Overview
- Kickoff is 15:00 GMT at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium, with live coverage on Sky Sports in the UK and streaming on Peacock in the United States.
- Starting XIs are set: Everton begin with Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Garner; McNeil, Dibling, Grealish; Barry, while Brentford start Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Hickey; Jensen, Janelt, Yarmoliuk; Damsgaard, Thiago, Schade.
- Both teams confirm key absentees, with Everton missing Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gueye to AFCON plus injuries to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman, and Brentford without Frank Onyeka and Dango Ouattara (AFCON) as well as Fabio Carvalho, Josh Dasilva and Antoni Milambo (injury).
- Everton and Brentford enter separated by a single point in the table, with previews highlighting Everton’s recent clean-sheet run and Brentford’s limited away goals this season.
- Betting markets and tipsters lean slightly toward a home win and fewer goals, reflecting Everton’s defensive form and Brentford’s inconsistent away results.