The game will give the club the perfect opportunity to showcase players signed over the course of the summer, especially considering as of yet Everton have no home matches etched in for pre-season.
Following the Goodison opener, Everton will travel to White Hart Lane, where they face Martin Jol’s Tottenham Hotspur. David Moyes has contrasting memories of last season’s clash between the two sides having lost poorly at Goodison Park and won fantastically at the Lane.
An away game against Steve Coppell’s reading follows the Spurs game.
The first derby will be at Goodison on October 20th whereas the Anfield fixture will take place on March 29th.
Everton will conclude the season with a home clash against Gareth Southgate’s Middlesbrough.
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