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Everton v Coventry City: Premier League – live

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Preamble

Coventry City are in If It Ain’t Broke mode. They’re unchanged following last weekend’s 3-1 home win over Sunderland.

Everton are coming off the back of two victories over Newcastle United. They can’t play them every week, but they can near as dammit name the same starting XI, which is what’s happened in the wake of Monday night’s 1-0 win on Tyneside: Tyler Dibling comes in for Jake O’Brien, who drops to the bench.

The teams

Everton: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Dibling, George, Barry.

Coventry City: Rushworth, van Ewijk, Mfuni, Pinnock, Dasilva, Yirenkyi, Torp, Rudoni, Sakamoto, Gboho, Awoniyi.

Preamble

If Everton win this match tonight, they go above Liverpool; if they win it big – five goals big – they leap over Chelsea into fourth spot. Things are going pretty well for David Moyes and his men, who are outperforming expectations that were set miserably low after an underwhelming transfer window.…

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