Confirmed Everton v Man Utd lineups: Jagielka benched, Cleverley starts

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Everton take on Manchester United in the Premier League this afternoon…

Everton made a flying start to the season under new manager Ronald Koeman, but recent results have been poor; last week’s 1-0 defeat at Southampton means it’s now just one win in the last eight Premier League games.

The Toffees need a response this afternoon, and Koeman has decided to drop struggling centre back Phil Jagielka, with Ramiro Funes Mori starting at centre back alongside Ashley Williams.

Ex-Manchester United youngster Tom Cleverley starts in midfield alongside Idrissa Gueye and Gareth barry, whilst Kevin Mirallas and Yannick Bolasie will support Romelu Lukaku.

That leaves the likes of Ross Barkley, Gerard Deulofeu, Enner Valencia and James McCarthy on the bench alongside Jagielka, with Joel Robles and Mason Holgate also named as substitutes.

Meanwhile, Manchester United aren’t in great form themselves as they’ve won just one of their last seven Premier League games, with far too many draws involved for Jose Mourinho’s side.

The Red Devils lie one point ahead of Everton in the Premier League table, and Mourinho needs a win to close the gap on the Champions League places – but he’ll have to do it without former Everton striker Wayne Rooney, who is out through suspension.

Mourinho has handed starts to Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan after their superb EFL Cup performances against West Ham in midweek, with Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba in midfield.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic leads the line, whilst it’s a familiar back four of Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Matteo Darmian, with Eric Bailly and Daley Blind on the bench, but no place in the squad for Luke Shaw.

They’re joined on the bench by Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata, with the latter a surprise omission from Mourinho this afternoon.