Everton v Fulham: Premier League – live

Not long now: The players make their way out on to the pitch and with this being Everton’s final home game ahead of Remembrance Sunday, team captains Bernd Leno and James Tarkowski will lay poppy wreaths in the centre-circle ahead of the usual pre-match formalities.

The Premier League table: Today’s results, not least Brentford’s whiteknuckle win against Ipswich Town, means that Fulham go into this match in 12th place, while Everton remain in 16th.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin: With his contract due to expire at the end of the season, the Everton striker is showing no great inclination to sign a new one and looks set to leave the club on a free transfer at the end of the season unless the club decide to sell him in January to recoup some money.

However, Sean Dyche has ruled out the possibility, saying survival in the Premiership is worth more than any funds that might be generated by the sale of the striker.

“The bigger prize in this case is Premier League football for Everton Football Club,” said the manager. “You know when I came in it was like you need to safeguard what we’re doing, so that’s the No 1 priority. Along that journey and timeline we’ve had to obviously bring money in. That’s been quite apparent and spend less and bring more in, lower the wages of course.

“But to be giving players away at any cost because you need some money, fortunately we’ve never been pushed that far and that’s still the same now. We can still make decisions on situations and I can’t see anything other than him being here certainly until the end of his contract and then hopefully beyond. We’ll see.”

Marco Silva: Having spent a little over 18 months in charge of Everton from June 2018 and taken to them to an eighth place finish in the Premier League, Marco Silva is likely to get a warm welcome on what is likely to be his final visit to Goodison Park this afternoon ahead of the club’s move to their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

The Fulham manager remembered his time at Goodison Park fondly when the subject was raised at his press conference yesterday. “It was an honour to manage a club like Everton,” he said. “I’m not the first or last, for sure, to say that because when you are there, you can feel how it’s a big club, how they have a massive fan base.

“It’s a historic [stadium], an old school one as well and there’s something special around the place. You can feel it. As a home manager, you can feel it more because it’s week-in, week-out. Even when you go there playing away you can feel it as well. It’s a special place to play.”

Today’s match officials

• Referee: John Brooks.

• Assistants: Simon Bennett and Darren Cann.

• Fourth official: Leigh Doughty.

• VAR: Stuart Attwell.

• Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis.

Those teams: Jarrod Brantwaithe returns from a thigh injury to take his place on the bench for Everton, who are unchanged from the side that beat Ipswich last weekend.

Marco Silva makes one change to the side that lost against Villa and it’s enforced: Issa Diop comes in for Joachim Anderson, who is suspended.

Everton v Fulham line-ups

Early team news

Fulham central defender Joachim Anderson sits this one out on the Naughty Step after being sent off against Aston Villa last time out, while defensive midfielder Sasa Lukic and right-back Timothy Castagne both remain sidelined. Carlos Vniicius and Jorge Cuenca are both due to be assessed ahead of kick-off but neither player is likely to start.

Everton are without James Garner, who is suffering from a back injury, while Armando Broja, Tim Iroegbunam and Youssef Chermiti remain sidelined. Central defender Jarrad Brantwaithe and midfielder Jesper Lindstrom will both be included in today’s matchday squad after recovering from injury and illness respectively.

Premier League: Everton v Fulham