It’s the Gylfi Sigurdsson Cup! Despite all of Everton’s early season struggles, Sigurdsson himself will be very pleased he is wearing blue rather than white in this one.

Gylfi’s former club, Swansea City, enters the match with just 12 points from 17 games and look destined for the Championship. It’s unlikely they expect much from this match as they have a big relegation six-pointer with Crystal Palace next weekend.

Everton, all of the sudden, are shooting up the table. They currently sit in 10th place with 22 points from 17 games. Ninth-place Watford got smashed by Huddersfield Town on Saturday, opening up room for the Blues to jump up another spot in the Premier League. The Toffees are unbeaten in their last five matches across all competitions. They will be disappointed to not see that streak extended with a win at home on Monday.

Match Details

Date and start time: Monday, December 18th at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m ET / 8 p.m. BST

Stadium: Goodison Park, Liverpool, England

Capacity: 40,157

Weather: 40°F/4°C, mostly cloudy, 9% chance of precipitation, 4 mph winds

How to Watch/Listen

TV: NBCSN - United States; Sky Sports Premier League - United Kingdom

Radio: Everton Match Centre, TalkSport Radio World, SiriusXM FC

Live stream: NBCSports.com, fuboTV, NOW TV, SKY GO

Gamethread: Comments section below starting one hour before game time

Information from LiveSoccerTV.com

Lineups

Everton

Starting XI - Pickford; Kenny, Holgate, Williams, Martina; Gueye, Schneiderlin; Lennon, Rooney, Sigurdsson; Calvert-Lewin

Subs: Robles, Keane, Jagielka, Sandro, Davies, Vlasic, Lookman

Swansea City

Starting XI - Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Roque Mesa, Fer, Carroll, Dyer, Narsingh, Bony

Subs: Nordfeldt, van der Hoorn, Rangel, Clucas, Sanches, Ayew, Abraham