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Joe Thomas

Neal Maupay starts as Everton make one change against Leeds

Neal Maupay starts up front for Everton as Sean Dyche makes just one change for the crunch game with Leeds United.

Maupay replaces Ellis Simms as Dyche looks set to stick with the 4-5-1 formation he has adopted since taking over. The decision means Demarai Gray starts on the bench once again.

Simms had been given the opportunity to lead the front line in the Merseyside derby on Monday but the 22-year-old is also on the bench today as Dyche continues to try and find a solution to the problem thrown up by Dominic Calvert-Lewin's absence.

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Maupay is his next attempt, the striker looking for his first goal since he scored the winner for Everton against West Ham United in September. Abdoulaye Doucoure, Amadou Onana and Idrissa Gueye once again make up the central midfield with Alex Iwobi and Dwight McNeil set to start at wide. At the back, Dyche sticks with Vitaly Mykolenko, Conor Coady, James Tarkowski and Seamus Coleman, with Jordan Pickford in goal.

Starting XI: Pickford; Mykolenko, Coady, Tarkowski, Coleman; Iwobi, Onana, Gueye, Doucoure, McNeil; Maupay

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