Overview
- The match is scheduled for Sunday, September 6 with a 14:00 BST kick-off at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and will be shown live on Sky Sports.
- Everton ended the transfer window in disarray after a late collapse of a reported move for Folarin Balogun and several departures, leaving roughly 18 senior outfield players and prompting fan protests over ownership and recruitment.
- Manchester United arrive after a 5-2 win over Ipswich that featured a Bruno Fernandes hat-trick but remain without Carlos Baleba, Matthijs de Ligt, Amad Diallo and Manuel Ugarte, and did not add a specialist left-back before the window closed.
- Jack Grealish returned to Everton on loan and could start to boost creativity while Thierno Barry is likely to lead the attack because Christian Norgaard is not yet fit to make his debut.
- The fixture marks Michael Carrick’s 20th Premier League game in his second spell and will test United’s squad rotation with a Champions League opener on the horizon and Everton’s shortened squad raising immediate fitness and depth questions for Moyes.