Premier League match previews, team news, stats, kick-off time and how to follow

Team news, stats and how to follow the Premier League this midweek as Newcastle visit Everton.

Everton vs Newcastle - Thursday, kick-off 7.45pm

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Team News:

Everton boss Frank Lampard must wait to see if Dominic Calvert-Lewin will be fit to face Newcastle on Thursday night.

The striker had returned from injury earlier this month only to miss Sunday's defeat to Wolves through illness, and will be assessed after resuming training on Tuesday.

Jonjoe Kenny is suspended after his red card at the weekend, while Yerry Mina and Fabian Delph remain out.

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Joe Willock could return to the Newcastle squad for the trip to Goodison Park after missing Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Chelsea through illness.

Head coach Eddie Howe will make late decisions on fellow midfielders Jonjo Shelvey, who also sat out at Stamford Bridge because of illness, and Joelinton, who had missed the last two games with a groin injury.

Central defender Federico Fernandez was due to return to training on Wednesday after a side strain, while striker Callum Wilson is stepping up his recovery from a calf problem, but full-backs Kieran Trippier (fractured metatarsal) and Jamal Lewis (groin) and midfielder Isaac Hayden (knee) are still out.

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• Everton are winless in their last three home league games against Newcastle (D2 L1), losing this exact fixture 2-0 last season. They've not lost consecutive league games at Goodison Park against them since a run of three between 1958 and 1960.
• Newcastle have won each of their last three league games against Everton, last winning four in a row against them between 1989 and 1995.
• In Premier League games played on Thursdays, Everton have a win rate of 18% (2/11), average 1 point-per-game and an average of 0.7 goals-per-game, all their lowest ratios on a specific day of the week in the competition. However, the Toffees are unbeaten in their last six Thursday league games (W2 D4).
• Everton have lost their last four Premier League games, conceding nine goals while scoring none in return. The Toffees last lost more consecutively between August and October 2005 - a run of six in which they also failed to score a single goal.
• Everton have lost 16 of their 26 Premier League games this season, with the Toffees last losing more in a single campaign in 2003-04 (17). Meanwhile, their loss rate of 62% is their highest in any league campaign in their history.

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