Better from Everton as they try to work the ball through the thirds, but they're unable to get it up to Ornella Vignola before the visitors scramble and recover the ball.

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Everton haven't really had a sniff yet.

United have made lots of nice moves in the final third and have shifted the ball about quickly. They have been very confident.

The hosts are struggling to get out of their own half.

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Another few minutes of good pressure in the final third from Manchester United results in the first effort on target.

Andrea Medina tries to curl one towards the far corner but her effort lacks power and is caught by Courtney Brosnan.

The corner is swung into the middle but former United defender Hannah Blundell deals with it.

Four of Manchester United's nine goals in the league this season have come within the first 15 minutes of matches, so keep an eye out for their early attacks.

A good-looking ball is knocked through towards Julia Zigiotti, but Rion Ishikawa gets back to send it behind for a corner.

Everton get the ball rolling.

The teams are out at Goodison Park!

Not long to go until we kick off.

As always, we want to hear your thoughts on today's action.

Will Manchester United's good run of form continue? Or will Everton - who have struggled in front of goal - find a way to overcome them?

For those who want to see it themselves, here is a selection of the fancy dress Sophia mentioned.

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Everton

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Everton boss Scott Phelan speaking to Sky Sports: "We know it will be a competitive game, a decent challenge and that's what we're here for. The opposition seemed to have settled into their rhythm and are in a decent bit of form. But we're excited and looking forward to the challenge.

"We've shown some good moments and moments we need to improve on and that's the work we're doing each week. Inconsistency has been a thing but hopefully back to winning ways today.

"We need to be solid, compact and well organised. That will give us the base to show our in-possession stuff hopefully and then we just need to be brave enough when those moments arrive."

Sophia Hartley
BBC 5live Reporter at Goodison Park

Everton have really leaned into the Halloween festivities. Today's mascots made up of witches, zombies and a pumpkin. They'll be tough competition for best dressed at Goodison today.

The important news today.

Here's Manchester United boss Eva Olid's Halloween plans:

Manchester United

Manchester United manager Eva Olid says her team look like a "totally different" side after overcoming their struggles from the opening weeks of the season.

"Especially in terms of the confidence the team now have in possession and out of possession," she said in her pre-match news conference. "We look like a totally different team, but, as I say, we're still the same team. The only difference is that we've now had more weeks working together, and we can feel that we understand each other better."

"We're in a good moment, but we know how football works. During a season, you have ups and downs, and you always need to be ready for when things go well and when they don't. You need to stay together and solve situations as a team. At the beginning of the season, we had two bad performances, but we were able to work together to understand what was happening and how we could improve."

Everton

While Manchester United started the season slowly, they've soon kicked on under new boss Eva Olid and are now one of the league's form sides.

They held Manchester City to a draw in their previous Women's Super League game and are now unbeaten across their past nine games in all competitions.

Speaking in his pre-match news conference, Everton boss Scott Phelan said: "They always had talented players, I think maybe with the change of coach at the start of the season it just took a little bit of time to gel and understand each other's ideas, but I think the quality in the squad and the starting 11 was always there.

"It's no real surprise that they've started to find a little bit of form. The performance levels have definitely improved and we are expect an exciting competitive game as well."

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Everton play all of their games at Goodison Park, the former home of the club's men's side.

They have enjoyed good home form for the most part and will hope it works to their advantage this afternoon.

Their 3-2 defeat by Aston Villa ended a run of three successive home league wins.

The Toffees have still won five of their past eight league games at home, though.

Everton make three changes from the team beaten at home by Aston Villa last Sunday.

Japan duo Hitaru Kitigawa and Rion Ishikawa return in defence while Rosa van Gool leads the line alongside Yuka Momiki.

Everton XI: Brosnan, Kitagawa, Ishikawa, Layzell, Blundell, Vignola, Mace, Wheeler, Pacheco, Van Gool, Momiki.

Subs: Cain, Rantala, Mouchon, Finnigan, Galli, Foster, Silcock.

Eva Olid names an unchanged Manchester United XI to the one that ended champions Manchester City's 100% start to the season last week.

Strikers Ellen Wangerheim and Lea Schuller shared three goals in the League Cup win over Burnley on Wednesday and provide scoring options off the bench.

Man Utd XI: Tullis-Joyce, Sandberg, Le Tissier, Janssen, Lundkvist, Miyazawa, Zigiotti Olme, Medina, Toone, Park, Terland.

Subs: Leitzig, Riviere, Aqujo, Bernal, Griffiths, Bizet Donnum, Jusu Bah, Schuller, Wangerheim

Good afternoon!

On Halloween, Everton face a potentially spooky prospect as the Toffees come up against a Manchester United side who are currently in excellent form.

Everton, meanwhile, were defeated in their last WSL game - but did, at least, manage to score two goals.

Stick around for all of the build-up before the game kicks off at 12:45 GMT.

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