Everton’s preparations for their crucial game with Bournemouth have taken a severe blow with Nathan Patterson expected to miss out and concern growing over the availability of Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Patterson - the club’s only fit senior full-back for the match at Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend - looks set to be absent on Sunday following an initial assessment of the hamstring injury he suffered at Molineux.
Calvert-Lewin also picked up a problem with his hamstring in the first half of the same game and may not be back in time to feature. Both players are key to Sean Dyche’s plans and may force the Blues boss into changing his approach to a match his side must win to guarantee Premier League survival.
