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Everton beat Nottingham Forest comfortably at the start of December, but that was with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Grealish in their team.

It is possible that Grealish will be back from a virus to play in this game, but Dewsbury-Hall and Ndiaye will be much missed and we saw how much it affected Everton's firepower when they played without all three of them in their draw at Burnley.

Forest were very good against Manchester City on Saturday and they will feel they should've got something out of that game.

Sean Dyche was unhappy with City's winner but, watching it back, you could see Morgan Gibbs-White hooked his leg around Nico O'Reilly and tried to drag him down with him, so it was good refereeing to suss that out and not give the foul to Forest.

Even so, it was an impressive display. Because of that, and because of who Everton will be missing, I'm backing Dyche to get the better of his old team this time.

Sutton's prediction: 1-0

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Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground (kick-off 19:30 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• On his team's performance at Burnley: "It was always going to be a bit of a challenge, but I really hoped that we'd play much better. Lots of the football wasn't of the level that it should be."

• Jack Grealish will be back this week "with a bit of luck", Moyes hopes.

• Moyes credited the "huge influence" of Jordan Pickford and "how well" Michael Keane and James Tarkowski have stood up to attackers for Everton's five clean sheets in their past eight games.

• On their results and the league: "If you win two, you might move up to fifth - if you lose two, you might drop down to 15th . We want to keep picking up points where we can."

• Moyes said Thierno Barry has "improved" but his one goal is "not good enough" for a number nine.

• On their next opponents: "Nottingham Forest qualified for Europe last year and played really well all last season. The squad of players are certainly far better than their position suggests at the moment."

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Burnley and Everton.

Here are some of your comments:

Burnley fans

Paul: That was better from the Clarets. Everton had more shots on target but for once it looked like Burnley could win it. Some big chances missed. One that slipped away.

Harvo: More positive display than we have been seeing but our lack of quality in the final third will cost us dear.

Peter: Best home performance for a while. Don't know why Scott Parker keeps picking Marcus Edwards though - he very rarely beats an opponent and is easily taken off the ball. Desperately need a decent striker.

Graham: Scott Parker says football is like a boxing match. Unfortunately, we are going down without a fight. He sends them in with one hand tied behind their backs.

Everton fans

Jeff: If you don't have a proper striker and you are missing your three best players - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Jack Grealish and Iliman Ndiaye - I guess a draw is a good outcome. Having said that, we played Burnley. Second from bottom Burnley! Even worse is the fact that for a new much needed striker we have to rely on the same people who bought £40 million Tyler Dibling and £9 million Adam Aznou this summer. We all know how that worked out!

Paul: We are certainly down to the bare bones. Playing with a midfield that haven't played together this season was a big ask. The rebuild is still underway and this was a good point given our absences. I do fear the Nottingham Forest and Brentford games coming up if we don't get some players back.

Christopher: Truly shocking first half. Improvement in second half with both sides having chances. Apart from Tim Iroegbunam, none of the replacements did themselves any favours. To be fair to David Moyes he had few options on the bench to change things up. Without Grealish, KDH and Ndiaye, we are a bang average lower to midtable side.

Mike: Let's not sugarcoat it - that was absolutely woeful from Everton. We offered nothing; no runners off the ball, passing backwards, sideways or giving it away time and time again. Forest away next. Repeat that performance and we will get hammered.

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Everton's winless run in the Premier League was extended to three matches after an underwhelming goalless draw at Burnley on Saturday.

The stalemate, which came on the back of consecutive defeats by Chelsea and Arsenal, is a setback for David Moyes' side who are searching for a place in a European competition after a seven-year hiatus.

But the Everton boss is facing a considerable challenge negotiating the busy festive period amid the lack of availability of some of his key attacking players.

He is without their joint top scorers Iliman Ndiaye, currently representing Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations, and the injured Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall while defensive midfielder Idrissa Gueye is also part of the Senegal side looking to go all the way.

Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman have both remained sidelined with hamstring injuries and adding to Moyes' woes on Saturday was the absence of Jack Grealish, who the manager explained missed out because of a "virus".

With only six outfield players on their bench - four of whom were yet to make their full Premier League debuts - the Toffees only produced an expected goals (xG) of 0.88 in the game to settle for a point against the relegation-threatened Clarets.

With games coming thick and fast, Moyes would hope to get his fringe players like Dwight McNeil and Tyler Dibling firing to their full potential if they are maintain their push for a top-half finish this season.

Everton boss David Moyes spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side's draw away at Burnley: "You wouldn't want to watch too much of that, certainly from our point of view. Burnley might have different thoughts but from our point of view it wasn't a good performance. We have been playing quite well recently but today wasn't one of our best.

"It's a difficult time. Lots of games and different things going on, but I was disappointed that we didn't play better, because we can do a lot better than we played. We go away with a point and a clean sheet so there are some positives to take from it.

"I'm not happy at all because I didn't come here for a point, I came here to take three, but we never really got going right from the start. I never thought we got into second gear. But when you can't play so well you've got to try and take something from the game and we did do."

On Everton's penalty shout: "I saw one right at the end where [Jake] O'Brien heads the ball onto the boy's arm which was up in the air - we got done with a penalty last week. So that is the only one I've seen but someone did tell me that there was another one."

On injuries and absences: "No [Kiernan] Dewsbury-Hall, no [Jarrad] Branthwaite, no [Iliman] Ndiaye is away, so is [Idrissa] Gueye, so we have quite a few players out at the moment. Hopefully Jack [Grealish] will be back in training and we will get him back this week sometime."

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Burnley boss Scott Parker makes three changes from the 1-1 draw against Bournemouth last week.

Armando Broja, who scored the late equaliser against the Cherries, starts along with Bashir Humphreys and Marcus Edwards as Zian Flemming and Jaidon Anthony drop to bench and Joe Worrall misses out.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Laurent, Larsen, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Humphreys, Ekdal, Pires, Cullen, Broja.

Subs: Weiss, Hartman, Anthony, Florentino, Tchaouna, Flemming, Sonne, Tresor, Barnes.

Everton manager David Moyes makes two changes to the side that started the 1-0 defeat by Arsenal.

Tyler Dibling is given a rare start but Jack Grealish is missing from the matchday squad entirely while Beto replaces Thierno Barry up front.

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Tarkowski, McNeil, Beto, O'Brien, Mykolenko, Dibling, Alcaraz, Garner, Iroegbunam.

Subs: Travers, King, Patterson, Barry, Rohl, Aznou, Welch, Campbell.

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Burnley got a late goal that earned them a point at Bournemouth, which felt big for their boss Scott Parker - it felt like a few Clarets fans were questioning whether he is the man to keep them in the Premier League.

As I've said before, I've always felt like Burnley were being competitive, even when they were losing games.

This is going to be a close game, too. Everton's problem is that they are missing Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and they might have to settle for a point.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

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Matthew Hobbs
BBC Sport journalist

Burnley target a first Premier League win since 26 October against an Everton side who have lost their past two league fixtures.

BBC Sport examines some of the key themes ahead of Saturday's meeting at Turf Moor (15:00 GMT).

Burnley's first point since October

Burnley avoided equalling the club record run of eight successive Premier League defeats with a creditable draw at Bournemouth last weekend. However, while picking up a first point since 26 October may have provided some welcome relief to supporters, the manner of the result has been Burnley's 2025-26 campaign in microcosm so far.

The Clarets have not won a game since defeating Wolves two months ago, because of an unwanted combination of a lack of creativity in attack in addition to struggles in defence.

Burnley did not record a shot of any kind until the 86th minute at the Vitality Stadium, while Armando Broja's injury-time equaliser was their first, and only, shot on target.

Scott Parker's side simply cannot sustain such paucity in attack with the number of chances they are conceding to opposing teams.

The Clarets have faced the most shots, allowed the most opposition touches in their box and have the highest expected goals tally against of any Premier League side this season. Although Broja's first goal in more than two years will be a boost to manager and player alike, the Albania international has only once scored in back-to-back matches in 87 appearances in the Premier League.

Everton's misfiring attack

Broja next faces an Everton side where he spent an injury-hit season on loan in 2024-25, failing to score in all 11 outings for the Toffees.

Where Burnley and Broja can take comfort is that Everton are experiencing their own problems in front of goal, a season-long search for firepower further undermined by the loss of top scorers Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury Hall to the Africa Cup of Nations and injury respectively.

As a result, David Moyes's men are one of only two sides, along with Brighton, to have failed to score in the past two match rounds.

Meanwhile, Everton average just a point per game across their 10 Premier League matches without Ndiaye in the starting line-up since the start of last season, compared to 1.4 per game when he starts.

The Toffees' problems in attack, however, differ slightly from those of Saturday's hosts. Whereas Burnley are struggling to create chances, Everton are unable to take them, with strikers Beto and Thierno Barry mustering just two Premier League goals in total so far between them.

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Moyes, though, has a good record against the Clarets. He hasn't lost any of his past six Premier League meetings with them, all as West Ham manager between January 2021 and March 2024, while his last game against Burnley as Toffees manager was in December 2009, winning 2-0 thanks to goals from James Vaughan and Steven Pienaar.

Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

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Everton's requirement is simple. They must address the problem that threatens to undermine the many improvements seen this season as manager David Moyes completes almost 12 months back in his second spell at the club.

They have to sign a striker who can score goals.

Moyes has a potent creative trio at his disposal in on-loan Jack Grealish, £25m summer signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Iliman Ndiaye.

All this, however, has often been wasted by the lack of a reliable, consistent striker.

Thierno Barry has won plaudits for his effort, not least from Everton's fans, following his £27m signing from Villarreal, but one Premier League goal is an accurate reflection of his impact, while fellow striker Beto has the same dismal return as the January window approaches.

Everton's need has been given added urgency with Ndiaye away with Senegal at the Africa Cup Of Nations, while Dewsbury-Hall is sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Moyes' side barely laid a glove on Arsenal in the last home defeat and there have been other occasions this season when a striker of quality might have transformed one point into three.

This has been an obvious flaw since the start of the season, so it would be a mistake on the part of Moyes and Everton's recruitment team if they do not have plans to put in place quickly right at the start of January.

Everton also need to bring in a right-back, having failed to do so in the summer.

Captain Seamus Coleman is now at the veteran stage and regularly troubled by injuries. Jake O'Brien is a central defender by nature who has filled in at right-back. James Garner has also taken on the task in defence, but it is a waste of a talented player who can provide creation from midfield.

Moyes thought he had signed Kenny Tete in the summer, only for the defender to decide to stay at Fulham, so this is another priority area to strengthen.

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Everton boss David Moyes has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Burnley at Turf Moor (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• There are no fresh injury concerns for the weekend's game. The squad should "just about be the same" as the one that faced Arsenal.

• Jarrad Branthwaite, who hasn't played a single minute for Everton this season, is getting "closer to the grass and closer to his return" from a hamstring injury. The centre-back could be back on the grass by the end of this year.

• Moyes added: "He isn't due to integrate back in for another two to three weeks, maybe even more. He has missed too much of this season to get back into things quickly. We could do with him back though, even just getting him into the squad would be great for numbers."

• When asked if he is happy going into Christmas 10th in the table, he replied: "Sort of, but a couple of weeks ago we were fifth or sixth and hoping to go higher. If you can win two or three games on the bounce in this league, it makes a big difference. I hope we have a couple more of them this season so we can challenge at the top again."

• Three festive fixtures in eight days isn't a concern for Moyes, who is more concerned about "not having as many players in our squad, picking up the odd injury here and there, and Afcon".

• On Tim Iroegbunam's reaction after being criticised by fans for his performance against Newcastle, he said: "He has a lot of really good attributes. He played well at the weekend and we want him to continue that. We want him to improve and keep his training levels really high."

• Everton won't be doing "loads of business" in the January transfer window. He added: "The ownership want us to have a plan, want us to prepare and do everything in a certain fashion. It won't be a case of coming up with quick fixes."

• He admitted that the club don't want to get everybody's hopes up and that he "laughs a bit" at all the transfer speculation.

• On the reports that Dwight McNeil might leave in January, he said: "I don't know where that's come from. As the manager of this football club, I haven't heard anything about it. There is no plan for it. I don't really want to lose anybody."

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Giulia Bould
BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

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Top of David Moyes's list for Father Christmas is a striker who can score. Seventeen Premier League games in, his two front men Beto and Thierno Barry have just one goal each.

It makes the fact Everton are 10th and five points off fifth more remarkable as they have clocked up that tally without a firing strikeforce.

It is largely down to some clever summer signings in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Jack Grealish, who have helped transform the midfield. Some questioned how effective Iliman N'Diaye would be moved out to the right wing, but the Senegal star has proved he is world-class anywhere he plays with some standout performances.

Everton and the right-back position is now an age-old discussion and if there is one at the North Pole workshop then the manager would be delighted to find it under his tree.

The Jake O'Brien experiment that worked well towards the end of last season has failed to sparkle and James Garner remains the club's best full-back despite being a midfielder.

Among the positives this campaign have been the new home of Hill Dickinson Stadium. It is already providing some fierce atmospheres and the crowd played a big part in the comeback win over Crystal Palace in October. The Toffee doughnuts have also gone down a storm. If you've visited you will know they are worth having blue teeth for!

So as David Moyes probably leaves one out for Father Christmas on 24 December, his wish will be to find a striker worthy of the number nine shirt that has been worn by the likes of Dixie Dean, Graeme Sharp, Kevin Campbell and Duncan Ferguson. If Everton can get that fixed then the European charge could well be on in 2026.

Briony Bragg
Fan writer

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It is remiss to think Everton will do much business in January; however, it is rumoured David Moyes is keen, with a wish for a full-back, another central midfielder and a striker should they become available.

With rumours of Roma being prepared to put Artem Dovbyk on the table in part-exchange for Beto next month, a new striker may be on the cards. Bologna striker Santiago Castro has been strongly linked, with Everton closely watching him last summer.

But given Moyes' reluctance to give younger, less experienced players serious game time, Everton may look to another Premier League-proven option for more stability.

Given recent chatter, it appears Kobbie Mainoo may be put on the market by his agent for a loan in January, though it remains to be seen if Everton would be able to meet the midfielder's wage requirements. Everton thankfully aren't in a position where they need to panic-buy, being unlikely to fight relegation this season. The real crux is whether the hierarchy want to make a push for Europe.

It sounds incredulous given the last statement but, given there's two wins between fifth and 15th currently, it's not out of the question. Which makes the need for a new full-back ever more important. Statistics show Jack Grealish passed to Vitalii Mykolenko just once throughout the whole of the defeat to Chelsea, proving he isn't making the runs to allow Everton's star player more freedom in attack on the left side.

Likewise with Jake O'Brien forced to play right-back when he's a natural centre-half, he's unsurprisingly not going to create great chances from a wide position. It just doesn't come naturally to him.

Everton have always looked better (and won games!) with James Garner at right-back as he is more creative in his passing. However, injuries have dictated he is moved back to midfield. If Everton want to progress, a full-back is absolutely the top priority this transfer window.

Ultimately, the club's approach in January will hinge on both financial pragmatism and Moyes's appetite for immediate impact.

Dale Johnson
Football issues correspondent

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On Saturday, Everton were adamant they should have been given a penalty.

Arsenal defender William Saliba had kicked the boot of Thierno Barry. Referee Sam Barrott said no and, after some deliberation, he was backed up by the video assistant referee (VAR), Michael Salisbury.

On Monday, Fulham's match-winning penalty against Nottingham Forest came after Douglas Luiz had lightly kicked the foot of Kevin. Referee Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot.

Fans might well say the Saliba challenge looked like more of a penalty. The key difference? The on-field decision.

In the early days of VAR in the Premier League there were many soft penalties. Most memorable is probably the spot-kick given to Brighton when Liverpool's Andy Robertson kicked the boot of Danny Welbeck, who went down theatrically.

So ahead of the 2021-22 season the threshold for a VAR intervention was raised.

Now when two players challenge for a ball which is off the ground, and both have a realistic prospect of winning it, the VAR is not expected to give a spot-kick if one player gets there marginally faster.

Indeed, two seasons ago Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus wanted a penalty against Aston Villa when he was kicked, coincidentally, by Douglas Luiz.

The Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel voted the VAR was correct not to get involved in the incident, which had similarities to Saliba on Barry.

The issue is that, as we saw with Fulham's spot-kick, if the referee had given the penalty to Everton the VAR would not have said it was wrong.

In Europe, Saliba's challenge would almost certain have been a penalty.

European leagues penalise these offences more strictly to ensure consistency.

In the Premier League, the high bar means the on-field decision is more important - and that can only lead to inconsistencies, perceived or otherwise.

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Everton defender James Tarkowski said his side had hoped to cause Arsenal "a few more issues" after losing 1-0 to the Londoners.

"It is always disappointing to lose a game, especially when it is decided by a penalty," he said.

"It was a mistake by Jake [O'Brien] and he has held his hands up to that. I have made plenty of mistakes [in the past].

"We didn't create loads of chances. They have the best defence, but we would have hoped to have had more corners and free-kicks to cause a few more issues.

"Top teams always play through you at some point, but we gave them a bit more space in the second half.

"We just need to pick up as many points as we can now and see where we can finish. We have had a decent start to the season now that we are nearly halfway and there are some games where we should have picked up some more points.

"We are giving ourselves a good chance of a top 10 finish."

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Everton and Arsenal.

Here are some of your comments:

Everton fans

Harry: Surprisingly happy that it was only 1-0. Most Evertonians will tell you we expected a defeat at the hands of Arsenal before the game but after the game we all realised Arsenal aren't that good. We have a long way to go but every step is an improvement on previous seasons.

Les: Too much passing the ball backwards when we are chasing the game. Negative football. Not enough pressing when we have lost possession. Barry needs to calm down a bit and stop running around like headless chicken without the ball. The club has got to fill the gaps at right back, midfield and centre forward.

Paul: Apart from the penalty (which was rightly given) we held our own for the whole game. Arsenal didn't look like title challengers and it was our own mistake which gave them the result, and with Ndiaye and Dewsbury-Hall it would have been a win for us. We need reinforcements to give us a better squad depth but that isn't happening in one or two transfer windows.

Arsenal fans

James: Somewhat scrappy. Too many safe, aimless passes and no bite up front. Need to move the ball quicker and with more purpose.

Chris: Arsenal not at their best and it was a scrappy game. Lot of possession but not effective with very few shots on target. But, sometimes it is all about grinding out a result which they did and they are top again with 21 matches to go.

Steve: Arsenal looked nervy and the control we'd seen earlier on in the season just was not there. Rice looked good. Injuries certainly contribute to the nervousness however, you'd still expect a more dominant display with the players on the pitch. Top at Christmas is a nice thing to say but it'll be meaningless if we stutter and stumble our way through the second half of the season.

Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

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Everton faced Premier League title-chasing Arsenal without their most talented forward Iliman Ndiaye, away with Senegal at the Africa Cup Of Nations, as well as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who is sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Ndiaye and Dewsbury-Hall's creativity and goals have been crucial to Everton this season, especially with Thierno Barry and Beto only contributing two league goals between them while falling short of Premier League quality.

And how they were missed after Everton's bright start was undermined by O'Brien's mistake that led to the penalty.

Everton were nursing a sense of injustice in the second half when they were sure they had a penalty after William Saliba floored Barry by kicking his foot, but the video assistant referee decided no offence had taken place.

David Moyes' side could not be faulted for effort, although there were times in the first half after the goal when they afforded Arsenal too much time and space, but all their attempts to move forward this season will be hampered by the lack of a quality striker.

This must be addressed in the January transfer window.

The recalled Dwight McNeil was peripheral, Tyler Dibling's impact was minimal after coming on as a substitute, while Jack Grealish did not have one of his more influential nights.

It all added up to pure frustration for Moyes, Everton and the capacity Saturday night attendance at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

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Everton boss David Moyes, speaking to BBC Match of the Day after the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal: "You can play a well as you like and do good things but we need to get some goals. We've not had goals in the last two games, which is the bit that's been missing really.

"We done a lot of things, the players effort, the spirit. Everything you'd want them to do they did. It was just a bit of quality or trying to hurt Arsenal a bit more. Arsenal have given up very few chances and we just didn't get enough opportunities.

"I thought we started the game well. I don't think we were under a great deal of pressure until the penalty kick. I think after the penalty we were rocked a little bit. I thought prior to it we started the game better than Arsenal. I think the second half we had to make the game more open, we had to be more committed than we'd been. We tried to get forward a bit more and quicker but it also allowed Arsenal to have one or two brilliant passing moves. I thought we stuck at it, never gave in, we were always in the game right to the end. Credit to the players."

On if Jake O'Brien instantly regretted the handball: "Well, he should because I think any player now knows that putting your hand above your head is liable to be a penalty kick. He shouldn't raise his arms."

On the penalty call that didn't go his side's way in the second half: "I think they said it was insignificant contact. Well, we'll have to see a few others and see if they're right. Sometimes you need some decisions to go for you but the decisions didn't [in this game]."

Did you know?

• For just a second time on record, Everton failed to have a single shot in the first half of a Premier League home game, with the previous instance coming against Aston Villa in January 2022 at Goodison Park.

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