Carlo Ancelotti wants Everton to attack next season with more “quality, ambition, motivation and passion”, as the Italian prepares to oversee a Goodison Park “evolution”.

Everton complete their 2019/20 campaign against Bournemouth on Sunday aiming for successive victories following Monday’s win at Sheffield United – and a 12th straight unbeaten home Premier League game.

Ancelotti has claimed 30 points from 19 matches since being appointed in December and Everton will finish 11th or 12th, depending on the outcome of their encounter with Bournemouth and the fortunes of Southampton, currently 12th and level with the Blues on 49 points, at home to Sheffield United.

The manager's average 1.58 points-per-game haul equates to 60 points across an entire campaign and would currently put Everton seventh in the table.

Ancelotti wants a replica of the performance which defeated Sheffield United when Bournemouth come to Goodison this weekend – and a sustained improvement when 2020/21 gets under way on 12 September.

“There will be an evolution of the Club,” said Ancelotti.

“Everyone wants to go to the next step, that is to improve.

“We have to go up. There is no other way.

“But with an evolution of the team.

“With better quality, better ambition, better motivation and more passion.

“We decided to go to the end of the season [before forming concrete plans for next term], then we have time to prepare and think about the new season and the squad for next season.

“We [Ancelotti and Everton’s Board] are going to meet next week and make a plan for the future.

“On Sunday, it will be important to try to repeat the game we played at Sheffield United.

“We showed a good image and good attitude.

“We did well at home and want to finish the season well.”

Richarlison’s 13th Premier League goal this term earned Everton their fifth away victory of the season – and fourth under Ancelotti – at Sheffield United.

Ancelotti tweaked his team’s formation to free up Gylfi Sigurdsson for a role behind striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin and the Icelander responded with an influential display, which included the free-kick to create Richarlison’s winner.

Talking at his pre-match media briefing, Ancelotti wouldn’t be drawn on his long-term tactical plan, only hinting at the style of football he is aiming to introduce.

The 61-year-old was, however, forthcoming on Richarlison, who has matched his top-flight total from last term and scored 15 times in all competitions – one more than he managed in 2018/19 after joining from Watford.

“The period I was here he did really well, he is a top striker,” said Ancelotti.

“He is young and has to improve but he has all the qualities we need.

“He is one of our best players and we have a lot of confidence in him.

“The next step for him? He needs to have more control with the ball. Sometimes he loses the ball easily.

“He has to be strong, he has the body to cover the ball.

“His efficiency in the box is fantastic, he is really cold in the box and he has to be cold outside the box."

“The key point [in beating Sheffield United] was the spirit and attitude of the players," he added.

“When the attitude is there, we have the possibility to show our quality.

“This team in a lot of games showed good quality with and without the ball.

“But you can show that quality only if the spirit is good.

“The players understand it was wrong against Wolves [3-0 defeat] and tried to learn from that game."

On altering his side’s formation from a familiar 4-4-2 against Sheffield United, Ancelotti said: “The idea doesn’t change.

“When we have the ball, we want to play between the lines, through the lines.

“The position of Gylfi was helpful against Sheffield United.

“He is used to playing this position and gave us more opportunity [to play between lines and create].

“We can play with a number 10 but, when we play without a number 10, the idea is always the same: to play through the lines.”