Overview
- Everton host Sunderland at Hill Dickinson Stadium in their last home fixture of the season with a win needed to keep their push for European qualification alive.
- Sunderland sit one point behind Everton after a 0-0 draw with Manchester United in their previous game, keeping the mid-table fight tight.
- The visitors will be without centre-back Dan Ballard through suspension after a straight red card for pulling a Wolves forward’s hair led to a three-match ban.
- Everton are winless in five league matches and have gone five games without a clean sheet, including a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace in which they twice lost a lead.
- Team notes include David Moyes saying Idrissa Gana Gueye’s issue was not serious, Seamus Coleman potentially making a final home appearance, long-term injuries for Jack Grealish and Jarrad Branthwaite, and in-form striker Beto with five goals in five games as the match airs on Sky Sports in the UK.