Frank Lampard changed his entire team for the Carabao Cup tie at Bournemouth so while the Everton manager probably won’t alter the full 11 for their return to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday, you’d expect him to perform major surgery on a side who were humiliatingly dumped out of the competition 4-1 at the same location just four days earlier.
Asmir Begovic captained the Blues against his previous employers but the Bosnia and Herzegovina international should now make way for England number one Jordan Pickford to make his final Everton appearance before going to the World Cup finals in Qatar.
You would expect Everton to revert to a flat back for second time around against the Cherries which suggests recalls for centre-back pair James Tarkowski and Conor Coady plus left-back Vitalii Mykolenko but it remains to be seen as to who wins the battle for the right-back slot between captain Seamus Coleman and Nathan Patterson. The young Scot was arguably the Blues’ most-impressive performer on a chastening night on the Dorset coast but his mistake in losing possession resulted in the hosts’ final goal.
