Everton are already minus Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye and an already thin squad is getting stretched further with recovering injuries and the threat of suspensions looming large. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is still not back from his hamstring ailment, and the trio of James Tarkowski, Vitaliy Mykolenko and James Garner are sitting on four yellow cards each and a one-game suspension hanging over their heads if they get a yellow card in the next two games.
The Toffees head to Burnley this weekend looking
to add another away win to their tally this season, but it won’t be easy with the numbers David Moyes will have on hand.
For Scott Parker, the Clarets have a few players missing. Hannibal Mejbri is serving the final game of a four-match ban, with Lyle Foster and Axel Tuanzebe at AFCON with South Africa. Zeki Amdouni, Connor Roberts, Bashir Humphreys and Jordan Beyer all miss out with injuries with defender Maxime Esteve facing a late fitness check.
Who’s Out?
Seamus Coleman (hamstring), Jarrad Branthwaite (hamstring) and now Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (hamstring) are all confirmed out.
” “[We’re looking] just about the same as we were at the weekend – not too much change.
“[The players who are out injured], are all improving as we get on. Jarrad is getting closer to the grass now and getting closer, so we’re hoping we can maybe get him by the end of the [next] month – but it might be a bit longer than that. We’ll need to see.”
Everton squad available vs Burnley
Goalkeepers: Pickford, Travers, King
Defenders: Keane, Branthwaite (INJURED), Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Coleman (INJURED), Patterson, Aznou
Midfielders: Gueye (AFCON), Garner, Iroegbunam, Dewsbury-Hall (INJURED), Röhl
Wingers: McNeil, Ndiaye (AFCON), Grealish, Dibling, Alcaraz
Strikers: Beto, Barry
Tactics and Formation
Everton will likely stick to the 4-2-3-1 they’ve used so far.
Starters (likelihood of starting rated out of 10)
Jordan Pickford – 9/10
Vitaliy Mykolenko – 8/10 One of three players on the edge of a five-yellow-card suspension.
Michael Keane – 9/10
James Tarkowski – 9/10 Second of three players on the edge of a five-yellow-card suspension.
Jake O’Brien – 8/10
James Garner – 9/10 Last of three players on the edge of a five-yellow-card suspension.
Tim Iroegbunam – 8/10
Jack Grealish – 8/10 Held quiet against Arsenal, Everton badly need him to show up on the scoresheet.
Carlos Alcaraz – 8/10
Dwight McNeil – 6/10 Was quite useless against the Gunners.
Thierno Barry – 8/10 The striker is going to have to show us that he’s capable of doing more now that he has that maiden goal.
Bench
Mark Travers
Tom King
Nathan Patterson
Adam Aznou – Rumoured to be in conversation for a January loan out.
Merlin Rohl – Is he ready to replace Iroegbunam in the starting XI?
Tyler Dibling – Did more in the quarter hour he was on than what McNeil managed in over an hour.
Beto
Everton Under-21s Player 1 (likely a central defender)
Everton Under -21s Player 2 (likely a midfielder)
