Live Blog
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
How to Watch/Listen
TV: N/A – United States; N/A – United Kingdom; Fubo – Canada, beIN Sports HD 1,
SuperSport MaXimo 1, SuperSport MaXimo 2, Canal+ Sport 3 Afrique
Radio: evertontv, TalkSport Radio UK, BBC Radio 5 Live
Live stream: Paramount+, CBS Sports Golazo, Sky Sports+, ESPN Play Sur, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, DStv Now, SuperSport Premier League ROA, Supersport Grandstand ROA, RUSH, FanCode
Gamethread: There will be a live blog for this game followed by a detailed match recap after the final whistle.
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Information from LiveSoccerTV.com
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.
