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Phil Kirkbride & Joe Rimmer & Connor Dunn

How Everton should line up vs Arsenal - Does Marco Silva now know his best XI?

'Everton need their characters'

Connor Dunn: This is a big game for Everton.

The Blues are coming off the back of successive 2-0 wins which included a fantastic performance against West Ham and the great scalp of Chelsea.

Marco Silva will undoubtedly want to carry on this excellent form as the Premier League campaign draws to a close and the Toffees make a late bid for a European spot.

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With that in mind the manager needs characters and his team to show the same commitment as they have done in their last two games.

And with such positive showings the line up for me remains unchanged from the game against the Hammers.

My team (4-3-3): Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin

'Silva shouldn't think too hard about his selection'

Phil Kirkbride: There is no reason to change anything about the team that started, and starred, at West Ham last weekend.

Silva won't tinker with the winning formula with only late injuries, potentially, forcing him into changes.

The Everton manager hasn't always been afforded the luxury of knowing his best XI this season but this is one occasion when he shouldn't have to think too hard about his selection.

My team (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne. Gueye, Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin

'The attacking players have now found form'

Bernard celebrates after scoring for Everton against West Ham. ((Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images))

Joe Rimmer: It feels like it has taken him all season, but Marco Silva might finally have stumbled upon a settled line up.

The defence now picks itself, and Everton's attacking players now seem to have all found form at the same time.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin has made the striker's role his own and Bernard getting his first goal should give him confidence going forward.

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Arsenal present a tough test of this side's credentials, though.

My team (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne. Gueye, Gomes, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin

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