Sean Dyche’s survival march with Everton continues as they travel to the Emirates Stadium to take on Premier League leaders Arsenal, having won the reverse fixture just three weeks ago at Goodison Park.
The Toffees come into the game off the back of a hard-fought 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa, and have a terrible away record this season, having won just once in 11 attempts.
However, they already have a blueprint on how to beat the Gunners, who themselves look to move five points clear atop the Premier League. And, as covered below, they have the personnel to do so too,
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin remains sidelined, with Sean Dyche suggesting that it could be another week before he is fit enough to make the squad.
‘I don’t think he has a chance, but he’s building up well. He’s on the grass, he’s not with us yet, but that will come quickly. We’re hoping to get him as fit as possible to break this spell of ups and downs of injuries’, he explained before the loss to Aston Villa.
Dyche will be without midfielder James Garner too, who is sidelined with injury but is expected to feature for the U21 side this week. “Jimmy is going well – he’s getting fitter and stronger. There’s another game this week [for the U21s], so we’ll probably get him in that one. And then he should be classed as being fit.”
Meanwhile, Andros Townsend remains sidelined long-term with a knee injury, which could see him ruled out until April. It means that Dyche has largely the same squad as the one that grabbed a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture after Amadou Onana shook off a knock he picked up last week.
