Everton v Fulham: Premier League – reside

The Premier League desk: As we speak’s outcomes, not least Brentford’s whiteknuckle win in opposition to Ipswich City, signifies that Fulham go into this match in twelfth place, whereas Everton stay in sixteenth.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin: Along with his contract resulting from expire on the finish of the season, the Everton striker is displaying no nice inclination to signal a brand new one and appears set to depart the membership on a free switch on the finish of the season except the membership determine to promote him in January to recoup some cash.

Nevertheless, Sean Dyche has dominated out the likelihood, saying survival within the Premiership is price greater than any funds that is perhaps generated by the sale of the striker.

“The larger prize on this case is Premier League soccer for Everton Soccer Membership,” mentioned the supervisor. “You realize once I got here in it was like it is advisable to safeguard what we’re doing, in order that’s the No 1 precedence. Alongside that journey and timeline we’ve needed to clearly carry cash in. That’s been fairly obvious and spend much less and produce extra in, decrease the wages after all.

“However to be giving gamers away at any value since you want some cash, thankfully we’ve by no means been pushed that far and that’s nonetheless the identical now. We are able to nonetheless make selections on conditions and I can’t see something aside from him being right here definitely till the top of his contract after which hopefully past. We’ll see.”

Marco Silva: Having spent a bit over 18 months accountable for Everton from June 2018 and brought to them to an eighth place end within the Premier League, Marco Silva is prone to get a heat welcome on what’s prone to be his remaining go to to Goodison Park this afternoon forward of the membership’s transfer to their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

The Fulham supervisor remembered his time at Goodison Park fondly when the topic was raised at his press convention yesterday. “It was an honour to handle a membership like Everton,” he mentioned. “I’m not the primary or final, for positive, to say that as a result of if you end up there, you’ll be able to really feel the way it’s an enormous membership, how they’ve a large fan base.

“It’s a historic [stadium], an old style one as effectively and there’s one thing particular across the place. You possibly can really feel it. As a house supervisor, you’ll be able to really feel it extra as a result of it’s week-in, week-out. Even whenever you go there enjoying away you’ll be able to really feel it as effectively. It’s a particular place to play.”

As we speak’s match officers

• Referee: John Brooks.

• Assistants: Simon Bennett and Darren Cann.

• Fourth official: Leigh Doughty.

• VAR: Stuart Attwell.

• Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis.

These groups: Jarrod Brantwaithe returns from a thigh harm to take his place on the bench for Everton, who’re unchanged from the aspect that beat Ipswich final weekend.

Marco Silva makes one change to the aspect that misplaced in opposition to Villa and it’s enforced: Issa Diop is available in for Joachim Anderson, who’s suspended.

Everton v Fulham line-ups

Early workforce information

Fulham central defender Joachim Anderson sits this one out on the Naughty Step after being despatched off in opposition to Aston Villa final day out, whereas defensive midfielder Sasa Lukic and right-back Timothy Castagne each stay sidelined. Carlos Vniicius and Jorge Cuenca are each resulting from be assessed forward of kick-off however neither participant is prone to begin.

Everton are with out James Garner, who’s affected by a again harm, whereas Armando Broja, Tim Iroegbunam and Youssef Chermiti stay sidelined. Central defender Jarrad Brantwaithe and midfielder Jesper Lindstrom will each be included in right now’s matchday squad after recovering from harm and sickness respectively.

Premier League: Everton v Fulham