Match Preview: Everton v Sunderland — Up For The Cup?

Saturday tenth January 2026Everton v Sunderland – Premier LeagueStadium of Mild Kick-Off: 12:15Tickets & Match Protection

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The build-up…

It’s that point of yr that as a child I used to like – FA Cup third spherical weekend. Now that is perhaps a clue as to what age/technology I’m, as a result of I’m unsure it’s the identical now.

Whether or not it’s the shortage of big killing, or the Champions League gaining traction (i.e. prize cash) or the truth that half the Premier League may qualify for one of many European competitions, or we may merely blame Manchester United for simply not bothering 1 / 4 of a century in the past – however the reality is, it’s simply misplaced a little bit of that magic.

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However, after midweek it feels just like the distraction of the FA Cup couldn’t have higher timing for each golf equipment.

Our midweek journey to Brentford was unusual. The efficiency wasn’t that completely different from what we’ve seen in a couple of away fixtures not too long ago, equivalent to Brighton and Spurs. We stayed within the recreation and waited for our likelihood – one thing we’ve been good at profiting from, however on this event, we didn’t take the possibility and collapsed in on ourselves afterwards.

Everton in all probability thought they’d have a cushty night entertaining Premier League whipping boys Wolves, however the guests claimed their seventh level of the season, and it may/ought to have been extra after Everton went all the way down to 9 males within the later levels.

It was solely 4 years in the past after we had been getting knocked out within the first spherical earlier than the festive season by Mansfield City and we haven’t had a lot luck within the FA Cup lately, having simply received previous the third spherical as soon as within the final ten years, however this weekend a fifth of Premier League golf equipment will exit the competitors and with the league desk shaping up the way in which it’s we’d all get pleasure from a great cup run.

The betting…

The bookies have the Lads at 23/10 to win the sport, whereas Everton are priced at 23/20, and the draw is 2/1.

Face to face… at Everton

(All competitions)

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Final time we met… at EvertonWednesday twentieth September 2017League Cup Third Spherical

Goodison Park

Everton 3-0 Sunderland

[Calvert-Lewin 39’, 52’, Niasse 83’]

Sunderland: Steele, Love, Jones, Kone, Matthews, Honeyman (Williams), Gibson, Ndong, Rodwell (McManaman), Gooch, Vaughan (Robson) Substitutes not used: Ruiter, Oviedo, Cattermole, Asoro

Everton: Stekelenburg, Kenny, Holgate, Klaassen, Keane, Williams, Besic, Davies, Ramirez (Lookman), Calvert-Lewin (Niasse), Vlasic (Lennon) Substitutes not used: Robles, Martina, Gueye, Sigurdsson

Attendance: 23,000

Prediction…Everton 0-1 Sunderland

If this was a couple of years in the past I reckon it could have gone to a replay.

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