After a dream start as Everton manager in the FA Cup, defeating Brentford 4-1, Frank Lampard now goes in search of his first Premier League three points as Blues boss.
Everton will be hoping that Saturday’s emphatic victory – that has set up another Goodison Park tie in the last 16 against non-league Boreham Wood who stunned Championship side Bournemouth 1-0 on Sunday evening – has now got them back in the winning habit to enable them to start climbing the table.
The Blues know that defeat at Newcastle United would leave the Magpies, currently second bottom, just a point behind them in the table but St James’ Park is something of a happy hunting ground for the visitors in recent years.