Everton v Sheffield Utd

TEAM NEWS

Tim Cahill has been ill and will be assessed before boss Davis Moyes names his Everton squad.

Jermaine Beckford has a knee strain and will also be checked, while Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is suspended and defender Seamus Coleman remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

Sheffield United winger Stephen Quinn picked up a knock in Saturday’s draw at Tranmere but has been passed fit.

Summer signing Ryan Flynn is rated as 50/50 following a hamstring strain.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Everton have won 52 and Sheffield United 47 of the 130 league and cup meetings between the pair.

• This is the fourth time they have been drawn to meet in the League Cup, and Everton lead by two wins to one, although Sheffield United progressed on the most recent occasion in the third round in October 1990.

• Everton need to score once to total 200 goals against the Blades.

Everton

• The 1977 and 1984 runners-up last exited at the second-round stage in September 2001, when Crystal Palace beat them on penalties.

• They lost on penalties in the third round to League One Brentford last season.

Sheffield United

• The 2003 semi-finalists are making a first appearance in round two in three seasons.

• They needed a penalty shoot-out to get past Hartlepool in the first round.

• It is nine years since they last knocked out a Premier league club (Sunderland, in the fourth round in December 2002).