Kilbane set for Toffees run-out

Republic of Ireland midfielder Kevin Kilbane looks set to make an appearance for Everton at Middlesbrough tomorrow as Tim Cahill is sidelined with a knee problem.

Manager David Moyes is down on numbers as Mikel Arteta, Nuno Valente, Lee Carsley, Tony Hibbert and Nigel Martyn are all unavailable.

Moyes said: “We will be without several players but the ones who are important to me are the people who can play.”

Provisional squad: Wright, Neville, Yobo, Weir, Naysmith, Osman, Davies, Van der Mayde, Beattie, McFadden, Kilbane, Ferguson, Anichebe, Turner, Stubbs, Vidarsson.