No Rodwell for Toffees

Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell will miss Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Birmingham and Brazilian Jo is also doubtful.

Rodwell became the latest addition to manager David Moyes’ lengthy list of absentees when he suffered a hamstring injury in last night’s Europa League defeat by BATE Borisov.

The club are awaiting the results of a scan to determine how many games the 18-year-old will miss.

Forward Jo is struggling after turning his ankle and suffering from flu, but Tim Cahill is back after being suspended for last week’s trip to Chelsea.

Leon Osman could come into the reckoning after playing 81 minutes against Borisov.

Provisional squad: Howard, Heitinga, Baines, Hibbert, Cahill, Gosling, Bilyaletdinov, Fellaini, Pienaar, Saha, Yakubu, Neill, Nash, Jo, Baxter, Agard, Wallace, Duffy, Osman, Mustafi, Akpan, Coleman.