Fellaini and Saha set to start

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.