EPL: Burnley end winless run against Everton

Burnley came from behind to beat Everton 2-1 at Turf Moor, ending their 12-match winless streak across all competitions in the process.
Cenk Tosun scored his first goal for the Toffees to send them into half time with a slender lead, but Burnley deservedly turned the game around in the second half courtesy of goals from Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood.
A miserable afternoon was compounded for the out-of-form visitors when Ashley Williams capped off a poor personal performance with a red card in the closing stages as Everton were left with only one win from their last 23 Premier League away games.
The result sees Burnley reach the 40-point mark in the Premier League table courtesy of their first win since mid-December, whereas Everton remain in ninth and have now lost their last six away games across all competitions.
Everton boss Sam Allardyce dropped Wayne Rooney to the bench and handed rare starts to Tosun and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, but it was Burnley who made the brighter start to the match and drew the first save from Jordan Pickford within five minutes when Johann Berg Gudmundsson’s shot deflected off Seamus Coleman on the way through.
The first big chance of the match fell the way of the visitors, though, when some dazzling footwork from Gylfi Sigurdsson saw him reach the byline and pull the ball back for Theo Walcott, who could only lift his finish well over the crossbar when he should have scored.
Burnley, meanwhile, end what was the longest ongoing winless run in the Premier League to celebrate Dyche’s 250th match in charge of the club, while it is also the first time in 54 previous attempts that they have won a Premier League game under Dyche after conceding the first goal.
Burnley have now completed the league double over Everton for the first time since 1959-60, with today’s victory effectively confirming their place in the Premier League next season.