Everton unchanged for visit of Birmingham

Everton, last season’s beaten finalists, fielded the same side that defeated Manchester City last weekend, for this FA Cup fourth round tie at Goodison Park.

The Merseysiders had new on-loan defender Philippe Senderos watching from the directors’ box, having joined from Arsenal until the end of the season.

Birmingham, 14 games in all competitions without defeat, had their new £3m signing, Michel, on the bench following his move from Sporting Gijon.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Distin, Heitinga, Baines, Pienaar, Cahill, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov, Donovan, Saha.

Subs: Nash, Arteta, Vaughan, Osman, Coleman, Duffy, Baxter.

Birmingham: Hart, Carr, Roger Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Larsson, Bowyer, Ferguson, Fahey, McFadden, Benitez.

Subs: Maik Taylor, Marcos Madera, McSheffrey, Queudrue, Damien Johnson, Vignal, Jervis.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)