Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti confirms Abdoulaye Doucoure set for lengthy layoff & provides James Rodriguez update ahead of Burnley

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Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti confirms Abdoulaye Doucoure set for lengthy layoff & provides James Rodriguez update ahead of Burnley

Everton vs Burnley

Everton are back in Premier League action on Saturday afternoon.

The Toffees will face off with Burnley at Goodison Park as they look to bounce back from their pretty dismal showing against Chelsea earlier this week, which they lost 2-0.

Said loss did dampen the Toffees’ hopes of securing a Champions League berth slightly, whilst also raising the issue of if the Merseysiders can be consistent enough to finish in the top-four.

But regardless, Carlo Ancelotti’s side are still very much in the race for European football at present.

They are four points off 4th-place Chelsea, but have a game in hand on the Londoners. Everton are also sat 6th, three points above 8th-place Liverpool with a game in hand on their bitter rivals.

As for Burnley, they, after drawing four and losing one of their last five, remain firmly entrenched in the relegation scrap and currently sit just four points above the bottom three.

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Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti confirms Abdoulaye Doucoure set for lengthy layoff & provides James Rodriguez update ahead of Burnley

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 17: James Rodriguez of Everton during the Premier League match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on October 17 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Emma Simpson/Everton FC via Getty Images)

Carlo Ancelotti on James Rodriguez &Doucoure

Ahead of Saturday’s clash, Carlo Ancelotti held his latest pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.

During the presser, the Italian would provide a team news update on his side.

James Rodriguez has missed the Toffees’ last three Premier League meetings through injury and is once again set to be sidelined this week.

“James played well, really well, against Man United and against Liverpool – but he was not 100% fit. For the fact that we are going to have really important games, we decided to give him a proper recovery and not let him play at 70%”

Elsewhere, the Italian confirmed that Abdoulaye Doucoure is set for a lengthy layoff, potentially around 8-10 weeks.

“Doucoure had a small fracture on his foot. I don’t know how long, maybe eight weeks or ten weeks. I hope he can recover before the end of the season.”

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Premier League table

# Team MP D P
1 Manchester City FC 29 40 68
2 Manchester United FC 28 23 54
3 Leicester City FC 28 16 53
4 Chelsea FC 28 19 50
5 West Ham United FC 27 11 48
6 Everton FC 27 4 46
7 Tottenham Hotspur FC 27 18 45
8 Liverpool FC 28 11 43
9 Aston Villa FC 26 11 40
10 Arsenal FC 27 7 38
11 Leeds United 27 -3 35
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 28 -9 35
13 Crystal Palace FC 28 -17 34
14 Southampton FC 28 -14 33
15 Burnley FC 28 -16 30
16 Newcastle United FC 27 -17 27
17 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 27 -8 26
18 Fulham FC 28 -11 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 28 -36 18
20 Sheffield United FC 28 -29 14
Player Team Goals
Salah, Mohamed Liverpool FC 17
Kane, Harry Tottenham Hotspur FC 16
Fernandes, Bruno Manchester United FC 16
Son, Heung Min Tottenham Hotspur FC 13
Bamford, Patrick Leeds United 13
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Everton FC 13
Vardy, Jamie Leicester City FC 12
Gundogan, Ilkay Manchester City FC 12
Wilson, Callum Newcastle United FC 10
Watkins, Ollie Aston Villa FC 10
Rashford, Marcus Manchester United FC 9
Sterling, Raheem Manchester City FC 9
Mahrez, Riyad Manchester City FC 9
Barnes, Harvey Leicester City FC 9
Zaha, Wilfried Crystal Palace FC 9
Lacazette, Alexandre Arsenal FC 9
Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick Arsenal FC 9
Maddison, James Leicester City FC 8
Ings, Danny Southampton FC 8
Soucek, Tomas West Ham United FC 8

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