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By Matthew HowarthBBC Sport
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since SeptemberDominic Calvert-Lewin capitalised on an Arijanet Muric error to score his second goal in as many games and help Everton to a priceless win over fellow strugglers Burnley, whose own survival hopes were dealt a major blow at Goodison Park.
The bizarre goal earned the Toffees their first top-flight win in 14 attempts - since a 2-0 victory over Burnley at Turf Moor on 16 December.
Calvert-Lewin, who ended a run of 23 games without a goal in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Newcastle, opened the scoring at the end of a poor first half, when Muric's attempted clearance struck the Toffees frontman before looping over the Burnley goalkeeper and into the unguarded net.
The striker could have doubled the hosts' advantage early in the second half but shot straight at Muric after getting the better of Dara O'Shea inside the penalty area.
Burnley's hopes of forging a route back into the game took a turn for the worse when O'Shea lost possession near the halfway line before committing a professional foul on Dwight McNeil, earning a the defender a straight red card.
Josh Brownhill's curling effort flew narrowly wide of the far post in a nervy end to the contest, but Everton held on to claim three crucial points in their battle for survival.
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Everton
Squad number1Player namePickford
Squad number23Player nameColeman
Squad number6Player nameTarkowski
Squad number32Player nameBranthwaite
Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number37Player nameGarner
Squad number21Player nameAndré Gomes
Squad number7Player nameMcNeil
Squad number16Player nameDoucouré
Squad number9Player nameCalvert-Lewin
Squad number11Player nameHarrison
Squad number14Player nameBeto
Burnley
Squad number49Player nameMuric
Squad number20Player nameAssignon
Squad number2Player nameO'Shea
Squad number33Player nameEsteve
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number17Player nameFoster
Squad number24Player nameCullen
Squad number16Player nameBerge
Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen
Squad number47Player nameOdobert
Squad number23Player nameFofana
Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson
Squad number8Player nameBrownhill
Squad number9Player nameRodríguez
Squad number22Player nameVitinho
Squad number25Player nameAmdouni
Line-ups
Everton
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Pickford
- 23Coleman
- 6TarkowskiBooked at 34mins
- 32Branthwaite
- 19Mykolenko
- 18YoungSubstituted forHarrisonat 83'minutes
- 37Garner
- 21André GomesBooked at 45mins
- 7McNeil
- 16Doucouré
- 9Calvert-LewinSubstituted forGomes Betuncalat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Patterson
- 5Keane
- 11Harrison
- 12Neves Virgínia
- 14Gomes Betuncal
- 22Godfrey
- 28Ramalho Chermiti
- 31Lonergan
- 51Warrington
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 49Muric
- 20AssignonSubstituted forRodríguezat 84'minutes
- 2O'SheaBooked at 67mins
- 33Esteve
- 3TaylorSubstituted forAmdouniat 84'minutes
- 17Foster
- 24Cullen
- 16BergeBooked at 90mins
- 34Bruun LarsenSubstituted forBrownhillat 69'minutes
- 47OdobertSubstituted forGudmundssonat 84'minutes
- 23FofanaSubstituted forda Silvaat 61'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 7Gudmundsson
- 8Brownhill
- 9Rodríguez
- 10Manuel
- 22da Silva
- 25Amdouni
- 29Vigouroux
- 44Delcroix
Referee:Michael Oliver
Attendance:39,125
Live Text
Match ends, Everton 1, Burnley 0.
Second Half ends, Everton 1, Burnley 0.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Séamus Coleman.
Vitinho (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Dwight McNeil (Everton).
Attempt blocked. Jack Harrison (Everton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Garner.
Corner, Everton. Conceded by Maxime Esteve.
Hand ball by Jay Rodríguez (Burnley).
Offside, Everton. Beto is caught offside.
Sander Berge (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sander Berge (Burnley).
Beto (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Everton. Beto is caught offside.
Maxime Esteve (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Burnley. Jóhann Gudmundsson replaces Wilson Odobert.
Substitution, Burnley. Zeki Amdouni replaces Charlie Taylor.
Substitution, Burnley. Jay Rodríguez replaces Lorenz Assignon.
Substitution, Everton. Beto replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Substitution, Everton. Jack Harrison replaces Ashley Young.
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