Everton booked their place in the final eight of the Carabao Cup with a commanding 3-0 win over Burnley at Goodison Park on Wednesday night. 

The Toffees welcomed their Lancashire opponents just three days on from the impressive 1-0 Premier League victory away at West Ham United, and they were quick to pick up from where they left off in that game as James Tarkowski rose highest to power a header homer inside the opening 13 minutes. 

Everton looked lively throughout the opening 45 minutes but had to wait until the second half to double their advantage, with Tarwkoski again heavily involved as his knockdown from a corner fell into the path of Onana who reacted quickest to poke the ball into the Burnley net.

The Blues rarely looked threatened by their visitors, who managed just one shot on target throughout the contest, and they capped their fine performance with a third goal in the dying moments of the match as Ashley Young tapped home substitute Beto's fine low cross. 

Dyche made two changes for the fixture with Arnuat Danjuma and Ashley Young coming in for Abdoulaye Doucoure and Nathan Patterson. 

Dominic Calvert-Lewin once again led the Blues' attack, with Danjuma starting just behind him and flanked by Dwight McNeil and Jack Harrison. Jordan Pickford reached the milestones of 250 Everton appearances, while the defence ahead of him was made up of Young, captain James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitalli Mykolenko. James Garner and Amadou Onana completed the midfield.

The latter was instrumental in Everton's first sight of goal just seven minutes in. He turned superbly halfway inside the Burnley half before being pulled down for a free-kick. He met the resulting cross and directed his header towards Calvert-Lewin but Everton's No.9 couldn't get the accuracy or power required. 

Onana was involved again minutes later when he lashed a vicious effort from the edge of the box towards Muric's goal, but the low strike was too straight and landed in the grateful arms of the Burnley shot-stopper. 

Everton got their breakthrough soon after, though, when two former Burnley stars linked up to put the Blues ahead against their former side. From the left, McNeil whipped in a pinpoint cross which was met by a powerful Tarkowski header that left Muric rooted in the centre of his goal as the ball flew into the back of the net. 

After being instrumental in the first goal, McNeil was so close to adding a second as the game approached the 20th minute. He received the ball after some fine link-up play between Calvert-Lewin and Danjuma inside the final third, however, his curled effort from just inside the penalty area whisked over the bar. 

Despite a dominant start from the hosts, the away side managed to grab a brief foothold in the game and the Blues' needed a fine block by Branthwaite to avert what could have handed Burnely a huge chance for an equaliser. Mike Tresor charged down the right channel but was tracked the whole way by the Everton defender who then blocked his attempted cross into the danger area. 

Onana, who'd been a bright spark throughout the opening exchanges, was next to go closest for the Blues. Muric spilt a cross straight into the path of the midfielder inside the box. He was unable to control his resulting effort and lashed the ball high over the bar. 

Vincent Kompany's side grew more into the game as the half progressed, but failed to turn any possession into meaningful efforts on the Everton goal as the game reached the midway point. 

Everton started the second half with the same intensity in which they began the first, and they didn't have to wait long to get their reward. First Calvert-Lewin had a low shot that deflected behind for a corner, and again McNeil's fine cross from the set piece found Tarkowkski deep inside the penalty area.

He headed the ball into a crowded six-yard box where Onana was the first to react and poke it home. 

A great piece of play between Danjuma and Calvert-Lewin nearly put the result to bed, with the Netherlands international finding the Blues' No.9 with an exquisite ball in behind the defence. The winger sprinted to join the attack and nearly got on the end of Calvter-Lewin's return pass but Burnley's O'Shea was there in the nick of time to clear it away for a throw-in.

That was virtually the last of the action for the duo as they were replaced with a little less than 25 minutes remaining by Doucoure and Beto. 

Everton's No.14 looked lively from the bench and was proving a real handful for the away side's defence. His first chance came with 12 minutes remaining when he drove at Burnley's defence before unleashing a vicious right-footed shot from 25 yards that flew over the bar. 

Goalscorer Onana and winger Harrison made way soon after for Idrissa Gana Gueye and Nathan Patterson. 

Despite the two-goal advantage, in the dying moments of the match, it was Everton who remained to more offensive of the two sides. Doucoure laid the ball off for Patterson who delivered an inviting cross that just evaded Beto, then Young charged on to a pass from Gana but his shot from the edge of the penalty area was pushed behind by Muric for a corner.

Young got his goal, though, as the game tipped into stoppage time.

He profited from some fantastic work down the left from Beto who outmuscled Burnely defender Al-Dakhi before driving with the ball and fizzing it across the goalmouth where Young knocked it home from close range, sealing a fine night's work from Dyche's men. 

Five Wins from Seven

Wins were at a premium for the Toffees at the beginning of the season, but Dyche's message never changed. He repeated the performances were on the right track and only small details in both boxes were holding his men back. Those comments look more and more justified after the victory over Burnley made it five wins from seven matches. 

Victories With Clean Sheets

A key component behind Sunday's 1-0 victory at West Ham was a resolute defensive display. That was on show again on Wednesday night as the Blues shut out their visitors to secure successive wins with clean sheets for the first time since March 2021. 

Brilliant Beto

Everton's summer arrival joined the game midway through the second half and proved a real handful for the Burnley backline.

After a few close efforts of his own, he turned provider late in the game for Young with a great piece of forward play and should be more than satisfied with his late cameo.