Official Site of Everton · Oct 9, 2017
Live: Portsmouth v Everton Under-23s
Everton's team, then... as follows.
Louis Gray, Nathan Markelo, Matty Foulds, Con Ouzounidis, Luke Garbutt, Jose Baxter, Beni Baningime, Alex Denny, Anton Donkor, Nathan Broadhead, Bassala Sambou.
Team news to follow in a few minutes.
Just a bit of background on the Premier League Cup. It consists of 32 teams, split into eight groups of four - although Portsmouth had to beat Southend in a qualification round to reach this stage.
The top two in each group progress to the last-16 and from then on in the competition reverts to a knock-out format, with all ties settled first time round.