Venue: Goodison Park
Date: 07/01/2017
Kick-off: 15:00 (BST)

Everton came out of the busy set of fixtures of Premier League over the Christmas period in good shape by claiming seven points from a possible nine and the fine run means that the Toffees have managed to move up to 7th place in the table.

With Everton unlikely to be finishing in the top four this season, they will be well served going all out to claim victory in the FA Cup and manager Ronald Koeman will surely be taking the 3rd Round clash against English champions Leicester City this Saturday with a lot of seriousness.

Everton Team News

Everton remain without the services of Muhamed Besic, Yannick Bolasie, James McCarthy, Maarten Stekelenburg and Dominic Calvert-Lewin while Idrissa Gueye will also be missing as he is currently on international duty with the Senegal national team for the African Cup of Nations.

With Stekelenburg ruled out, Joel Robles will continue in goal while the backline should consist of Phil Jagielka, Ashley Williams, Seamus Coleman and Leighton Baines, with Ramiro Funes Mori dropping out.
Gareth Barry looks set to start at the middle of the park after having been provided a rest in midweek and Tom Cleverley might just be handed a place alongside the veteran to replace Idrissa Gueye.

Enner Valencia and Kevin Mirallas are the candidates to start in the wide positions for Everton while young Tom Davies will probably keep his place in the lineup following his fine performance against Southampton last time out.

Romelu Lukaku got himself on the scoresheet in midweek and he will be key once again if Everton are claim a victory on Saturday as well.

Probable Lineups

Everton (Probable XI): Robles; Baines, Jagielka, Williams, Coleman; Valencia, Cleverley, Barry, Davies, Mirallas; Lukaku

Leicester City (Probable XI): Zieler; Chilwell, Wasilewski, Morgan, Simpson; Gray, Albrighton, Amartey, Mendy, Okazaki; Slimani

Last Meeting

26/12/2016 Leicester City 0 – 2 Everton
07/05/2016 Leicester City 3 – 1 Everton

Prediction

Everton recently ended their six match winless streak against Leicester City with a 2-0 triumph at the King Power Stadium on Boxing Day and they will head into the clash this weekend with a lot of confidence.

Leicester have been showing improvement over the past few weeks but Everton look too strong and should be able to claim a narrow victory from the encounter.
Everton 2-1 Leicester City