Sent-off duo miss Everton relegation clash

Everton will be without suspended duo Phil Neville and Mikel Arteta for the Barclays Premiership relegation battle at Sunderland tomorrow.

Both were sent off in the Mersey derby defeat by Liverpool on Wednesday. Arteta will serve a one-match ban while Neville is also suspended for Monday’s game with Charlton because the midweek red card was his second of the season.

Everton will give late fitness tests to Nuno Valente, Per Kroldrup and Simon Davies who are all suffering from ankle injuries.

Provisional squad: Martyn, Hibbert, Yobo, Weir, Kroldrup, Valente, Ferrari, Naysmith, Hughes, Davies, Cahill, Kilbane, Osman, Bent, Beattie, Ferguson, McFadden, Wright, Ferguson, Li Tie.