Manchester Utd vs Everton Prediction & Betting Tips (9 March)

6th in the Premier League with 11 points behind 4th place, Manchester United is in a very unfavorable position to access the next Champions League. The Red Devils are still in the race to win a European folding seat. After having managed to string together 4 victories in a row, they suffered a serious setback by being surprised at home by Fulham 1-2. Last weekend, Erik ten Hag's men opened the scoring against the run of play but were then logically defeated in the lair of rival Manchester City 3-1. Still present in the FA Cup, Manchester United have just eliminated Nottingham Forest 0-1 and will face Liverpool in the quarter-final.

Guilty of breaching the rules of financial fair play, Everton saw their sanction of 10 points reduced to 6 units by the Federation recently. The Liverpool-based club still remains under threat of a descent since it is currently 16th in the Premier League and is, with 1 game more, only 5 steps ahead of the first relegation place. Having been slow for several weeks now, the Toffees have not won any of their last 10 league matches, 5 draws and 5 defeats. After sharing points with Crystal Palace 1-1 and Brighton 1-1, they lost, at home, to West Ham last weekend 1-3.

Several elements are still missing for Manchester United this weekend. This is the case of the important striker Hojlund, the starting defenders Maguire, Lisandro Martinez, Shaw and Wan-Bissaka as well as the long-term absentees Mount, Malacia and Martial. Hojlund's withdrawal (7 goals and 2 assists in PL) is a big blow for the Red Devils who can however count on other attackers Bruno Fernandes (3 goals and 6 assists in PL), Garnacho (5 goals and 3 assists in PL) and Rashford (6 goals and 2 assists in PL).

The last city distinguished itself by opening the score against Manchester City.