Everton boss Frank Lampard has been tipped to suffer a “bad result” by Paul Merson against Bournemouth.
The Blues take on the Cherries in the Premier League clash at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday. It sees a rematch of the Carabao Cup match between the two clubs from earlier in the week.
Lampard’ s side suffered a 4-1 defeat to Bournemouth in the third round of the competition on Tuesday night. Everton now return to the south coast for a Premier League clash, in their final fixture before the World Cup.
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Everton are currently in 16th place in the league table and just two points above the relegation zone. Merson has predicted the Blues to suffer another defeat, with a 2-1 result in favour of Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
“Bournemouth thrashed Everton in their midweek game, and Everton can't afford another result like that,” Merson told Sporteskeeda .
“They suffered a bad result at home in the Premier League last week against Leicester, and they'll need to bounce back.
“This is a massive game for both teams. Bournemouth were 3-1 up against Leeds and lost their way.
“They took a 2-0 lead against Tottenham and lost that game as well. They just can't seem to catch a break at the moment.
“Bournemouth scored four goals past Everton this week - this is like asking a boxer to go fight someone who knocked him out only a few days ago.
“I'm going to go with a Bournemouth victory, and that would be a bad result for Frank Lampard.”
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