ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE CAN ALL GO THE MATCH IN OUR T-SHIRTS,DRINK OUTSIDE THE BOOZER AND SOAK UP SOME RAYS BEFORE GOING INTO THE GROUND AND NOT HAVING TO SIT THERE RATTLING WITH THE COLD,LIKE WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS!......LOVE IT!!

TODAYS GAME,PROBABLY LIKE EVERYONE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE SEASON IS MASSIVE,THE BLUES HAVE BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF BRILLIANT THE LAST 3 MONTHS,AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE WIND IN THERE SAILS IN THE RUN IN,WHEN MOST TEAMS LOOK AS IF THEY ARE TIRING,BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT EVERTON ARE LIKE AND WE NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BITTEN ON THE ARSE TOO MANY TIMES BEFORE.

SO TO TODAYS GAME....WOLVES ARE ON A DECENT RUN THEMSELVES,SO IT PROMISES TO BE A CRACKER IN THE SUN,I JUST THINK IF WE GET OUR SHIT TOGETHER EARLY ON THEN I DONT SEE MANY PROBLEMS IN GETTING 3 POINTS,BUT IT WONT BE EASY........COYB!!!!

HOWARD A DOUBT:

Tim Howard and Victor Anichebe will both be assessed before the trip to Wolves this Saturday.

Everton goalkeeper Howard is suffering from a thigh strain and David Moyes told the media at his pre-match press briefing on Friday that he would check on the American before making a decision on his squad.

Howard received medical attention during the game at Manchester City on Wednesday.

"Tim has a couple of knocks so we will see how he is today," said the manager.  "I am hoping he will be okay but he is carrying one or two injuries just now. 

"He couldn't take the goals kicks at Eastlands because of a thigh strain so we need to look at that."

Victor Anichebe missed Wednesday's 2-0 win at City after being stretchered off 10 minutes into the clash with Bolton last weekend.

Scans on the striker's ribs and hips came back clear but bruising has left him in some pain.

"Victor will hopefully be in the squad for Wolves," Moyes said.  "I will look at him later to see how he is."

Everton’s defence is also boosted ahead of the game at Molineux as Philippe Senderos returns to action. The Swiss International has now recovered from medial ligament damage.

"Philippe is back in training and he will be back around the squad again," the manager told the media.

"We have some knocks and bruises in the squad like all teams do at this stage of the season but we have had them all year." 

Maraoune Fellaini remains sidelined for the rest of the season following ankle surgery.

Everton (from): Howard, Nash, Neville, Baines, Senderos, Distin, Yobo, Jagielka, Heitinga, Hibbert, Osman, Arteta, Pienaar, Gosling, Bilyaletdinov, Cahill, Anichebe, Saha, Yakubu, Rodwell.

HEAD TO HEAD:

Head to Head

This is our 59th away match in the league and the 118th league meeting with Wolves in total, our full record is:

This is the second meeting of the season, the first ended 1-1 at Goodison in October, with Kevin Doyle’s goal being equalised by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.

The last meeting at Molineux was in May 2004 – the Toffees lost 2-1 after Leon Osman had put us ahead with his first Toffees’ goal on his first start.

Everton’s Premier League record against Wolves is:

David Moyes’ career record against Wolves:

This is the fourth meeting between the two managers, David Moyes leads 2-0 with one game drawn.

McCarthy and Moyes have something in common – both are former Celtic centre halves.

The goals

The last Everton hat-trick in the fixture was completed by Jock Dodds at Molineux in February 1948, with Wolves’ last treble being netted by John Richards in the same ground in April 1973.

Leon Osman and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov are the only current Everton players to have netted against Wolves with the Toffees.

In addition Louis Saha has four career strikes against the Molineux side – three for Fulham and an FA Cup goal for Manchester United.

The players

The last Everton player sent-off was Andy King in the final minute of the clash at Goodison in September 1979.

Wolves’ last red-card was Stefan Maierhofer at Goodison in October.

Wolves’ last dismissal at Molineux was Derek Dougan in September 1969.

Phil Neville will be starting a club game for the 500th time should the full-back begin on Saturday

Any other Business

The Toffees have accumulated 19 points from the last 13 league matches – nine wins, two draws and two defeats.

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