Everton will be hoping to record their second away win of the season when they take on Stoke City at the Bet365 stadium.
The Toffees sole win on the road was against Newcastle United.
Cenk Tosun did put Everton ahead in their last away game against Burnley but they still managed to lose 2-1.
Big Sam has enlisted the help of psychiatrists to help his side overcome their fear of away games.
Allardyce had some bad news heading into the game as star man Gylfi Sigurdsson has been ruled out with a knee injury.
He joins Maarten Stekelenburg, Eliaquim Mangala and James McCarthy on the sidelines.
Ashley Williams is also missing as he will be serving the second match of his three-match ban.
The good news was the return of Morgan Schneiderlin, Idrissa Gueye and star winger Theo Walcott to training mid-week.
The return of Walcott considering the absence of Sigurdsson is a major injury boost and the former Arsenal man starts as does Gueye.
Tosun has scored in his last two games with his last three shots on target after failing to net in his previous four.
The Turkey international has kept his place in the starting line-up for the third match running.
Leighton Baines made an instant impact last week on his return, setting up Tosun with a lovely one-two passing combination.
Baines starts again and Yannick Bolasie is likely to fill in for the injured Sigurddson.
Wayne Rooney starts. The England international has had a role in four goals in his last four Premier League games against Stoke.
Stoke have lost just one of their last eight home league matches against the Toffees.
Stoke City vs Everton – Confirmed Lineups
Stoke XI: Butland; Johnson, Zouma, Shawcross, Stafylidis; Allen, Adam, Badou; Shaqiri, Crouch, Ramadan
Everton XI: Pickford, Baines, Keane, Jagielka, Coleman, Davies, Gueye, Rooney, Bolasie, Walcott, Tosun
Subs: Robles, Schneiderlin, Martina, Niasse, Klaassen, Calvert-Lewin, Hogate
