By Goal.com News on Saturday, 13 March 2021
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LIVE: Everton vs Burnley

45' + 3' HALF-TIME: EVERTON 1-2 BURNLEY

45' SAVE! Virginia is called into action already as Gudmundsson finds Brownhill in the box, but the substitute goalkeeper keeps the midfielder's strike down the centre of the goal out!

41' Burnley win a corner as Godfrey gets in the way of a Brownhill strike from distance, but it comes to nothing. The visitors have looked very threatening in this half.

39' MISS! Gomes delivers into the box where Calvert-Lewin meets it again, but he can't steer his header on target this time and nods high and wide from close range!

36' CHANCES! Westwood has a go towards the top-right corner from a free-kick but can't keep it on target, before McNeil sees a shot blocked and then Gudmundsson nods over the bar from the centre of the box!

34' SAVE! Richarlison looks for an equaliser as Everton start to look more threatening, but his long-range effort is saved low down by Pope!

33' Calvert-Lewin has scored more headed goals than any other Premier League player this season (6). The last Everton player to score more in a Premier League campaign was Tim Cahill in 2009-10 (7).

30' WIDE! McNeil swings a corner in and this time it does find Mee, but the central defender can only nod wide of the left-hand post!

28' Pickford looks to be in some pain after diving for that Gudmundsson shot. He receives some treatment, but will stay on for the time being.

27' POST! Burnley win the ball high up the field and McNeil feeds Gudmundsson, who drives towards the left before steering a low effort towards the bottom-left corner, but it comes back off the post!

25' That was McNeil's seventh Premier League goal, but his first ever away from Turf Moor.

23' NO PENALTY! A Burnley corner is swung to the back post where Mee challenges Holgate for it in the air. Holgate's elbow is raised and connects with the ball, leading to furious appeals for a spot-kick from the visiting players, but nothing is given!

22' Pope goes long to Wood, who takes the ball under control and hits one from outside the box, but Godfrey gets in the way and blocks it behind for a corner.

19' Everton are still seeing plenty of the ball but they're not able to create much with it at present. Their passing still lacks the sharpness needed to unsettle Burnley's low block.

17' Holgate tries to whip a cross in from the right but gets far too much on the delivery. It's retrieved by Digne on the other side, who puts it back into the middle, but it's headed clear. Burnley look comfortable at the moment.

15' Wood has now scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time this season, doing so with Burnley's first shot of the match.

12' Richarlison is again fed with space to turn into just outside the box and he tries to slip it into the box for Calvert-Lewin, but Pope is off his line quickly and holds on.

10' Everton are absolutely dominating possession at the moment, enjoying over 77% of the ball in these early stages.

8' BLOCK! An Everton corner is half-cleared to the edge of the box where Davies tries to lash it at goal first-time, but it clatters off a Burnley defender and the visitors get it away!

5' Everton have moved away from their usual system today, lining up with a narrow midfield diamond as they seek to exploit the space between the lines of Burnley's rigid 4-4-2.

3' SAVE! Iwobi is given space to drive into through the middle and he finds Richarlison just outside the box. The Brazilian takes the ball on the half-turn and drives towards the right side of the box before thumping a shot towards the top-right corner, but Pope beats it away!

1' We're underway at Goodison Park!

Five of Burnley’s last seven Premier League games have ended level (W1 L1), though all of these draws have come in home games. None of the Clarets’ last six away league games have been drawn (W2 L4).

Everton have won five of their six Premier League home games against Burnley (83%) – among teams they’ve faced at least five times at Goodison Park in the competition, they’ve only got a higher home win rate against Fulham (93% - 14/15). However, the Toffees have lost four of their last six home league games (W1 D1), as many as they had in their previous 22 at Goodison Park. They did win their last such match though, a 1-0 victory against Southampton.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche is forced into making one change of his own after his team's fortuitous 1-1 draw against Arsenal. Pieters starts at left-back ahead of Charlie Taylor, who is unavailable due to injury, joining Jack Cork and Ashley Barnes on the treatment table.

Everton head coach Carlo Ancelotti makes one change after his side were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last time out. Sigurdsson drops to the bench and is replaced in midfield by Davies. James Rodriguez, Robin Olsen, Fabian Delph, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Jean-Philippe Gbamin all remain sidelined through injury and miss out.

Burnley substitutes: Richard Nartey, Dale Stephens, Jay Rodriguez, Josh Benson, Phil Bardsley, Jimmy Dunne, Kevin Long, Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Robbie Brady.

Burnley XI (4-4-2): Nick Pope; Matthew Lowton, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Erik Pieters; Johann Berg Gudmundsson, Ashley Westwood, Josh Brownhill, Dwight McNeil; Matej Vydra, Chris Wood.

Everton substitutes: Tyler Onyango, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Josh King, Harry Tyrer, Joao Virginia, Niels Nkounkou, Seamus Coleman, Nathan Broadhead, Yerry Mina.

Everton XI (4-1-2-1-2): Jordan Pickford; Mason Holgate, Michael Keane, Ben Godfrey, Lucas Digne; Allan; Tom Davies, Andre Gomes; Alex Iwobi; Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison.

Sixth-placed Everton find themselves just five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, but with two games in hand on the Blues and will hope to take a big step towards the Champions League places as they host Burnley, who are just four points clear of the relegation zone and have not won in their last five league outings.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League fixture between Everton and Burnley at Goodison Park.

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