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45’ – Poor giveaway from Rohl and Barnes has a shooting chance but muffs it with just Pickford to beat, Garner got a block! Whew!
KDH goes right up the other way and is fouled, but Barry plays the advantage and lofts a ball into the box.. and Hackney comes screaming in with a flying volley to slam home in front of the steep South Stand and Everton lead 2-0!!
43’ – Newcastle have Everton pinned back in their own half. Now the Mags run at the Blues and both Osula and Barnes fling themselves to the ground
in the box looking for a penalty, and rookie ref Farai Hallam stays strong and waves away the Toon protests.
39’ – Now Tarky blocks a shot from outside the box, falls to Barnes but he drags his fierce shot wide of the near post, phew.
Tarky gets away with one there, as it looked like he’d gotten the ball out for a corner right by the flag, but with the assistant ref on the other side of the pitch, he played on after looking up at the referee who didn’t blow either way.
37’ – Everton throw deep down the right. JOB flings it in, but Hall goes down for a shove by Barry and a foul is called. That was weak.
Newcastle try to play out the back, and Hackney close to stealing it off Ramsey but the Newcastle player goes down way easily and the ref bails them out again.
34’ – The Newcastle right back makes a hash of a long ball from Pickford, George harasses him, Hackney sees Garner running into space and lays it off for him.. and Garner with a sliding shot into the far corner and Everton lead!!
29’ – Danger! Dibling giveaway, Osula into space on the left and just as he’s about uncork a shot Tarkowski slides in with a perfectly-timed challenge to end him and the threat. Proper centerhalf tackle that, Osula won’t be sending him a Christmas card for sure.
Now Rohl can charge down the right in acres of space, and.. poor cross cut away. Ball comes to Dibling and he has a chance to cross.. and his pass for Rohl is awful and cleared. Two giveaways for Dibling in quick succession.
26’ – Now Hackney gets into the box again, Barry finds Dibling and the winger tries a shot in a the near post but it’s not well-hit.
25’ – Better from the Blues as a George shot is blocked, Hackney tries to snatch at the rebound but the visitors clear. That shot from George clearly went off Burns’ arm but his arm was right by his side and that’s no penalty.
22’ – Dibling takes on two, beats one and wins a corner. KDH inswinger, really good one into the six-yard box but the visitors scramble it away.
21’ – Myko and George combine well on the left and the former puts in a low cross, Hackney muffs it though and the ball rolls through to Hornicek.
17’ – Ramsey streaks down the left and then Pickford fluffs the save spilling the ball back into the box for O’Brien to hoof away.
Now a shot from distance that Pickford parries away for a corner that eventually comes to nothing. The Toffees had started brightly but it’s all Magpies now.
15’ – Everton make a mess of clearing their lines and Newcastle have two or three shooting opportunities before Myko can scramble the ball away.
12’ – Long cross into the box and Barnes nicks in behind Rohl to head on goal but Jordan Pickford is in quick to make a big save.
Corner is into the six-yard box and the Blues can’t clear, but Schar blasts it over and we survive.
10’ – Everton have a chance to move down the right wing but Dibling starts drifting in and lets Ramsey steal in and nick the ball, and then the Toffees winger fouls the visiting player. Chalk that down to a lack of playing time.
7’ – Vitaliy Mykolenko tugged down, but a backheel flick from George falls to Hackney to run away with, but now the ref brings it back for a foul when playing advantage was the right move, oof.
5’ – Long freekick for the Mags into the box, James Tarkowski heads away and Hall tries a shot from distance but lofted way over and wide.
Barry goes over chasing a long goalkick and Burn looked to have tugged his shirt, but the ref wants nothing to do with it.
2’ – Hackney immediately into the thick of things, finds Thierno Barry who touches a pass to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, shot deflected out for a corner.
Corner immediately cleared for a throw-in that Jake O’Brien takes long. Ball bounces about, falls to Tyrique George who makes a hash of his shot and it’s cleared.
1’ – James Garner kicks off and gets us underway.
The siren has gone off and Z-Cars is blaring out as the Blues come out to a loud roar, with dozens of flags and banners waving on a cool evening by the River Mersey.
Branthwaite is still out due to concussion protocol but the big news tonight is that Grealish is out after being suspended by the club for a breach of discipline, with rumours floating about on Twitter that he was out on a bender in Manchester on Thursday night.
Starting Lineups
Everton – Hayden Hackney and Tyler Dibling both start! Jarrad Branthwaite and Jack Grealish still out with youngster Braiden Graham on the bench again.
Newcastle – The Toon lineup is in, that’s a strong bench they have.
Match Preview
Everton will host Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup Fourth Round tonight, knowing that they will face League Two opposition if they can make it through. Today marks the first of two games back-to-back against the Magpies, with the Premier League fixture following at the St James’ Park on Monday night.
The Toffees are struggling with two consecutive two-nil defeats against Chelsea and Arsenal while the Toon have been up-and-down, winning one then losing one for their last five games.
Match Details
Competition: Carabao Cup Fourth Round
Date and start time: Thursday, October 29th at 12:45 p.m. PT / 3:45 p.m ET / 7:45 p.m. BST
Stadium: Hill Dickinson Stadium, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 52,769
Weather: 52°F/11°C, mostly cloudy, 10% chance of precipitation, 8 mph winds
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Last Meeting
The away team has had the upper hand in the last two games between these two sides with Newcastle romping to a 4-1 win at Hill Dickinson Stadium last year before the Blues turned the tables in the Northeast winning 3-2 in late February this year.
