Everton vs Manchester United LIVE: Wayne Rooney starts, Lukaku and Ibrahimovic injured

Everton vs Manchester United LIVE: Express Sport brings you the latest Premier League updates from Goodison Park

36: The biggest cheer of the night so far is for Paul Pogba tripping over the ball…

Wayne Rooney is a lucky boy. He attempts to control Ashley William’s clearance and Herrera robs him before firing over.

33: I don’t think there’s any doubting that Yannick Bolasie has got the legs on Victor Lindelof down the flank. The only problem? There’s nobody in the box to convert his crosses.

29: United are tuning the screw and almost get their reward. Martial and Shaw combine to leave Holgate in the lurch and the full-backs cross is parried away by Pickford.

26: Phil Jones has a crack from the better part of 35-yards but it flies out of the stadium and I’ll bet it’s still travelling now. No wonder he’s not scored in six years!

23: Rojo to the rescue! Niasse bundles his way past Jones but the Argentine international makes a superb covering tackle.

20: Davies tries his luck from distance but it’s deflected over. Wayne Rooney trots over to deliver… Vlasic pounces on the loose ball but Lingard does enough to put him off.

17: Anthony Martial spoils a promising attack by blazing the ball miles over the bar. Moment of madness from the Frenchman.

14: Close! Paul Pogba does well to beat his man before sending a cutback into the area that someone alludes everyone. Could easily have been the opener.

11: Another corner for the hosts. Rooney’s taking all the set-pieces today with Sigurdsson on the bench. It’s a poor cross and United have themselves a goalkick.

Not seen a huge amount from the visitors going forward, but you wouldn’t say Everton have tested them either. Tempo has dropped.

8: Wayne Rooney’s strike is deflected wide for a corner, which Mason Holgate nods over unmarked. I notice that Manchester United left three players upfield for that set-piece. They’re fighting fire with fire.

5: Such a lively start to this one. Niasse almost catches Marcos Rojo out but David De Gea is there to collect his toe-poke.

At the other end, Jordan Pickford is off his line quickly to prevent Lingard from latching onto a ball over the top.

3: Yannick Bolasie doesn’t waste any time in settling back into the starting XI. A couple of silky skills sees him walk past Lindelof, who’s playing at right-back.

EVERTON 0-0 MANCHESTER UNITED

1: Aaaaand we’re off folks! I’ve got a sneaky suspicion this is going to be a classic, and I’m not just saying that to keep you reading. Or am I…?

17:29: Before KO, a minute’s applause begins, a video plays on screen and fans in the Park End hold up a mosaic to pay tribute to the Everton fans who died in 2017.

TWO-MINUTE WARNING

17:28: The two sides are emerging from the tunnel to filthy Merseyside weather now folks. It’s cold, windy and extremely wet. We’re almost underway.

DIFFERENT KIT

17:25: Updates from our reporter Jack Wilson.

Everton will wear a new one-off kit for their clash with Manchester United tonight.

The Toffees players will sport a different logo on the front of their shirts – swapping regular sponsors SportPesa for ‘Kits for Africa’.

SportPesa have partnered with Kits For Africa as part of kit donation campaign for Everton’s first fixture of 2018..

It’s hoped that with with the game broadcast live on Sky Sports, millions of football fans around the world will learn about the kit donation scheme designed to support underprivileged grassroots football teams across Africa.

SportPesa and Everton has been collecting kits donated by fans, players and members of the public at home games in December before distributing them throughout Africa.

ROONEY RETURN

17:23: The first blip of Sam Allardyce’s Everton reign – no wins in three games – has coincided with Wayne Rooney’s absence from the starting line-up through a bout of illness.

But Rooney came on for the second half at Bournemouth on Saturday and starts against former club Manchester United at Goodison Park.

Few might have imagined that Rooney would have as many Premier League goals as United’s top scorer (Lukaku) at the start of 2018, and a Rooney winner at Goodison would heap more misery on his former club.

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EVERTON vs MANCHESTER UNITED

17:15: And here are tonight’s line-ups. Sam Allardyce has named a bold starting XI, Jose Mourinho is without Romelu Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Everton XI: Pickford, Holgate, Keane, Williams, Martina, Schneiderlin, Davies, Vlasic, Rooney, Bolasie, Niasse.

Subs: Jagielka, Lennon, McCarthy, Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin, Robles, Kenny.

Manchester United XI: de Gea, Lindelof, Jones, Rojo, Shaw, Ander Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Martial, Lingard.

Subs: Smalling, Blind, Rashford, Romero, Mkhitaryan, Darmian, Tuanzebe.

AFTERNOON

17:10: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Everton vs Manchester United from Goodison Park.

Draws against Leicester and Burnley either side of Christmas severely undermined United’s status as challengers to Manchester City and Saturday’s 0-0 shutout at home to Southampton means they are now sitting third in the standings.

The problems are racking up for manager Jose Mourinho, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s knee problem keeping him out for a month and Romelu Lukaku taken off on a stretcher after a nasty clash of heads with Wesley Hoedt.

Everton, who are vastly improved since the arrival of Sam Allardyce, await. Let’s get going!

EVERTON vs MANCHESTER UNITED – PREVIEW

Idrissa Gueye should feature again for Everton after hamstring trouble but Leighton Baines and Ross Barkley are still sidelined.

Boss Sam Allardyce will assess James McCarthy and Yannick Bolasie before deciding whether to start the duo – McCarthy lasted just half of the loss at Bournemouth, while Bolasie has only recently returned from a long-term knee injury.

United’s Romelu Lukaku is out with a head injury and fellow striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic faces a month out with a recurrence of a knee problem.

Ashley Young is banned after accepting a violent conduct charge. Midfielders Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini and defender Eric Bailly remain sidelined, while there are question marks over Chris Smalling, Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian.

Last season: Man Utd 1 Everton 1, Everton 1 Man Utd 1

Last five league matches: Everton W W D D L; Man Utd W W D D D

Top scorers (all competitions): Wayne Rooney (Everton) 11; Romelu Lukaku (Man Utd) 15