Everton Matchday Preview

Everton v Fulham | Sunday 14th February 2021 | 7pm | Goodison Park | #EVEFUL

The opposition

• Everton will go into the Valentine’s Day encounter on the crest of a wave after coming out on top of a nine-goal thriller against Tottenham Hotspur in the week, Bernard’s extra-time winner securing a 5-4 victory in the Emirates FA Cup.
• They secured a morale-boosting result last time out in the Premier League, too, when Dominic Calvert-Lewin netted in the fifth minute of stoppage time to claim a 3-3 draw at high-flying Manchester United.
• Only Mohamed Salah now has more Premier League goals than Calvert-Lewin's 13 in 2020/21, but the England man will be missing for the Fulham clash with a hamstring issue.

Everton team news

Jordan Pickford has missed the Toffees’ previous three outings with an abdominal injury, and the England goalkeeper will against be absent at the weekend. Dominic Calvert-Lewin picked up a hamstring injury against Spurs so will also miss out, while midfielders Allan and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are not yet ready to return. James Rodriguez and Andre Gomes are back in contention, though.

Fulham team news

Scott Parker confirmed that Tom Cairney and Terence Kongolo are making progress, but Sunday’s game will come too soon for the pair.

Coverage

The match will be broadcast live on BT Sport, while Club commentary from Gentleman Jim and Jamie Reid is available to FFCtv subscribers.

Player insight

Harrison Reed hopes that Fulham’s luck with change on Sunday, as they head into another encounter in good spirits.

“Everton are in great form and we know it’s a big battle to go to Goodison Park,” he told FFCtv. “It’s always been a tough place to go but we go into every game full of confidence.

“We feel like we can beat any team, we’ve feel like we’ve been in games and just the wrong side of small margins here and there, so hopefully that changes and we can pick up the three points.”

Form

Everton: DLWDW

Fulham: LDDLD

Pre-match quotes