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title: "Predicted XI: Everton v West Brom (A)"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Jones"
section: "Everton News"
published: "2021-03-04T09:30:00Z"
modified: "2021-03-04T09:30:00Z"
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# Predicted XI: Everton v West Brom (A)

The stakes feel ever-higher for Everton as they take on West Brom at The Hawthorns tonight in a must-win game for Carlo Ancelotti’s side.

A win over the 19th-placed Baggies[would be enough](https://www.premierleague.com/tables)to catapult Everton into the top four, albeit potentially on a short-lived basis.

[Level on points](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) going into the fixture with league champions and arch-rivals Liverpool, Carlo Ancelotti has his team looking to make it three wins in three as the quest for European football continues.

The reverberations of a result could ramp up the pressure on Ancelotti’s Everton side, though the glory of returning front-and-centre in the conversation for outsiders for European football is a source of motivation in itself.

However, the Toffees will be potentially [without](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12232981/west-brom-vs-everton-preview-team-news-stats-prediction-kick-off-time) a number of key players after Ancelotti [confirmed](https://readeverton.com/2021/03/03/everton-could-miss-four-key-players-for-west-brom-trip/) the likes of Allan, Tom Davies and James Rodriguez are just some of the key figures that will require late fitness checks after sustaining minor injuries.

A superb team goal that climaxed with a coolly slotted finish from Richarlison was enough to secure all three points in a [1-0 win](https://www.premierleague.com/match/59148) over Southampton, with a clean sheet to further supplement the Toffees’ triumph.

Having both won and failed to concede in[their last two](https://www.premierleague.com/tables), here is Read Everton’s predicted XI to take on West Brom as Ancelotti makes two changes…