LUCKLESS BURNLEY?

It's been a familiar lament of Sean Dyche's away from home this season. His side just haven't had that stroke of luck, or roll of the ball, or fortunate decision, to help them get over the line away from home.

Luck is a strange concept in football. It can sometimes be used as a handy excuse, or what is put down to bad luck is actually nothing of the sort. But on the evidence of this season you'd be hard pressed to say the Clarets haven't been a tad unfortunate on the road this season.

You could pinpoint Joey Barton's loose pass in the build up to the second as Burnley bringing on their own bad luck, but the double deflection that followed from Ross Barkley's shot was cruel. It was the goal that changed the game.

They say fortune favours the brave, and that was probably the bravest Burnley have been away from home this season. Perhaps their reward will come at Crystal Palace or Bournemouth.

STRIKING OPTIONS

Until the win over Stoke recently Ashley Barnes and Andre Gray had been Sean Dyche's strikeforce of choice for 13 of the last 14 Premier League games, with that run only interrupted by Barnes suspension at Swansea.

But the last three games have brought three different combinations in attack with all three of Burnley's senior strikers rotating as Dyche searched for the combination that would get the Clarets firing again, with just one goal scored in the previous four games before the trip to Goodison.

Incredibly this was the first time Barnes and Vokes had started together for Burnley since the game at Everton in the last Premier League season, almost two years to the day ago.

The selection brought some raised eyebrows on social media but it was a plan that worked, with the duo unsettling Phil Jagielka and Ashley Williams and Burnley created enough chances to have scored more than just the once.

MIDFIELD BATTLE

Looking at Everton's teamsheet it was pretty clear they are always likely to be strong in the centre of the pitch. It's a team without any really natural wide men, with Kevin Mirallas maybe the only midfielder or attacker used to operating on the flanks, and while Ross Barkley nominally lines up on the right he is more often found inside.

With the Clarets lining up in their usual 4-4-2 that may have sparked fears that Burnley would be seriously overrun in the midfield, but this side are nothing if not tactically aware.

Dyche has always insisted that 4-4-2 can offer variations and it did on Saturday, with the winger, especially George Boyd, coming inside to try and cope with Everton's numbers.

It also relied on the two of Joey Barton and Jeff Hendrick working their socks off, and they did just that, with Barton particularly influential against the club he supports.