With Toffees captain James Tarkowski expected to miss the match due to injury, Sean Dyche has named his starting lineup for Everton’s first away game of the new Premier League season on Saturday, August 24. Dyche has pulled off a huge curveball by starting the 31-year-old alongside Michael Keane in central defense.
Roman Dixon, a 19-year-old academy right-back, replaces Ashley Young in the starting lineup, as revealed by the club on X. Ashley Young was sent off against Brighton last week.
Ever-present Jordan Pickford remains in goal, hoping for his first clean sheet of the new season despite giving up three goals on the first day of play.
With Dixon, who is half the age of 38-year-old Young, starting on the right side and Vitaliy Mykolenko, the club’s only fit left-back, on the left, Dyche has few options on either side of his back four.
Sean Dyche hoping for Everton response against Tottenham.
After Tim Iroegbunam was by far their best player against Brighton, Idrissa Gueye and Iroegbunam stay in the double pivot, with Abdoulaye Doucoure playing at number ten.
Despite calls for former Burnley player Jesper Lindstrom, a recent loan signing from Napoli, to start, wide players Jack Harrison and Dwight McNeil remain in their positions.
Jesse Lindstrom, a recent loanee from Napoli who played for Burnley, is a former player, but wide players Jack Harrison and Dwight McNeil are still in their positions.
If Dyche needs to make changes at North London, Beto is one of several potentially game-changing options off the bench, and Iliman Ndiaye joins him in the hopes of earning a starting spot of his own.
Given Everton’s financial concerns this summer [The Athletic, 9 August], further big-money transfers seem unlikely, and if this is the team Dyche has at his disposal this season, he’ll be hoping to get the best out of them in this match.
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