Frank Lampard held his second pre-match press conference as Everton manager on Monday.
The former Chelsea man was speaking ahead of Everton’s clash with Newcastle United, which takes place on Tuesday.
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Lampard discussed a number of topics in the presser, including team news.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin missed out for Everton in their last clash, whilst Ben Godfrey picked up a knock.
It has since been revealed by Everton that Godfrey is now out until March with a hamstring issue:
? | Ben Godfrey is expected to be out until March after sustaining a hamstring tear during Saturday’s FA Cup victory over Brentford.
Speedy recovery, @BenG0dfrey! ?
— Everton (@Everton) February 7, 2022
And when speaking on Monday, Lampard confirmed that Calvert-Lewin is back training whilst Abdoulaye Doucoure is 3-4 weeks away:
FL: DCL in the squad, has been training the last few days. Godfrey 4-5 weeks away (hamstring). Doucoure 3/4 weeks away.
— Christopher Beesley (@CBeesleyEcho) February 7, 2022
Newcastle vs Everton
Everton head into the Newcastle clash in desperate need of three points.
Lampard may have gotten off to a solid start with the Toffees in the FA Cup this past weekend, but their league form is obviously the biggest concern right now.
Everton are sat 16th in the English top-flight at the time of writing and have won just one of their last 14 league matches.
As a result, Everton have slipped to within four points of the relegation zone – though they do have a game in hand on 18th place.
Regardless, it is not a great position to be in for a club that no doubt have hopes of securing some form of European football in the near future.
Newcastle, meanwhile, are 19th in the PL with two wins to their name from 21 attempts, but a win on Tuesday could still see them move out of the bottom three for the time being.
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