Everton looking to avoid equalling 87-year club record in Burnley showdown

Amidst the potential threat of a second points deduction, the Toffees remain embroiled in a relegation dogfight following a miserable run of form over the last three-and-a-half months.

Sean Dyche's side currently sit 16th in the Premier League table, four points above the bottom three with a game in hand on 18th-placed Luton Town.

Everton have eight games left to preserve their top-flight status, including Saturday's potentially pivotal clash with 19th-placed Burnley, who suffered a 2-0 defeat against the Toffees in the reverse fixture at Turf Moor on December 16.

That result was the last time Everton collecting all three points in a league fixture, with Dyche's men having since put together a 13-game winless run for the first time in their Premier League history.

Everton's current winless streak matches an unwanted club record set back in December 1957, but they could create further history for all the wrong reasons if they fail to come out on top this weekend.

Indeed, the Toffees have only ever experienced one longer winless run in their top-flight history — 14 games between March and September 1937 — and they will equal this record if they fail to beat Burnley.

Everton enter Saturday's contest having lost nine of their last 14 Premier League home encounters against promoted teams, while they last won a league fixture at Goodison Park on December 10 when they beat Chelsea by a 2-0 scoreline.

Dyche's side can ill-afford to go behind early doors considering they have failed to win any of the last 32 top-flight games in which they have conceded the