Burnley only winless team in top four divisions
First win at Turf Moor in 44 years for Everton
Everton's first successive league wins since April
Only Villa have scored fewer than Burnley
Samuel Eto'o scored twice as Everton climbed into the top half of the Premier League to leave joint-bottom Burnley still without a league win.
Eto'o's powerful early header was cancelled out by Danny Ings when he capitalised on a Romelu Lukaku mistake to convert Lukas Jutkiewicz's pass.
Yet Lukaku soon made amends when his scuffed shot found the left corner.
Eto'o then made the points certain with a superbly curled shot before being denied a hat-trick by the post.
It was the ideal end to an encouraging week for Toffees manager Roberto Martinez as his team finally begin to build some momentum following last weekend's 3-0 victory over Aston Villa and a battling 0-0 Europa League draw in Lille.
The Clarets' problems continue to mount, meanwhile, and they will go bottom on Monday if QPR avoid defeat by Aston Villa.
While Sean Dyche's team could not be faulted for industry, they struggled to break down a Toffees side who never had to find top gear.
The visitors showed no signs of being affected by their busy schedule, beginning purposefully at Turf Moor, with a sweeping move that culminated in a cross from the overlapping Leighton Baines being emphatically headed home by Cameroonian veteran Eto'o.
But the Clarets showed their fighting spirit by responding within 14 minutes as Jutkiewicz cut out a sloppy Lukaku pass back towards his defence before threading the ball to Ings, who rounded goalkeeper Tim Howard and slotted in.
Lukaku soon atoned, however, when he finished off another flowing Toffees move which saw them string together 24 passes.
The Belgium international controlled Steven Naismith's pass before rolling Jason Shackell and beating Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton with a scuffed shot after his first attempt was blocked.
Naismith then almost doubled the visitors' advantage before the interval with a looping header against the crossbar from Leon Osman's cross.
But the visitors made the points certain when substitute Steven Pienaar fed Eto'o, who bent a brilliant shot inside the right post from 22 yards.
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