Here are your Everton FC evening headlines for Monday, November 7.
Yerry Mina decision
Yerry Mina is in contention for the starting line-up for Everton's Carabao Cup tie with Bournemouth.
The centre-back has been out of action since picking up an ankle injury during the opening weekend defeat against Chelsea, thanks in part to a fresh setback that hampered his recovery before last month's trip to Tottenham. But after returning to full training in recent weeks, the Colombian is back in contention and could start on Tuesday night.
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His return could be one of a host of changes made by Frank Lampard for the first of two trips to Bournemouth in five days, with the cup tie being seen as an opportunity to give chances to squad players and members of the Under-21s side before Saturday's crucial Premier League clash.
This weekend's league game in the final one before a six-week break as players head to the World Cup, and the Toffees could spend that period in the bottom three if they lose and results go against them - the more optimistic will instead see a chance to climb as high as 11th.
Carabao Cup decisions
Stanley Mills, Tom Cannon and Reece Welch could be part of the matchday squad for Everton's Carabao Cup tie with Bournemouth as Lampard looks to reward their progress.
The Everton boss will take the competition seriously but views tomorrow's clash as a chance to make changes amid this unprecedented season of fixture congestion. Final decisions will, however, be affected once the club learn of the extent of injuries suffered by Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Idrissa Gueye and Amadou Onana in and around the defeat to Leicester City.
Speaking ahead of the first of two trips to Bournemouth this week, Lampard explained: "My intention is to get some young lads on the bench for the game to have the feeling of being part of it, and to see if we can get them on the pitch, so I would like to think we will have two, three, four on the bench, but I can't guarantee that [until he knows the extent of availability within his squad]."
Asked whether he was following the development of Mills, who was part of the first-team squad's pre-season tour of the US and has nine goals for the U21s this season, he added: "For sure, Stanley is doing really well and scoring regularly, playing well and developing really well so it is nice to give players like that that are doing well the opportunity when they come around. [Tom] Cannon is another one who is doing well so there's two or three, we know them, Reece Welch is there as well so we will see how it works out."
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