Why Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Vitalii Mykolenko are absent for Everton against Brentford

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is absent for Everton as they face Brentford in the Premier League.

Calvert-Lewin delivered a magnificent goalscoring performance in the 2-0 triumph over the Toffees in the Merseyside derby earlier this week. However, Sean Dyche revealed at his pre-Brentford press conference that Calvert-Lewin had been struggling with illness before the Liverpool win. He’s also been carrying a minor knee injury of late. Instead, Yousef Chermiti spearheads the attack as he’s handed a full Premier League debut since signing from Sporting CP last summer.

Everton manager Dyche said: "Unfortunately, he'd been ill previous to the last game - he'd done brilliantly to get through it and just couldn't recover in time. He's had a couple of knocks as well so he's been run-down, really, and we had to take a call on it, depending on his body. Unfortunately, he doesn't make this one."

Meanwhile, Vitalii Mykolenko is not in the Everton squad as expected. The left-back landed awkwardly on his ankle against Liverpool and was substituted at half-time. Dyche admitted Mykolenko was set for a scan but his issue was ‘not great’. Ashley Young comes into the starting line-up.