Everton line-ups for Man Utd as decisions made over Beto and defensive reshuffle

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Our Everton writers have named their preferred XIs for the clash with Manchester United on Saturday in the Premier League

Beto is chaos and defences find it hard to deal with him. Just look at his last two appearances - a late cameo at Brighton where he had a one-on-one and last week’s start, in which he missed another one-on-one and a penalty but crucially scored the first meaningful goal from an Everton striker since October. He is still adapting to English football and it is easy and justified to focus on his misses, but not without first acknowledging his role in the creation of those chances.

Throw in Abdoulaye Doucoure’s insatiable appetite to get involved and I think Everton can create chances at Old Trafford. Whether they can take them is the real question - along with whether they can stunt a team that was ruthlessly efficient at Goodison Park. Key to Everton, for me, is a change at right back.

My team : Pickford; Coleman, Mykolenko, Tarkowski, Branthwaite; Garner, Onana, Doucoure, Harrison, McNeil; BetoBeto became the 23rd player out of 31 takers to miss a Premier League penalty for Everton last time out against West Ham United but then went on to get his goal with a second half header so I'd expect him to retain his place spearheading the attack rather than Dominic Calvert-Lewin who has now not registered in 21 matches.

After starting just once in the Premier League this season before the end of January, Ben Godfrey, a self-confessed natural centre-back, has done quite well as a round peg in a square hole being deployed there for the last half dozen matches but with Dyche having no fewer than three specialised right-backs on the bench against David Moyes' men and Godfrey the fall guy who was beaten in the air for Kurt Zouma's equaliser, has the time come for a...

 

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