Sean Dyche has reiterated the focus of his Everton side remains on “the job in hand” - to keep improving and to keep winning football matches.

The Blues welcome Crystal Palace to Goodison Park on Wednesday evening (7.45pm GMT) for an FA Cup third round replay, with the game arriving just two days after the Premier League - for a second time this season - confirmed its decision to refer Everton to an independent commission for a breach of its Profit & Sustainability rules.

A goalless draw at Selhurst Park less than two weeks ago sent the Cup tie to a replay, but much of the questioning during the game's pre-match press conference on Tuesday centred around the news regarding the Premier League’s statement on Monday.

Reflecting on nearing a year in his role as Everton manager, Dyche was clear in his message, urging his players to concentrate their efforts and attention on the unaltered goal of winning each game, having already had to deal with a 10-point points deduction this season, which the Club has appealed.

“The job in hand is still to win football matches,” he said, speaking during Tuesday’s pre-match press conference at Finch Farm. “It doesn’t solve everything, but it doesn’t half help when you get that right. I think I have never lost sight of that. Even on smaller points than the ones we are talking about, when people talk about brands of football, I have only ever said that I want to win - I want to play effective football that can win.

“My insistence is on myself, the staff and the players to stay focused on the job in hand, which hasn’t changed at all. Can we improve? Can we get better? Can we get stronger? Can we develop the players further? I think there are signs of all of that.

“We stay focused. I think we’ve done a good job of doing that and the players deserve a lot of credit so far because they have stayed focused. I think the on-pitch situation has remained strong. I think the performances have remained strong. [We had] a really great run of performances that got wins, and a good run of performances that didn’t, but that’s sometimes the Premier League.

“We’ve continued that process under some testing, challenging times, but they are still there. So, therefore, kind of weirdly, it’s becoming a norm, which is not a norm I was hoping for, but these are the circumstances. The players have to get on with it and so have I.”

Heading into Wednesday’s encounter, the Toffees hold an impressive recent run against the visiting Eagles, with the Blues unbeaten in their past eight home games against Crystal Palace in all competitions (winning five, drawing three).

The Cup tie could provide Everton with an opportunity to find their form following a difficult schedule in which, during their past five matches they have faced three of the Premier League’s current top five teams.

Dyche, outlining the mindset ahead of the midweek match, reflected on a strong showing in the reverse fixture - a goalless draw in south London at the start of the month.

“We’ve made it clear that every game is important, he said. “I think we went down with the right attitude and manner to go and win down at Palace.

“We didn’t get the win, but we’ve brought it back here, so that’s the mindset: whatever team goes out there is 100 per cent clear minded that we want to win the game.”

Tuesday’s press conference opened with the Everton manager being asked for his reaction to the Premier League’s statement on Monday.

Dyche said: “I’ve been here approaching a year, and in my timeline, and certainly by the recent stats and facts, I think we’re in the bottom three or four for net spend over the last three or four seasons. There’s a start point for the Club motioning to do things correctly.

“Since I’ve been here, we’ve let players go out of contract, who, some we would’ve kept, but we couldn’t do that. We’ve been working hard to lower everything here. We sold three young players in the timelines we were given to make sure the money was in. We wouldn’t normally have sold those young players - quite obviously.

“The new stadium speaks for itself; the effect that will have on the city as much as anything, and the Evertonians. The old stadium being developed for good causes, and alongside that, trying to still put a team out there than can be competitive, of course, and all the things that go with that; still trying to work within the numbers, signing players who we don’t even do deals on until years’ time, and trying to find ways to still be competitive as we could do.

“And then, you end up with an on-pitch sanction. We’re trying to do everything we can to solve all these conundrums.

“It’s an on-pitch sanction, but we’ve actually been cutting the idea of being on-pitch powerful by trying to do the right things.

“There’s no on-pitch advantage there, and yet we get an on-pitch sanction. So, that is a tough one, without a shadow of a doubt.”