EVERTON expect to have midfielder Marouane Fellaini and striker Louis Saha in their starting line-up for the FA Cup home quarter-final with Middlesbrough.
Fellaini has started only one of Everton's last five matches because of a back problem, and - like Saha (hamstring) - was used only as a late substitute at Blackburn on Wednesday.
Everton are without Mikel Arteta and Victor Anichebe, who both had knee operations this week. Tony Hibbert is also unavailable on Sunday because of a thigh problem - while long-term injury victims James Vaughan, Nuno Valente and Ayegbeni Yakubu are out too. Brazilian striker Jo is cup-tied.
Team (from): Howard, Jagielka, Lescott, Yobo, Baines, Osman, Cahill, Fellaini, Rodwell, Neville, Pienaar, Gosling, Saha, Nash, Van der Meyde, Castillo, Jacobsen, Baxter, Wallace.
Everton are without Mikel Arteta and Victor Anichebe, who both had knee operations this week. Tony Hibbert is also unavailable on Sunday because of a thigh problem - while long-term injury victims James Vaughan, Nuno Valente and Ayegbeni Yakubu are out too. Brazilian striker Jo is cup-tied.
Team (from): Howard, Jagielka, Lescott, Yobo, Baines, Osman, Cahill, Fellaini, Rodwell, Neville, Pienaar, Gosling, Saha, Nash, Van der Meyde, Castillo, Jacobsen, Baxter, Wallace.
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