Aiming for a fifth victory on the trot to advance to the last four of the EFL Cup, Everton welcome Fulham to their Goodison Park base for a quarter-final encounter on Tuesday evening.
The Toffees progressed to the final eight courtesy of a 3-0 beating of Burnley in the fourth round, while Marco Silva's charges ran out 3-1 winners over Championship high-flyers Ipswich Town.
Having already beaten Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Chelsea without conceding a single goal this month, many expected Dyche to mark his return to Turf Moor on Saturday by teaching his old side a footballing lesson, which is exactly what materialised in the evening kickoff.
Amadou Onana's towering header with 19 minutes gone set the Toffees on their way to victory, which ex-Clarets man Michael Keane rubber-stamped with a simple finish at the second bite of the cherry, and the defender did not tone down his celebrations as he boosted Everton's survival hopes at the expense of their lowly hosts.
Burnley boss Vincent Kompany had evidently not learned any lessons from November's 3-0 EFL Cup fourth-round defeat at the hands of Everton, who had previously eked out narrow away wins at Doncaster Rovers and Aston Villa to further their chances of a maiden triumph in the tournament.
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