Phil Jagielka will start for Everton today against Hull. Everton’s player of the year for 2008/09 starts his first game in nearly 11 months after impressing as a subsitute last week against Tottenham. John Heitinga will resume his role in midfield from the second half against Spurs. Leon Osman has passed a late fitness test to start, the team is the same that started the 2nd half last week with Osman in place of Rodwell

Howard

Neville Jagielka Distin Baines

Anichebe Osman Heitinga Arteta Pienaar

Yakubu

Subs: Carlo Nash, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Landon Donovan, Dan Gosling, Jack Rodwell.

For Hull talisman Jimmy Bullard makes his long-awaited return from injury and Amir Zaki makes his first start since signing on loan

Hull: Boaz Myhill, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, Steven Mouyokolo, Kevin Kilbane, Richard Garcia, Jimmy Bullard, George Boateng, Tom Cairney, Nick Barmby, Amr Zaki

Subs: Matt Duke, Liam Cooper, Seyi Olofinjana, Geovanni, Kamel Ghilas, Jozy Altidore, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Comments are closed.