Comments and predictions for Blackburn Rovers vs Everton: Draw at Ewood Park

Latest Blackburn Rovers vs Everton team information

Blackburn are still without Harry Leonard and Andreas Weimann – who were absent for the remainder of last season – but Scott Wharton returned and played 30 minutes against Accrington last weekend.

New signing Dion De Neve – who moved from Kortijk – made his debut a week ago, while Sidnei Tavares (a £2m signing from Moreirense) is yet to make his debut.

On Everton's side, summer signing Thierno Barry will not play until the team leaves for the US due to his participation in the European U21 Championship and his later break.

Jarrad Branthwaite has recovered from the minor injury that kept him out of the final game of last season and started against Accrington. However, James Tarkowski remains sidelined with a serious hamstring injury sustained against Manchester City.

Carlos Alcaraz has completed a permanent move from Flamengo following his loan spell, and could partner Idrissa Gueye in midfield – the Senegalese signed a one-year contract extension earlier this month.

Blackburn Rovers vs Everton latest expected lineup

Blackburn Rovers:

Toth; Brittain, Hyam, Wharton, Yuri Ribeiro; Tronstad, De Neve, Travis; Dolan, Ohashi, Hedges

Everton:

Travers; O'Brien, Keane, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Alcaraz, Garner, Iroegbunam, Armstrong, McNeil; Beto

Latest football commentary on Blackburn Rovers vs Everton

A big month awaits Everton – who are finalising their squad ahead of their official move to their new riverside stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

The club's ambitions have been boosted, as has the transfer budget, with manager David Moyes hoping to add more recruits to the three already completed in the summer.

Everton will hope that relegation fears are now a thing of the past. With a new board in place and the positive impact Moyes has had since taking over in January last season, the club have reason to aim higher in 2025-26.

Winning all three final rounds of last season helped Everton finish in 13th place - above Manchester United and Tottenham and 23 points clear of the relegation zone.

Moyes' men started with a 1-1 draw at Accrington on Tuesday night, thanks to Beto's late penalty. After the Blackburn game, Everton will travel to the United States for the Premier League Summer Series.

Roma will be the first opponents in the inaugural professional fixture at Hill Dickinson, before Everton travel to Leeds United in Monday's late game in the opening round of the 2025–26 Premier League.

Next up is a clash with Blackburn – a team Everton beat in their last competitive meeting at Ewood Park in the 2011–12 Premier League season, courtesy of a late Mikel Arteta penalty. They also won in a friendly in 2013.

However, Blackburn thrashed Everton 3-0 in their last friendly in 2018 – a game that saw then-manager Marco Silva heavily criticised – and a repeat of that performance would be a huge boost to Blackburn, who are hoping to return to the promotion play-offs this season after finishing just two points off the top six last term.

Valerien Ismael's side finished the 2024-25 Championship campaign in seventh place, taking 13 points from their final five games and just missing out on the play-offs on the final day. While it won't be easy to replicate that, a win over Accrington in an early-season friendly is a positive sign.

After the Everton game, Blackburn will face Elche before starting their Championship campaign with a clash with West Brom on August 9.

Latest Blackburn Rovers vs Everton score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Blackburn Rovers vs Evertonas follows:

• Sportsmole:Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Everton

• WhoScore:Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Everton
• Our newspaper predicts:Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Everton

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