Everton at Burnley: Opposition Analysis | Dyche Looking To Return to Turf Moor in Triumph

Everton at Burnley: Opposition Analysis | Dyche Looking To Return to Turf Moor in Triumph

Everton at Burnley: Opposition Analysis | Dyche Looking To Return to Turf Moor in Triumph

Everton’s season, which was struggling early on—at least in terms of outcomes—has steadily gained steam,

as evidenced by their back-to-back victories against Brentford and Aston Villa at the end of September.

Since then, the only mistakes have been a missed chance at Goodison Park

against lowly Luton Town and the inevitable loss to Liverpool in the Anfield derby.

As of right now, the Blues have won three straight games over an eight-day span.

The team has been playing really well lately, with nine victories, three draws, and three losses.

As a matter of fact, the Merseysiders’ only truly disastrous performance of the season occurred

during their 4-0 league defeat at the hands of Villa on matchday two back in August.

Since their last game, when they defeated Chelsea 2-0 despite displaying some indications of fatigue,

Sean Dyche’s resolute, diligent team has had a six-day rest. Burnley is the next team to play on Saturday afternoon at Turf Moor.

The overwhelming champions of the previous season underwent extensive offseason surgery

and signed fifteen new players in order to quickly return to the top flight after being demoted in the 2021–2022 season.

Following their demotion, their American owners recruited the gifted young manager

Vincent Kompany and completely reconstructed the team; today’s squad is very different from

the one Dyche led until roughly 18 months ago.

For a net total of almost €107 million, a number of veteran stage performers like Ashley Barnes

and Matt Lowton left and a large number of (mainly) young people joined. Just two familiar faces showed up:

Sander Berge (€14 million) and Nathan Redmond (free); the former was a

consistent in the starting lineup, while the latter was not. The others with the highest

playing time are Jordan Beyer of Borussia Monchengladbach, Luca Koleosho of Espanyol, Zeki Amdouni of Basel,

Dara O’Shea of West Bromwich Albion, Jordan Beyer of Espanyol, and James Trafford of the Manchester City junior team.

It would be an understatement to suggest that Kompany has found the transition to the Premier League

to be somewhat of a shock. Apart from two Carabao Cup victories, which the Blues ended at Goodison in November,

the Clarets have only triumphed twice this season, both against other promoted teams,

Sheffield United and Luton, which may be indicative of their poor form. They have, however,

only managed draws against failing teams like Nottingham Forest and Brighton & Hove Albion, where they were outshot 29 to 6. These meager successes are contrasted by 12 league losses.

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