Sean Dyche keeps Everton pledge as two returns and injury concern confirmed
Jarrad Branthwaite and Idrissa Gueye make immediate returns for Everton’s Carabao Cup quarter-final tie with Fulham.
Both players missed out on the win over Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday due to suspension.
Sean Dyche has immediately reinstated the pair as he lives up to his vow to name a strong side. Ben Godfrey and Abdoulaye Doucoure make way - and Dyche appears to have moved to a back four.
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Branthwaite will join James Tarkowski and Michael Keane, who keeps his place after a man of the match display at Turf Moor, in the defence but looks set to play as left back in the continued absence of Vitalii Mykolenko, who was ruled out of the Burnley game through injury.
Nathan Patterson retains his spot on the right of the defence and Dwight McNeil returns to his traditional place on the left of a midfield five.
Gueye, meanwhile, replaces Doucoure - who was taken off at half-time in that match as a precaution due to a hamstring concern.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin keeps his side place ahead of Beto and could see Jack Harrison slip in behind him as he did in the home win over Newcastle United. Neither Ashley Young, Seamus Coleman nor Abdoulaye Doucoure make the bench.
Starting XI: Pickford; Branthwaite, Keane, Tarkowski, Patterson; McNeil, Onana, Gueye, Garner, Harrison; Calvert-Lewin
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