Leighton Baines injury update
From EFC reporter Phil Kirkbride at Goodison Park:
Everton have been dealt an injury blow ahead of the 224th Merseyside derby with Leighton Baines ruled out.
But the Blues are able to welcome back James McCarthy after his lengthy absence with a hamstring injury.
The ECHO understands Baines has been struggling with a knee complaint picked up in the win over Crystal Palace last weekend.
Aiden McGeady, who also played in the victory at Selhurst Park, has sustained a knock in training this week and doesn’t make the squad.
But midfield dynamo McCarthy does make the side having been missing ever since the second-half of Everton’s game at Newcastle United on December 28.