EPL 2016-17: 5 key players ruled out of Matchday 7

#4 Leighton Baines

Baines has been a starter at Everton for over nine seasons

Everton made an impressive start to the Premier League picking up 13 points in the first five fixtures. However, the Toffees have tasted defeat in their last two fixtures, one in the EFL Cup and the other in the league. A key player who missed out on both these fixtures is Leighton Baines.

Baines failed to make an appearance in the EFL Cup fixture against Norwich City and in the league fixture against Bournemouth owing to a hamstring problem. However, he hoped that he could return for the fixture against Alan Pardew’s side. Failing to recover in time, Everton manager Ronald Koeman will face an uphill task of returning to winning ways without the services of the veteran left-back.