Everton could make three changes at Burnley after new injury worry
Sean Dyche will have to make two enforced changes at Burnley but could the Everton manager shuffle his pack further on his Turf Moor return?
Midfielder Idrissa Gueye and centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite serve one-match suspensions for the trip to the Clarets after they both picked up their fifth Premier League bookings of the season in the 2-0 victory over Chelsea. Amadou Onana, who came on as a half-time substitute for Gueye against the Londoners appears to be the prime candidate to come in for his fellow Dakar-born player in the engine room.
At the heart of defence, Michael Keane is a big doubt to play at the weekend due to injury. It means Ben Godfrey looks the most likely candidate to play alongside James Tarkowski on Saturday.
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Everton dealt fresh defensive concern after Jarrad Branthwaite ban
Other than the 1-0 win at West Ham United when he was suspended, Ashley Young has started every Premier League game so far this season but the 38-year-old was withdrawn shortly before half-time against Chelsea with what Dyche described as a “niggly injury” and could potentially make way for Nathan Patterson, who has come on as a substitute in both the last two matches or club captain Seamus Coleman who started his first senior game in over six months against Newcastle United.
Wide men Dwight McNeil and Jack Harrison have both been playing well in recent weeks and would be expected to keep their starting spots on the wings but Lewis Dobbin came off the bench for the latter on Sunday and scored his first Everton goal. That’s no guarantee of getting a place in the first 11 though as Beto found after netting against the Magpies and the
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