Spurs under 23’s versus Everton: (match preview)

After recording their first win of the new PL2 season last Friday evening, Wayne Burnett’s under 23 side will be hoping to put in a performance similar to the one which saw them beat Manchester City last week, when they travel to Liverpool on Sunday, to face Everton. Burnett’s particularly youthful side showed real promise during their encounter with Manchester City. And since Burnett has switched to playing with three at the back, his talented side have looked a lot more fluent in their play and a lot more solid at the back. We have a historically poor record against Everton at this level especially at Goodison Park where this game will be played on Sunday for the fourth consecutive season in a row. Playing at a stadium such as Goodison Park provides our youngsters with a valuable opportunity to play in front of a big crowd at a premier league stadium. And that as much as anything is so important for their development in the game. Despite losing 4-1 two seasons in a row up on Merseyside, Spurs will be looking to change that on Sunday afternoon after their impressive victory over Manchester City. David Unsworth’s Everton side have picked up eight points in the league this season and have only lost on one occasion. After winning the inaugural PL2 title during the 2016/17 season, Everton were unable to retain their crown last season and were for the most part a mid table team. However, they still managed to do the double over us in the league last season. It will be a tough game for our lads on Sunday, whilst Everton have plenty of attacking talent. Such as last seasons top scorer Antony Evans, creative Irishman Harry Charsley and powerful centre forward Bassala Sambou, I don’t think the toffees are a better team than us. I think home advantage has counted for a lot in recent seasons, the roar of the crowd at Goodison Park and that feeling of playing at the toffees stadium spurs players on. I just hope it will be the other way round on Sunday afternoon, my in-depth match report of our visit to Everton will be published on the following day.

My predicted lineup: (3-4-2-1) Austin, Dinzeyi, Tanganga, Binks, Eyoma, Oakley-Boothe, Marsh(c), Brown, Roles, Maghoma, Harrison.

Subs from: De Bie, Walcott, Duncan, Tracey, Parrott.

Doubtful: Anthony Georgiou and Shilow Tracey.

Injured/unavailable: Jamie Reynolds, Tariq Hinds, Kazaiah Sterling.

Previous meeting: Spurs 1-4.

My score prediction: Spurs 3-2.

My one to watch: The toffees 20 year old midfielder Antony Evans. Everton’s top scorer in the PL2 last season with four league goals, Evans who has previously spent time on loan at Morecambe has proved to be quite a consistent player for David Unsworth during his time in charge of the development side.