Dominic Calvert-Lewin has two goals in his last two games (Photo: Getty)
Everton have been handed a big injury boost ahead of their huge Premier League clash against Chelsea on Monday night.
The Toffees travel to Stamford Bridge with the prospect of being relegated from the competition for the first time still looming large.
Earlier this week, the club were handed another points deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules to leave them 16th in the table and just two points above the relegation zone.
They go into this match having won just one of their last 11 games, but they will have hope as they managed to beat Chelsea 2-0 in the reverse fixture back in December.
And their chances of upsetting the odds took a boost on Thursday when Sean Dyche said he was expecting several key players to be involved having previously been injury doubts.
One of those is striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin who has two goals in his last two games, with Dyche saying in his pre-match press conference: ‘He’s got a minor, niggly hamstring, we’re just being ultra-careful with.
‘He thinks he’ll be fit [and] so does the medical team.’
Amadou Onana missed Everton’s last game with injury (Photo: Getty)
Amadou Onana, whose form has seen him linked with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, is also ‘back in training’ after missing last Saturday’s win over Burnley, while fellow midfielder James Garner was a doubt but should be fine.
‘Jimmy got a knock today. We’re happy it’s just a knock,’ Dyche added, before also revealing that winger Arnaut Danjuma could be in the squad for the first time since January when he picked up a foot injury.
‘Hopefully, providing he’s come through today, and I’m pretty sure he has! He’s got a bounce game tomorrow, so we’re going to use that and get him some minutes. And then he should at least be in thoughts for Monday’s squad.’
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Speaking more about Everton’s latest point deduction, Dyche added: ‘[It was] unexpected in the sense that we thought it had been dealt with
‘The last response was: what’s done is done. The league table changes. We know – or we’re very, very confident – we’ve been told it won’t change again with regards to anything this season.
‘So therefore our focus is on the next round of games coming up after the news. I spoke to the players about it, reminded the staff about it, reminded the truth of the moment, which is to stay focused on the job in hand.’
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