By Cole Gallagher / August 18, 2026
Premier League · Sept 5, 2026 · Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool · 10:00 AM ET / 3:00 PM BST
⚽ Everton vs Manchester United ⚽
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Everton host Manchester United at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Matchweek 3, and it doubles as David Moyes’ first home league game of the season after his side opened with back-to-back away trips to Crystal Palace and Bournemouth. Michael Carrick’s United, fresh off an opener on the road at Hull City and a Matchweek 2 date at home to Ipswich Town, arrive with plenty of momentum after finishing last season strongly enough to secure a return to the Champions League. Here is our full breakdown, part of our ongoing coverage of the top betting sites for backing every Premier League fixture this season.
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Team Analysis
Everton
David Moyes called this the busiest transfer window of his managerial career, and the incoming list backs that up: Tyrique George arrived from Chelsea, Hayden Hackney joined from Middlesbrough, and Brennan Johnson came in as part of a swap deal that sent Dwight McNeil to Crystal Palace. Even after all that activity, Moyes said publicly he still wanted “quite a few” more additions before the September 1 deadline. Injuries have not helped: midfielders James Garner and Tim Iroegbunam both missed the season opener, and centre-backs James Tarkowski and Jarrod Branthwaite have had their own fitness question marks. Everton finished 13th last season and will feel a home game, even against a resurgent Manchester United, is a fairer test of the progress Moyes is building than the two away trips that opened the campaign.
Key Storyline: Everton’s first home game of the season doubles as a showcase for the busiest transfer window of David Moyes’ career
Manchester United
Michael Carrick was handed the Old Trafford job on a permanent basis after United finished third and secured a return to the Champions League, and the club backed him with a serious forward-line investment over the summer: Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo all arrived to give United genuine firepower up top. That attacking upgrade was on full display in a strong finish to last season, and Carrick will fancy his side’s chances of carrying that form into a trip across the Pennines. A daunting away day at a ground United have not always found comfortable is nonetheless a fair measure of how far this rebuilt attack has come.
Key Storyline: Michael Carrick takes his rebuilt front three, headlined by Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, to Merseyside
Key Betting Angles
Everton finally getting a home game after two tricky away days is a real factor, and the Hill Dickinson Stadium crowd should be fully switched on for a visit from Manchester United. That said, Carrick’s front three of Sesko, Cunha and Mbeumo gives United the kind of firepower this fixture has not always seen from the away side, and a club playing with genuine confidence after a Champions League-clinching finish to last season is a dangerous customer regardless of venue. Everton’s own injury list in midfield and defence is a concern against that level of attacking talent, so the goals markets look more interesting than backing either side to keep a clean sheet.
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Our Prediction
Cole’s Pick: Manchester United to win
Manchester United’s summer investment up front, allied with the confidence of a Champions League-clinching finish to last season, makes Carrick’s side the more dangerous outfit here on paper. Everton get a first home game and a fired-up crowd at Hill Dickinson Stadium, which should be enough to make this competitive, but the gap in attacking quality, especially with Everton’s own injury list in midfield and defence, tips this toward the visitors.
Confidence: medium, home advantage and Everton’s own crowd factor make this closer than the underlying squad quality gap suggests
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Cole Gallagher covers soccer betting for WorldCupBetting.ca, specialising in match predictions, odds analysis and tournament futures. Based in Toronto, he has followed the Canadian men’s national team since their 2022 qualifying campaign and brings a line-shopping, data-first approach to every pick.