Overview
- Kickoff is 8:00 pm UK time on Monday, 3 November at the Stadium of Light, with live coverage on Sky Sports.
- Newly promoted Sunderland have five wins and 17 points from nine matches and arrive on the back of a 2-1 victory at Chelsea.
- Everton have lost to Manchester City and Tottenham, remain weak on the road, and seek to avoid a third straight league defeat without scoring under David Moyes for the first time since 2005.
- Moyes confirmed Jarrad Branthwaite and Nathan Patterson are unavailable, with Patterson recovering from a groin procedure and Branthwaite from hamstring surgery.
- The reunion carries added emotion as Moyes reflects on his relegation season at Sunderland with disappointment and Jordan Pickford makes his first return to his boyhood club.