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Phil Kirkbride

Everton team news as Vitaliy Mykolenko and Nathan Patterson decisions made for Hull City FA Cup clash

Everton will hand a debut to new signing Vitaliy Mykolenko in tonight's FA Cup third-round tie with Hull City.

The Blues' other recruit this month, Nathan Patterson, has been named on the bench for the match at the MKM Stadium.

Rafa Benitez has made four changes to the Everton starting line-up with Dominic Calvert-Lewin left out of the squad, as the manager had suggested.

Asmir Begovic, Mykolenko, Andre Gomes and Salomon Rondon come into the team with Jordan Pickford, Calvert-Lewin, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Mason Holgate making way.

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Begovic starts in goal with Jonjoe Kenny, Michael Keane, Ben Godfrey, Seamus Coleman and Mykolenko making up the five-man defence.

Gomes joins Allan in midfield with Anthony Gordon and Demarai Gray playing in support of Rondon.

Everton team: Begovic, Kenny, Coleman, Keane, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Gomes, Allan, Gordon, Gray, Rondon. Subs: PIckford, Dobbin, Doucoure, Gbamin, Holgate, Onyango, Patterson, Tosun, Townsend.

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