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It is now just one goal in his previous eight Premier League appearances for Everton attacker Richarlison, and he is surely skating on very thin ice when it comes to keeping his spot in the starting XI following his display against Watford on Saturday.

The Toffees may have come away from the clash at Goodison Park with three points, their first win of the season and a second successive clean sheet, but their £35m buy from the Hornets in 2018 struggled on Merseyside.

The Brazil international ended his debut campaign with the Blues with 13 goals in 35 top flight outings according to Transfermarkt, although nine of those came prior to 2019 as his form dropped off in the second half of the season.

The good thing for Richarlison last term was that he generally had little genuine competition for his place, and the winger was even able to fill in as a striker such was the lack of quality Marco Silva had available to him in that position.

Of course, the Portuguese manager knows the 22-year-old well having worked with him at Vicarage Road previously, but even he must have been concerned by his latest outing at the weekend.

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While fellow wide man Bernard was the star of the show as he scored the decisive goal in a 1-0 win, Richarlison was subdued on the opposite flank and was replaced by Theo Walcott in the 62nd minute.

The early signs this term are that the South American attacker isn't that effective on the right, but if Bernard is shining on the left then Silva has no reason to change things up.

The big-money buy's zero shots on target from three shots, as per WhoScored, followed on from exactly the same record against Crystal Palace on the opening day, which is hardly what you want from one of your front three.

He also failed to make a key pass with an accuracy of just 35.7% in total, while he lost the ball on four occasions.

In 2018/19 Richarlison could have been given an opportunity as a centre-forward, but with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Moise Kean – who impressed supporters on Twitter following his cameo on Saturday – that looks unlikely as well.

With Alex Iwobi arriving to provide further depth in attack, Silva may well have a tough decision to make when Everton travel to Aston Villa on Friday.

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