Overview
- The match is scheduled for Sunday, September 6 at 14:00 GMT at Hill Dickinson Stadium and will be shown live in the UK on Sky Sports.
- Everton completed deadline-day business that included selling Iliman Ndiaye to Manchester City and bringing Jack Grealish back on loan while a proposed Folarin Balogun deal collapsed after a medical, a sequence Moyes says has left the club with a “real small squad.”
- Everton have four points from two league games after beating Crystal Palace and drawing at Bournemouth, and Thierno Barry is left as the club’s only recognised senior centre-forward.
- Manchester United have three points after a 0-2 loss to Hull and a 5-2 win over Ipswich in which Bruno Fernandes scored a hat-trick, but Michael Carrick will be without several players through injury including Matthijs de Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, Carlos Baleba and Amad Diallo.
- The short-term impact is clear: Everton must manage limited attacking options and may need to promote or rotate squad players, while United must balance injury absences against reliance on Fernandes’ form and forthcoming fitness updates will shape both starting XIs.