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​Everton head to the bet365 Stadium to face Stoke City in the third fixture of the club’s pre-season campaign.

David Moyes will want to see improvement from his side after adrab goalless draw at Bolton over the weekend, a result which followed a 4-0 win at Dundee to kickstart the summer schedule.

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Stoke struggled to make an impact in the Championship last season, finishing 17th, and have been unable to mount a genuine promotion challenge since their relegation from the Premier League in 2018.

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Mark Robins’ side are stepping up their preparation for the upcoming campaign, which opens with an EFL Cup tie against Oldham Athletic on August 8th.

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Everton Team News

James Garner is a doubt for the start of the Premier League season after Everton confirmed the midfielder has undergone groin surgery. The midfielder has had an operation to address an ongoing issue, and he now faces a race against time to make the season opener against Crystal Palace on August 22nd.

Neither Hayden Hackney nor Tyler Dibling featured at Bolton, though both could be involved at Stoke. Hackney is yet to make an appearance since arriving from Middlesbrough this summer.

“Tyler Dibling misses the Blues’ clash with Bolton due to a minor knock, while summer signing Hayden Hackney continues to be integrated into squad training after recovering from an injury at the end of last season. Both players are expected to feature against Stoke City in midweek,” the club said of the pair.

Jarrad Branthwaite returned to the lineup at Bolton, as David Moyes experimented with a back-three system. Branthwaite is expected to sit out the contest at Stoke as Everton avoid overloading the defender during the pre-season schedule. Michael Keane could come in to replace him if Moyes opts to take another look at the new system.

Everton Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1)

Travers; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Röhl, Armstrong, Iroegbunam, Dewsbury-Hall, George; Beto.

Stoke City vs Everton: Match Details

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Tom Bowers 2 Posted 27/07/2026 at 16:20:25

Whilst we scored 4 at poor Dundee we should have scored at least once against a not much better Bolton. Stoke are another easy mark (on paper) but the usual suspects once again may let us down.

However, these games are just match fitness tests and we just need to get everybody in shape and in sync. before the Palace game. After this comes three much more testing games.

Tyrique George could be something special the more he sees action but putting the ball in the net is the only thing that matters.