Everton need to win against Fulham in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
It's a strange thing to say, almost. Clubs seek victory each time they enter the field, but after just one win across seven recent top-flight outings, David Moyes' side need to return to form at the Hill Dickinson and pause for the November international break on a high.
Everton manager David Moyes
Crucial in achieving this will be the availability of talisman Iliman Ndiaye, who was withdrawn after an hour against Sunderland on Monday evening with a suspected knock, limping off the field.
The latest on Iliman Ndiaye's fitness
In short, Ndiaye has been cleared to play. The Senegalese winger has been nothing short of brilliant this season, with his return of four goals and an assist across ten matches.
But that hardly paints the full picture. It was the goal that counted at the Stadium of Light, but the manner in which the 25-year-old skipped his way into the box, wrongfooted one man, two, and then struck so sweetly past Robin Roefs, who was not wrongfooted but frozen in place.
He's fast, furious and clever in his decision-making. So guileful. There has been concern that he will sit this one out, but Moyes revealed on Friday morning that the winger had trained as usual and is ready to play.
Given that Moyes has been so reluctant to start the 19-year-old Tyler Dibling this season, Ndiaye's availability is crucial, not least because Fulham are a resilient and well-structured outfit, and his maverick nature could unlock that backline.
Tyler Dibling for Everton-1
However, he's not the only one who has the skillset to shine. Pitted against Everton at the Hill Dickinson will be their former star Alex Iwobi, and Moyes has found the Toffees' new version this season.
Moyes must unleash Everton's new Iwobi
Iwobi was a trusty servant across his four years on Merseyside, and it was under Frank Lampard's wing that he was resfashioned from an electric winger into a robust central midfielder.
Alex Iwobi playing for Everton
Here the Nigerian's creativity has been allowed to flourish, hitting 15 goal involvements in the league last year. Everton have missed this kind of player, but in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Moyes might have signed the solution.
Dewsbury-Hall, 27, joined the club from Chelsea for a £28m fee this summer and he has impressed across his nine Premier League starts, scoring one goal, assisting one more, and creating four big chances. Sofascore record that he won 55% of his ground duels and completed 71% of his dribbles, too.
Everton's Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
This is a complete midfielder, and while he doesn't shirk from defensive responsibilities, Dewsbury-Hall's bread and butter is his passing, and this makes him the perfect solvent of Iwobi's talent, for he could overpower him in his number ten role.
The pair are considered statistically similar players in the Premier League this season by data-led platform FBref, and the £90k-per-week Dewsbury-Hall could now prove his worth by stepping up and leading the Toffees toward three points.
Premier League 25/26 - Dewsbury-Hall vs Iwobi
Stats (per 90)
Goals
Assists
Touches
Pass completion (%)
Progressive passes
Shot-creating actions
Through balls
Crosses
Progressive carries
Successful take-ons
Ball recoveries
Tackles + interceptions
Data via FBref
Playing balls in behind is Dewsbury-Hall's speciality. He has the athleticism to dribble the ball forward, but is designated as the Blues' conduit between midfield and attack, passing through the spaces and creating for his teammates.
Iwobi has probably enjoyed the better season so far, as the statistics will tell you above, but this is a chance for Everton's summer recruit to properly announce himself and become the "revelation" that former boss Brendan Rodgers said he was at Leicester City.
Fulham are a tough team, and they thrashed lowly Wolves last weekend after skidding to four successive defeats. One point and one place behind Moyes' side, they will be hungry to cause an upset.
If Dewsbury-Hall turns up, he could not only stand out and overshadow his opposite number in Iwobi but also take Everton back into the win column.