West Brom vs Everton: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats for the Premier League clash

  • Sam Allardyce will be keen to continue his unbeaten start as Everton manager
  • Matt Phillips could feature for West Brom following a hamstring-related absence
  • Wayne Rooney is back in contention for the Toffees after missing their last game

Ahead of Boxing Day's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with Everton at 3.00pm at the Hawthorns.

Sam Allardyce will be keen to continue his unbeaten start as Everton manager on Boxing Day

Sam Allardyce will be keen to continue his unbeaten start as Everton manager on Boxing Day

West Brom vs Everton

Team news


West Brom 

Nacer Chadli will miss West Brom's Boxing Day clash with Everton after sustaining another thigh injury at Stoke.

Albion's club record signing was introduced as a half-time substitute at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday but only lasted a quarter of an hour before he limped off again.

Winger Matt Phillips (hamstring) has resumed training and could be included in the squad but James Morrison (Achilles) remains out for Alan Pardew's side, who are now without a win in 17 Premier League matches.

Provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Palmer, Hegazi, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Dawson, Gibbs, Brunt, Field, Livermore, Phillips, Krychowiak, Barry, Burke, Yacob, McClean, Robson-Kanu, Rondon, Rodriguez

Matt Phillips could feature for West Brom after resuming training following a hamstring issue

Matt Phillips could feature for West Brom after resuming training following a hamstring issue

Everton

Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye is set to miss the trip to West Brom with a hamstring problem sustained in the goalless draw at home to Chelsea.

Top scorer Wayne Rooney missed that match through illness but could be ready to return on Boxing Day.

Centre backs Ashley Williams and Mason Holgate were only fit to be substitutes at the weekend after flu and could remain on the bench.

Provisional squad: Pickford, Kenny, Jagielka, Keane, Martina, Schneiderlin, Davies, Lennon, Rooney, Sigurdsson, Calvert-Lewin, Robles, Williams, Holgate, Baningime, Besic, Vlasic, Bolasie, Niasse, Sandro, Lookman 

Wayne Rooney (right) is back in contention for the Toffees after missing the draw with Chelsea

Wayne Rooney (right) is back in contention for the Toffees after missing the draw with Chelsea

 

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The Baggies have lost their last three home Premier League games against Everton, last beating them at the Hawthorns in September 2012 (2-0).

Everton have come from behind to win on their last two Premier League visits to the Hawthorns – the only side they've come from behind to beat in three consecutive away games are West Ham United (2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15).

Everton's current run of three consecutive away wins vs West Brom is their best current run in the competition, while only at Man City (four between 2008-2010) and Sunderland (four between 2002-2009) have they recorded longer away winning runs in the competition.

West Brom have lost each of their last three Boxing Day games in league competition – they've never lost four in a row on that day.

Meanwhile, Everton haven't lost away on Boxing Day since 2005 at Aston Villa (0-4), winning three and drawing two since.

West Brom are the first Premier League team to go 17+ games without a win since Aston Villa (19) in January 2016.

The Baggies are on their longest ever winless run in league competition (D8 L9) – their last Premier League win came on August 19th.

Since Tony Pulis was dismissed as manager on November 20, West Brom have picked up only four points in seven Premier League games (W0 D4 L3).

Everton have kept three clean sheets in their five Premier League games under Sam Allardyce – the same number they'd kept in their previous 18 in the competition.

Gareth Barry has played 17 Premier League games on Boxing Day – if he features against Everton he'll have played the outright highest number of games on that day (currently level with Frank Lampard).

Wayne Rooney has had a hand in nine Premier League goals on Boxing Day (four goals, five assists) – only Dimitar Berbatov has been directly involved in more (five goals, five assists). 

WEST BROM V EVERTON 

Kick-off time 

3.00pm on Boxing Day

Referee 

Roger East 

Odds (subject to change)

West Bromwich Albion 7/5

Draw 2/1

Everton  11/5

Recent league form (last five games) 

West Bromwich Albion: DLDLL

Everton: WDWWD

Head to head Premier League meetings

West Bromwich Albion wins: 6

Draws: 4

Everton wins: 12

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