PREVIEW: Everton vs. Southampton: Kick-off time, team news, stats, how to watch EFL Cup on TV and online

Key Information:

Date/time: 2/10/2018, 19:45 (UK), 14:45 ET, 11:45 PT (USA)

Venue: Goodison Park, Liverpool, UK

TV: None (UK), None (USA) and check out LiveSoccerTV for alternatives.

Streaming: None (UK), None (USA)

Radio: BBC Radio Solent (UK)

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Everton vs. Southampton Team News:

Southampton return to action just a couple of days after their 2-0 Premier League defeat to Wolves at Molineux on Saturday.

Saints manager Mark Hughes is expected to make wholesale changes to his side, with the likes of James Ward-Prowse, Matt Targett, Angus Gunn and Stuart Armstrong expected to be given a chance at first-team football.

Shane Long is out with a toe injury and it’s thought Danny Ings, Alex McCarthy and Nathan Redmond will be among those players rested.

Similarly, Everton are expected to field a team different to the one who beat Fulham 3-0 on Saturday.

Stats Zone (via Sky Sports):

• This will be the 100th meeting between Everton and Southampton in all competitions but just the second in the League Cup - the Saints won 2-1 in the second round in 1971-72 in the only other meeting.
• Southampton are winless in their last 14 away matches at Goodison Park against Everton (D4 L10), with all matches coming in the Premier League.
• Everton have been eliminated from five of their last six League Cup ties against fellow Premier League opposition, with their only victory in this run coming on penalties in the fourth round in 2015-16 against Norwich City.
• Southampton have won nine of their last 11 League Cup matches against Premier League opposition (L2), with their two defeats in this run against Liverpool in the 2015-16 quarter-final and in the final in 2016-17 against Manchester United.
• Since his debut in the League Cup in August 2015, only Kevin De Bruyne (7) has scored more goals than Dominic Calvert-Lewin (6) - he has scored five times in three appearances in the competition for Everton.
• Southampton manager Mark Hughes has progressed from five of his previous six League Cup fourth round ties - his only defeat came against the Saints in 2014-15 while he was Stoke manager.

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