checked the incident, nothing doing.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
74. Gordon tries to beat a defender to get a cross in.
Telles cuts it out and they break forward.
The ball is played towards Elanga but is too heavy and runs through to the keeper.
Gordon receives a yellow card for a challenge on Sancho.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
72. United really aren't giving their wide players options.
There is no one in the box apart from Ronaldo.
They need to offer more support if they are going to change this scoreline.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
70. Demari Gray comes on for Calvert-Lewin.
United break forward with Jadon Sancho.
He looked to cross but Michael Keane heads clear.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
68. Gordon gets to the byline and has two Everton players to aim for in the Man Utd penalty area.
Wan-Bissaka does well to cut out the ball and clear.
Everton try to find Calvert-Lewin with a through ball but the striker cannot get to it before De Gea.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
66. It won't be long before Lampard makes some changes.
Allan and a few others are starting to look a bit leggy.
Pogba is penalised for a foul on Calvert-Lewin.
He needs to be careful being on a yellow card already.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
66. The game is lacking some quality at the moment.
Both teams are trying to find a foothold in this game.
It is all looking a bit laboured by United.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
64. Juan Mata comes on for Matic.
Rashford is replaced by Elanga.
Rangnick is looking to freshen things up a bit.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
62. Ronaldo goes running towards the Everton goal.
As he produces a number of stepovers when faced with a defender, he slightly miscontrols the ball.
Everton are able to clear.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
60. United look like they will be bringing Juan Mata on.
No, you have not travelled in time, you heard me right.
Rangnick will be spoilt for choice as to who to bring off.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
58. Everton are trying to find a way through.
United are playing a flat back four but the home side do not seem able to play it in behind them.
The fans are making themselves heard and the atmosphere is electric.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
56. Still plenty of this game left but Everton are managing their lead well as it stands.
The ball is squared to Gordon on the six-yard box but it is blocked.
Big chance for the youngster.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
54. Godfrey gets his head on it but puts it over.
Still yet to get his first Everton goal.
Pogba is getting involved in things a man with a yellow card should not be doing.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
52. Maguire heads clear the Everton corner.
It just seems a relief when it goes away from goal for the hapless defender in such a situation.
Everton win another corner.
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Everton 1-0 Man Utd
50. Fernandes chips a ball through into the box towards Rashford.
The Man Utd forward has a complete air shot and misses the ball.
Pogba is shown a yellow card for a foul on Gordon right in front of the referee.
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