Pundit predicts Everton to comfortably beat Swansea City.
Paul Merson
Former Premier League ace Paul Merson has told SkySports he expects Everton to bounce back from their Chelsea defeat.
In the last game prior to the international break, Everton were hammered 5-0 at Stamford Bridge, by far the worst result of Ronald Koeman’s tenure as manager to date.
The break will have provided plenty of time for reflection and analysis of what went wrong, and Merson says Everton will simply be too strong for this weekend’s opponents Swansea City.
The Swans are in the relegation zone, level on points with Sunderland, and are yet to win a game under new boss Bob Bradley.
Swansea City manager Bob Bradley during the press conference
Merson said: “I can’t see anything but an Everton win here. I know they got a good hiding at Chelsea, but if Chelsea keep playing like that, a lot of teams will be on the end of that.
“I think Everton will get back on track here with a comfortable win.”
Merson predicts a 3-0 win for Everton in the 3pm Saturday kick-off.
Everton’s Romelu Lukaku celebrates scoring their first goal with Everton manager Ronald Koeman
After their regrettable result at Stamford Bridge, Everton could not have asked for a kinder fixture, than a home game against the Premier League’s most out of form side.
Swansea are low on confidence and trying to establish an identity, and with Romelu Lukaku scoring for Belgium during the international break, stopping the Everton striker looks like a tall order.
Everton are in seventh place, level on points with Manchester United, and could leapfrog the Red Devils if they fail to beat Arsenal in the day’s early kick-off.
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