Everton and Newcastle have named their starting teams for their meeting at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in the final match of the EFL Cup fourth round on Thursday with Jack Grealish missing for the hosts because of a breach of club discipline.The Toffees have reached this stage with two wins over second-tier clubs, beating Preston North End 4-0 away and prevailing 1-0 at home to Wolves through Charly Alcarazs 80th-minute goal.The Magpies have advanced courtesy of two 81st-minute goals, Harvey Barnes deciding their contest at home to West Bromwich Albion in the second round before Joe Willock settled their trip to another Championship side, Millwall, in the third round.The winners of the tie will progress to a quarter-final away to fourth-tier Fleetwood Town, who won at home on penalties against reigning Premier League champions Arsenal on Tuesday following a 1-1 draw.Everton confirmed EFL Cup starting team vs NewcastleEverton make two changes from their 2-0 defeat at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday as Hayden Hackney and Tyler Dibling replace Harrison Armstrong and Brennan Johnson.As well as on-loan Manchester City playmaker Grealishs absence, defender Jarrad Branthwaite remains absent because of concussion protocols.Everton: Pickford, Rohl, Tarkowski, OBrien, Mykolenko, Garner, Hackney, Dewsbury-Hall, George, Dibling, BarrySubstitutes: Travers, King, Maitland-Niles, Keane, Johnson, Norgaard, Alcaraz, Armstrong, GrahamNewcastle full Carabao Cup line up vs EvertonNewcastle make one alteration from their 2-0 win at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday, bringing in Jacob Ramsey for Joelinton in midfield.Defender Lewis Miley (knock) and winger Matias Fernandez-Pardo (illness) are out, as are goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen (hamstring) and full-back Tino Livramento.Newcastle: Hornicek, Dedic, Schar, Burn, Hall, Gonzalez, Ramsey, Murphy, Willock, Barnes, OsulaSubstitutes: Pope, Botman, Joelinton, Bamba, Wissa, Thiaw, Steur, Toure, ElangaWhere to watch Everton vs Newcastle: TV channel, live online streamKick-off on Thursday is at 19:45 GMT (15:45 ET / 12:45 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Plus.Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs �14.99 for a day membership, �27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or �34.99 a month with no contract.Everton vs Newcastle EFL Cup statsThese teams have met once before in the competition, Everton winning 6-5 away on penalties in the third round in November 2002 following a 3-3 draw after extra timeFive of the goals came after the 76th minute on that occasion, starting with two by Newcastles Kieron Dyer. Alessandro Pistone put Newcastle ahead in the 100th minute but David Unsworths 112th-minute penalty led to the shootoutEverton have won one of their last four home matches against Newcastle as part of a run bookended by 4-1 defeats last season and in April 2023The exception was a 3-0 win in December 2023 when all of their goals came after the 78th minute, scoring through Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and BetoThis is the second time in six seasons Everton have progressed beyond the third round, reaching the quarter-finals in 2023/24 but losing on penalties at home to Fulham following a 1-1 drawTheir best runs in the competition have been two appearances in the final, losing 3-2 to Aston Villa after extra time in 1976/77 and 1-0 to Liverpool in 1983/84Toffees legend Dixie Dean is the 20-goal top scorer in the history of the fixture, nine ahead of Newcastles Hughie GallacherNewcastle and Premier League all-time top scorer Alan Shearer is the only other player to have reached double figures (10) in the fixtureThe Magpies best run in the competition came when they lifted the trophy by beating Liverpool 2-1 in the 2024/25 final, also reaching the decider in 2021/22 a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United and 1975/76, when they lost 2-1 to Manchester CityThey have scored in each of their five away games in all competitions this season, keeping clean sheets in three of those matches and conceding four goals in each of the other twoDo EFL Cup quarter final ties go to extra time, replays and penalties?Should they finish level after 90 minutes, EFL Cup ties go straight to penalties until the semi-finals, which take place over two legs.If the scoreline is level after the second leg, extra time and if necessary penalties are used to separate teams.The final is a one-off match at Wembley Stadium, with extra time and penalties used if required.EFL Cup dates 2026/27: When are the Carabao Cup quarter-finals?Here are the remaining dates in this seasons competition.StageDatesQuarter-finalsWeek of Dec 14 2026Semi-final first legsWeek of Jan 11 2027Semi-final second legsWeek of Feb 1 2027FinalSun, Mar 21 2027 Topics Carabao Cup David Moyes EFL Cup Everton F.C. 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