Everton analysis - Alex Iwobi dilemma for Frank Lampard as Dominic Calvert-Lewin closes in on real return

The overriding question which surrounded team news before Wednesday evening's game seemed to centre around the system that Everton would potentially line up with. Would they stick with what had been working in recent matches, or switch it up for a different opponent?

Supporters seemed rather split on the matter. After all, Frank Lampard had struck on something which clearly worked against Leicester City last time out - would you want to potentially disrupt their flow by switching things around?

Of course the opposite side of the argument was that, especially with the selection problems faced by the hosts, Everton should have attacked the match a little more. You could maybe keep the same personnel as the previous game, barring the necessary change of Michael Keane coming in for the injured Yerry Mina of course.

Lampard eventually opted for the latter, and throughout the first knocking of the opening 45 minutes the narrative that would take over the rest of the match were set in place. Everton were handed more possession than they had been granted in their previous two matches, and they struggled to knit things together in the final third with the system they had.

Whenever Fabian Delph and Abdoulaye Doucoure were picking up the ball in midfield, options were often pretty limited in terms of movement in front of them. When the Blues' dangerous players did pick up possession and drove at the Watford defence, they didn't have the quality to cause them much problems.

Half time brought with it a conundrum. Everton weren't likely to concede in the formation they had set up in, but they had a diminished chance to score as well. Of course, you can never rule out individual errors at the back either, so there's that to factor into