Everton v Southampton - Preview and possible lineups

Everton: Mason Holgate (ankle) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (back) are unlikely to feature for the 'Toffees' and therefore join Eliaquim Mangala, Gylfi Sigurdsson (both knee) and James McCarthy (leg) on the casualty list.

Southampton: Steven Davis will miss the league fixture due to a persistent achilles issue but he's the Saints only injury concern.

Everton head coach Sam Allardyce on this year's relegation battle: 

"I'm surprised to see all three teams in the bottom three. At the start of the season, you wouldn't have expected it, but it can happen for many reasons.

"It's such a difficult game tomorrow, because of the victory they had against Bournemouth last week - it gives them a lifeline and they will be fighting tooth and nail".

Southampton manager Mark Hughes on his team's mentality: 

"We're all fully focused, we know exactly what's ahead of us, and the working week has been good, as it always has.

"I haven't seen any let-up in terms of application and I've been really pleased with that since I came here and walked through the door, so that hasn't changed.

"If anything, I think our work's got better, because we do a lot of repetition on things we think will help us in games, so we're now a couple of weeks down the line with that type of work, so we're getting better at what we're trying to do."

Did you know?

Southampton have win two of the last four meetings (D1, L1) with Charlie Austin netting three goals in the process.

Form: 

Score prediction: 1-2

Everton possible XI: Pickford; Coleman, Jagielka, Keane, Baines; Vlasic, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Walcott; Rooney, Tousun. 

Southampton possible XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Hoedt, Yoshida, Bednarek, Soares; Lemina, Romeu, Redmond, Tadic; Austin.