Everton vs Swansea CityTEAM NEWSEverton will be without Gareth Barry who serves a one-match ban for collecting five yellow cards this season.
But Idrissa Gana Gueye is set to return to the team after sitting out the Chelsea match a fortnight ago through suspension.
Leighton Baines and James McCarthy are in contention to return from their injures, with Ronald Koeman reporting at his pre-match press conference on Thursday that both players are back in training.
Definitely missing Saturday’s match are Muhamed Besic and Matthew Pennington who are both continuing their recoveries from respective long-term knee and hamstring injuries.
Swansea manager Bob Bradley is likely to have Jefferson Montero available after the winger recovered from his injured hand, suffered in the defeat to Manchester United before the international break.
Nathan Dyer is back in training after ankle surgery, although his fitness will be assessed.
FORMEverton head into Saturday’s match searching for a response to the 5-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge last time out.
The Blues will be boosted by their home league form this season, with Ronald Koeman’s side still unbeaten at Goodison in top-flight combat.
Everton have beaten Stoke City, Middlesbrough and West Ham United, and also drawn with Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace.
The Swans travel to Goodison having gone 10 league games without a victory. Bob Bradley took up his position as manager in October and he has since lost three and drawn one from his four matches in charge so far.
PREVIOUS MEETINGEverton 1-2 Swansea City - 24 January 2016
Swansea's victory at the start of the year ended a run of 21 successive league games in which they were winless against Everton.
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s first-half penalty set the visitors on their way to a 2-1 win.
Gareth Barry’s flick, which went in off Jack Cork, brought Everton back level, however, Andre Ayew’s deflected strike shortly before half-time was enough to earn the visitors a rare success at Goodison Park.
ONE TO WATCH
Fernando LlorenteThe Spanish international striker has scored once for Swansea since his summer move from Sevilla.
The 31-year-old is best associated with Athletic Bilbao where he hit the net 118 times in a nine-season spell earlier in his career.
He has also scored goals for Juventus where he collected two Serie A titles in his two years with the Turin club.
Internationally, Llorente has played 24 times for Spain and was part of their squad that won the World Cup in 2010 and European Championships in 2008.
MAN IN THE MIDDLEMartin AtkinsonAtkinson will be making his second trip to Goodison Park this season after overseeing the opening day draw between Everton and Tottenham Hotspur.
He has taken charge of nine Premier League matches so far this season, in which he has booked 33 players and sent off one (Aaron Cresswell in West Ham’s home defeat to Crystal Palace in mid-October).
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