90min
·10 May 2022
90min
·10 May 2022
Everton travel to already relegated Watford in the Premier League on Wednesday night hoping to further ease their own survival concerns by recording a third consecutive win following huge recent results against Chelsea and Leicester.
After months of struggling in variants of 4-3-3 and 4-2-2, Frank Lampard has switched things up to a 3-4-3 system for those two wins and something is clearly working.
Here's a look at the starting XI Lampard could pick...
Fabian Delph is holding off competition from Allan in midfield / Visionhaus/GettyImages
GK: Jordan Pickford - His last two Premier League clean sheets have come against Chelsea and Manchester United. He has six in the league for the season overall.CB: Seamus Coleman - Moved infield to an auxiliary centre-back role as part of this recent tactical shift and it has made Everton more resilient.CB: Michael Keane - Being part of a three at the back gives him extra protection, having been left exposed far too often this season.CB: Mason Holgate - Scored against Leicester last time out and looks set to start his fourth consecutive game, with Yerry Mina and Ben Godfrey unavailable.RWB: Alex Iwobi - Not his natural role but it is where he has played for the last two wins and also yielded an assist against Leicester.CM: Fabian Delph - Getting the nod over Allan at the moment, although he was replaced by the Brazilian in the latter stages on Sunday.CM: Abdoulaye Doucoure - His energy and ball-carrying ability will be a huge asset in this game against his former club.LWB: Vitaliy Mykolenko - Withdrawn against Leicester last time out, but it was put down to cramp and nothing more serious.RF: Anthony Gordon - Has earned his place as a regular starter this season and will see this as an opportunity to add more goals to his tally.ST: Richarlison - Continues to be favoured as the lone striker ahead of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who hasn't been the same player since fracturing his toe in the early weeks of the season.LF: Demarai Gray - Hasn't been anywhere near as impactful in the second half of the campaign but the game-winning assist against Chelsea was a step back in the right direction.