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Team news: Ramsdale starts for Newcastle
Everton manager David Moyes makes two changes, both enforced, from the win at Old Trafford. Jake O’Brien replaces the injured Seamus Coleman at right-back; Tim Iroegbunam covers for the suspended Idrissa Gueye.
Aaron Ramsdale starts in goal for Newcastle, but Nick Pope hasn’t necessarily been dropped; he’s not in the matchday squad. That’s one of six changes to the XI that started the defeat to Marseille. Lewis Hall, Joelinton, Lewis Miley, Nick Woltemade and Anthony Elanga replace Fabian Schar, Sandro Tonali, Joe Willock, Anthony Gordon and Jacob Murphy.
Everton (4-2-3-1) Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Garner, Iroegbunam; Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Alcaraz, Aznou, Welch, Campbell.
Newcastle (4-3-3) Ramsdale; Livramento, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Miley, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton; Elanga, Woltemade, Barnes.
Subs: Ruddy, Schar, Tonali, Gordon, J Murphy, Willock, A Murphy, Ramsey, Neave.
Referee Craig Pawson.
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Preamble
Wotcha. Saturday night, according to Watford legend Elton John, is tickety-boo for fighting. But Everton got those primal urges out of their system at Old Trafford on Monday, so now they can concentrate on the more wholesome task of beating Newcastle at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
If they do, it will continue a quietly impressive start to the season. Everton start this game in the bottom half of the table – but it’s Spandex-tight in there and they’re only five points behind Chelsea, who were second at the start of the day. “That’s what I do – I win,” said David Moyes when he returned to West Ham in 2019. Everton’s outstanding victory at Old Trafford was Moyes’ 282nd in the Premier League; only Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have won more.
Newcastle, who have finished fourth, seventh and fifth in the last three seasons, are down in 14th and could do with some promethazine hydrochloride. Couldn’t we all. Travel sickness is a recurring problem for Eddie Howe’s team, with their only win in eight attempts coming against Union Saint-Gilloise.
They have two winnable home games – Spurs and Burnley – up next, so this would be a good day to get their Premier League season on the road.
Kick off 5.30pm.
