GOODISON NEWS
Sean Dyche’s confirmed Everton starting XI to face Arsenal at Goodison Park in their first Premier League game after the international break has been released by the club.
The Toffees boss has dropped Nathan Patterson and James Garner in favour of Vitalii Mykolenko and Dwight McNeil, with Ashley Young switching from left to right at the back.
Dominic Cavlert-Lewin has returned to the squad but has to be content with a place on the bench as Beto keeps his place up front.
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2️⃣ changes as McNeil and Mykolenko come in for Garner and Patterson.
🇵🇹 Beto makes his Goodison debut🔵 #EVEARS 🔴 pic.twitter.com/i9plf9TC6U
— Everton (@Everton) September 17, 2023
Otherwise it is the same as the previous outing, with Jordan Pickford in goal and a centre-back pairing of James Tarkowski as captain with Jarrad Branthwaite.
Idrissa Gana Gueye and Amadou Onana at in the midfield with Arnaut Danjuma on the opposite wing and Abdoulaye Doucouré behind the striker.
As is now customary at Everton there has been little in the way of stability on the pitch or off so far this season, and results have raised fears of another relegation battle.
But with the transfer window shut Dyche’s squad is now set so he can at least focus entirely on getting his players ready for games rather than fearing further exits.
A visit from Mikel Arteta’s Gunners is by no means a straight forward game to start putting together a run of positive results, but there have been a number of occasions in the past two years where this team have got important wins at home against top sides.
One of those was famously Dyche’s first game in charge in this very fixture back in January so if he needs a blueprint to show his players what he wants he’s got a clear one right there.
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