Everton host Wolves in next Premier League fixture

A huge game already for the Toffees.

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00:00 Everton's next game, Wolves at home. I mean, this must be viewed as a must win or at least

00:08 gain a point from this. They just can't lose this game, it seems, because Wolves, similarly

00:12 to Everton, started really well, still lost 1-0 against Manchester United away. And then

00:18 they have been batted in their next game, as Everton has as well. So they are quite

00:22 similar, quite similar positions, struggling with goals. This could be an interesting one.

00:28 What are your thoughts ahead of it?

00:30 Yeah, I mean, people jest on social media, but it's always getting called a six-pointer.

00:37 I don't think it's quite that point yet, but as you say, both clubs have got their problems,

00:41 haven't they? Wolves have brought many players in and all, have lost several key players.

00:46 Still got a tick to start on 11, haven't they? But a lot of depth to it. And Everton have

00:52 had, obviously, the issues in the transfer market themselves. You look at this, Everton,

00:59 they've got to be picking up three points a year. They've got to be picking up wins against

01:04 potential rivals at home. There's no bones about it. You think of last season when Wolves

01:11 went and beat Everton and teams like Southampton come to Goodson Park and got results. It's

01:18 not good enough, to be honest with you, for a team like Everton. They've got to meet Goodson

01:21 Park at Fortress again. It looks like they'll be without Dom McAlpert-Lew and Alex Olobi

01:27 now, picked up a hamstring injury. Don't think he'll make it, to be honest with you. Hamstring

01:31 injuries, the way the knee injury went off, you look at an absence there. Yeah, it's two

01:41 sides who both sets as possible feel they should be challenging a lot higher in the

01:47 table. But this is just the reality of football, unfortunately. It might be a little bit cagey

01:54 early on between these two sides because they know both teams are out of point. Both teams

01:58 have just been comprehensively defeated in the past game. At this stage of the season,

02:07 it's a pretty dire situation that we find ourselves in, isn't it? You being a Wolves

02:12 man.

02:12 (laughs)