Everton vs Newcastle United - prediction, team news, lineups

The sixth and last all-Premier League necktie successful the EFL Cup 4th circular takes spot astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium connected Thursday night, arsenic Everton play big to Newcastle United.

This contention is the archetypal of a quickfire double-header betwixt the 2 sides, who volition butt heads again successful the Premier League 4 days aboriginal astatine St James’ Park.

Match preview

After kick-starting the caller play with an eight-match unbeaten tally crossed each competitions, Everton person since suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats against Chelsea and Arsenal, losing some games by a 2-0 scoreline.

The Toffees were beaten by the reigning top-flight champions astatine the Emirates past weekend, David Moyes’s 400th decision crossed each competitions successful his managerial vocation with each clubs, and they person subsequently slipped into the bottom fractional of the table, 5 points down rivals Liverpool successful fourth.

Only the 3 teams wrong the Premier League relegation portion person scored less goals than Everton (eight) truthful acold this season, with the Toffees present seeking to debar going 3 matches without scoring for the archetypal clip since mid to late-December.

With Everton not expected to beryllium dragged into a relegation dogfight this season, Moyes volition anticipation that his Toffees broadside tin marque a heavy tally successful the home cupful competitions – their past trophy triumph dates backmost to the 1994-95 play erstwhile they lifted the FA Cup.

Moyes has been eliminated from 7 of his past 10 EFL Cup ties arsenic a manager against teams from the Premier League, but 2 of the 3 ties helium progressed from were successful the 4th circular successful 2021-22 against Manchester City and 2023-24 with Arsenal, some during his clip arsenic West Ham boss.

Everton person navigated their mode past Championship duo Preston (4-0 away) and Wolves (1-0 astatine home) to scope the EFL Cup 4th circular this term, and they are present bidding to beforehand to the quarter-finals for conscionable the 2nd clip successful the past six years.

The unit was opening to equine connected caller Newcastle brag Mattias Jaissle pursuing a tally of 3 defeats successful 4 matches, but his squad responded with a morale-boosting 2-0 triumph astatine Crystal Palace successful the Premier League connected Sunday.

Jaissle’s determination to adhd “more acquisition and enactment skills” to his broadside paid off, and triumph for the Magpies has seen them emergence to eighth successful the Premier League table, conscionable 2 points down the apical 5 and crucially 5 points wide of the bottommost three.

Attention present turns to the EFL Cup arsenic Newcastle bid to triumph the contention for the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons; similar Everton, they person already beaten 2 Championship sides this term, with a 3-2 location occurrence implicit West Bromwich Albion followed by a constrictive 1-0 distant triumph against Millwall successful circular 3 past month.

Since the 2022-23 campaign, nary squad has won much EFL Cup ties than Newcastle (18), a testament to their modern cupful pedigree considering their erstwhile 18 victories successful the contention were dispersed retired implicit a 14-season play betwixt 2008-09 and 2021-22.

Although the Magpies person won conscionable 1 of their past six meetings with Everton (D2 L3), they person prevailed successful each of their past 7 EFL Cup fourth-round ties – past falling astatine this signifier successful 2013-14 against Man City – and are looking to scope the quarter-finals for a 5th play successful a row.

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Team News

Everton are acceptable to beryllium without defender Jarrad Branthwaite, who missed the decision astatine Arsenal though concussion, portion Jack Grealish is simply a uncertainty arsenic helium was besides absent past clip retired owed to illness.

Baring successful caput that Moyes is dealing with a tiny squad, the Scotsman is not expected to marque widescale changes, but this midweek cupful necktie connection the accidental to manus immoderate fringe players the accidental to impressment successful the archetypal team.

Michael Keane and Ainsley Maitland-Niles could some beryllium recalled successful defence, Hayden Hackney, Christian Norgaard and Carlos Alcaraz are each contenders to commencement successful midfield, portion Tyler Dibling – who produced a man-of-the-match show successful circular 3 – could gain a commencement successful attack.

As for Newcastle, Jaissle has confirmed that Matias Fernandez-Pardo (illness) and Lewis Miley (knock) are some doubtful, portion Tino Livramento (knee), Ewen Jaouen (thigh) stay retired with injuries.

Jaissle volition instrumentality with the “same approach” and sanction a comparatively beardown lineup having done truthful successful the erstwhile 2 rounds, with Harvey Barnes and William Osula – 2 goalscorers from the play – successful contention to clasp their starting spots successful attack.

However, the likes of Yoane Wissa, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey – the second 2 precocious recovered from wounded – are each hoping to unit their mode backmost into the archetypal XI.

Everton imaginable starting lineup:

Pickford; Maitland-Niles, O'Brien, Keane, Mykolenko; Hackney, Armstrong; Dibling, Alcaraz, George; Barry

Newcastle United imaginable starting lineup:

Hornicek; Dedic, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Gonzalez, Ramsey; Elanga, Wissa, Barnes; Osula

We say: Everton 1-2 Newcastle United

A closely-contested conflict could beryllium successful store connected Merseyside, but Everton's goal-shy signifier could payment a objective Newcastle broadside who person recovered the nett successful 10 of their 11 fixtures crossed each competitions this season.

The Magpies comfortably won 4-1 distant against the Toffees successful their astir caller Premier League sojourn past November, and we are backing the Magpies to narrowly borderline done to the quarter-finals this week.

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