Everton will look to bring an end to six successive defeats away from home in all competitions when they face Premier League strugglers Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday.

The Toffees maintained their impressive home form with a 2-0 win against Brighton and Hove Albion at Goodison Park last weekend – meaning they have now taken 10 points from the last 12 available on Merseyside – with a Gaetan Bong own goal and Cenk Tosun's second goal in as many games giving them another three points.

However, it has been a completely different story on the road for Sam Allardyce, who continues to be unpopular with the fans, and his team, and they were beaten 2-1 by Burnley at Turf Moor in the last match on their travels – the Clarets' first Premier League success since December 12.

While their form on the road has been abysmal – they have only tasted victory in one of their previous 15 top flight fixtures – they will certainly fancy their chances of picking up a positive result against Paul Lambert’s 19th-placed side considering they have the fourth-worst Premier League home record this season themselves.

Allardyce reverted back to a 4-2-3-1 system against the Seagulls last weekend with the 4-3-3 not producing the results he would have wanted on their travels, and the 63-year-old may be tempted to choose to stick with the same formation again to try and end their away-day blues.

The former England boss made three changes – two of which were enforced – against Chris Hughton's men from the side that was beaten 2-1 by Burnley previously, and he will be considering making some more to try and improve their horrific form on the road.

Here is how Everton must line up against Stoke on Saturday, ahead of Jordan Pickford in goal…

With Ashley Williams suspended and Ramiro Funes Mori still recovering from injury, the Toffees lined up with a back four of Seamus Coleman, Michael Keane, Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines against Brighton, and considering they managed to keep a clean sheet manager Sam Allardyce may be tempted to stick with the quartet.

However, Keane still doesn't look to be in form or at his best right now and Allardyce should bring Holgate into the centre of the defence alongside the experienced Jagielka against Stoke, especially the 21-year-old likely to consider himself hard done by about being dropped earlier in the season.

With Idrissa Gueye a late withdrawal against Brighton and Morgan Schneiderlin suffering from a slight knock, Allardyce went with a midfield duo of Tom Davies and Wayne Rooney in a 4-2-3-1 formation against the Seagulls.

It was a decision that paid off as the duo did well in the centre of the park in the 2-0 win, but Allardyce should look to revert back to a 4-3-3 system for the trip to Stoke following news of Gylfi Sigurdsson's injury.

Doing that would allow him to play Gueye, Rooney and Davy Klaassen, who the fans are desperate to see more of, as a midfield three, with the latter deserving an opportunity in the XI after making his first Premier League appearance since September against Brighton with a late cameo from the substitutes' bench.

With Sigurdsson ruled out through injury and Theo Walcott and Cenk Tosun both looking to be certain starters right now, Allardyce must decide who is going to play on the left wing in a 4-3-3 formation at the Britannia Stadium.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin got the nod there in the 2-1 defeat against Burnley before Yannick Bolasie replaced him against Brighton, and the 63-year-old should choose to go with the latter against the Potters.

While the former Crystal Palace man isn't quite back to his old self following such a long spell on the sidelines, he has the pace and skill to cause a potentially vulnerable Stoke defence plenty of problems on Saturday.

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