Everton v Newcastle: Carabao Cup fourth round – live

Competition rules and reminders.

1. The winner of tonight’s tie will travel to Fleetwood Town for a quarter-final to be played the week commencing 14 December 2026.
2. There is no VAR tonight.
3. Should tonight’s tie be level after 90 minutes plus stoppages, there will be no extra time and instead the match will move straight to …

Everton make two changes to their starting XI following last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal. Hayden Hackney and Tyler Dibling come in for Brennan Johnson and Harrison Armstrong, who both drop to the bench. Jarrad Branthwaite is unavailable due to concussion protocols, while Jack Grealish has been dropped from the squad for an unauthorised absence from training.

Newcastle United make one change to their starting line-up following last weekend’s 2-0 win at Crystal Palace. Jacob Ramsey takes the place of Joelinton, who starts as a sub.

Everton: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Hackney, Garner, Dibling, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Barry.
Subs: Travers, King, Maitland-Niles, Keane, Johnson, Norgaard, Alcaraz, Armstrong, Graham.

Newcastle United: Hornicek, Dedic, Schar, Burn, Hall, Gonzalez, Ramsey, Murphy, Willock, Barnes, Osula.
Subs: Pope, Botman, Joelinton, Bamba, Wissa, Thiaw, Steur, Toure, Elanga.

Referee: Farai Hallam.

It wasn’t so long ago that Newcastle United were the watchword for underperforming silverware-repelling giants. But lifting the 2025 League Cup did for that. Now it’s over to Everton, a trophy-hoovering behemoth whose spree started in Victorian times only to come to a juddering and ignominious halt in 1995. It’s about time, and this campaign represents the first stirring of a cup run in a wee while, so people are beginning to talk. Fleetwood Town await the winners of this tie in the quarters, so a pathway is opening up. Is this to be Everton’s year, their first in 31? Or are Newcastle to make it a successful London-buses quest, a second pot in three years after that 56-year wait? Only one of these grand old clubs can keep it going past 10pm or so. Kick-off is at 7.45pm GMT. It’s on!