The ex-powerhouse club Man United's poor form continues, and they are showing their first every now and then. Way too often to the fans liking. United is a bit like a child trying to push a round peg into a square hole right now. Ruben Amorim has now been United’s manager for over three months, but things haven't progressed much. While the same level of cluelessness and slackness as during Erik ten Hag’s tenure isn’t visible on the pitch, Amorim stubbornly insists on playing a 3-4-3 system—even though United doesn’t have the wide players for it. This likely hints that the club plans to bring in a couple of fast and versatile wingers in the summer. Until then, expecting any real success is probably unrealistic.
United has now lost its last two Premier League matches—first, a 0-2 defeat at home to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford, followed by a 0-1 loss to Tottenham in London. In between, they did manage to knock Leicester out of the FA Cup with a 2-1 win in Manchester.
Against Spurs, United did create some chances, narrowly winning the xG statistics. Considering Tottenham’s struggles this season, it was a huge failure for United. Against Leicester in the cup, United was deservedly the better team. However, the defeat to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford was a disaster—United allowed Palace to generate an xG of almost 3 goals!
United hasn’t shown anything promising in the league for quite some time. Just over a month ago, they eliminated Arsenal in the FA Cup, and before that, they managed to snatch a point from Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League. But overall, it’s still looking bleak.
Everton was considered a relegation candidate before the season started. However, they are now sitting 14th in the league table, one spot above United, and 13 points clear of the relegation zone. It looks like Everton will survive, as they’re still in decent form. The xG-table numbers roughly correspond to the actual points.
Everton is unbeaten in its last five Premier League matches. During this run, they managed a draw against Liverpool and secured wins over Tottenham, Brighton, Leicester, and most recently, Crystal Palace. In the match against Liverpool, Everton won the xG battle and limited Liverpool to under 1 xG—an impressive feat. In their last game away at Crystal Palace, Everton lost on xG but still grabbed a 2-1 victory.
Team news - injuries at both camps
Both teams are dealing with plenty of injury concerns. Last round, both benches looked rather inexperienced—United even had eight teenagers on the bench against Spurs!
Everton will be without Ndiaye for nearly two more months, along with at least seven other players, including McNeil, Calvert-Lewin, and Broja.
United's injury list includes Ugarte, Eriksen, Yoro, Mainoo, Mount, Martinez, Evans, Shaw, and Diallo, making life extremely difficult for Amorim’s squad.
Everton is in form, United is not, and United has significant absences and I smell blood.
Good luck!
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前劲旅曼联的糟糕状态还在继续，他们时不时就会表现出自己的第一状态。太频繁了，球迷们不喜欢。曼联现在有点像一个孩子试图把一个圆钉子塞进一个方洞。鲁本·阿莫里姆担任曼联主帅已经三个多月了，但事情并没有太大进展。虽然在球场上看不到埃里克·哈格任内那种愚蠢和懒散的表现，但阿莫里姆固执地坚持使用3-4-3阵型，尽管曼联没有合适的边路球员。这可能暗示俱乐部计划在夏天引进几名快速和全能的边锋。在那之前，期待任何真正的成功可能都是不现实的。
曼联已经输掉了最近两场英超比赛，先是在老特拉福德主场0-2不敌水晶宫，然后在伦敦0-1不敌热刺。在此期间，他们在曼彻斯特以2-1的比分将莱斯特城淘汰出足总杯。
在对阵热刺的比赛中，曼联创造了一些机会，勉强赢得了xG数据。考虑到热刺本赛季的挣扎，这对曼联来说是一个巨大的失败。在对阵莱斯特城的杯赛中，曼联当之无愧地表现得更好。然而，在老特拉福德输给水晶宫是一场灾难——曼联让水晶宫创造了近3个进球！
曼联已经有一段时间没有在联赛中表现出任何希望了。就在一个多月前，他们在足总杯中淘汰了阿森纳，在那之前，他们在英超联赛中在安菲尔德从利物浦手中夺走了一分。但总体而言，前景仍然黯淡。
埃弗顿在赛季开始前被认为是降级的候选球队。然而，他们现在排在联赛第14位，比曼联高一个名次，离降级区还有13分的距离。看起来埃弗顿会活下来，因为他们的状态还不错。xg表的数字大致对应于实际的点。
埃弗顿在最近五场英超比赛中保持不败。在这轮比赛中，他们战平了利物浦，并确保战胜了热刺、布莱顿、莱斯特城，最近还战胜了水晶宫。在与利物浦的比赛中，埃弗顿赢得了xG的战斗，并将利物浦限制在1xg以下，这是一个令人印象深刻的壮举。在上一场客场对阵水晶宫的比赛中，埃弗顿输掉了xG，但仍以2-1取胜。
球队新闻——两个营地都有伤员
两支球队都在处理大量的伤病问题。上一轮，两名板凳球员看起来都很缺乏经验——在对阵热刺的比赛中，曼联的板凳上甚至有8名青少年！
埃弗顿将失去恩迪亚耶近两个多月，还有至少七名其他球员，包括麦克尼尔，卡尔弗特-卢因和布罗哈。
曼联的伤兵名单包括乌加特、埃里克森、约罗、马努、芒特、马丁内斯、埃文斯、肖和迪亚洛，这让阿莫里姆的球队日子非常难过。
埃弗顿状态很好，曼联状态不佳，曼联有大量的缺阵，我闻到了血腥的味道。
好运！
