Lampard Names Everton XI For Cup Clash

Jordan Pickford returns to Everton’s team following illness and there are starts for Andros Townsend, Andre Gomes and Jonjoe Kenny, as Frank Lampard makes four changes for Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final tie with Crystal Palace.

Portuguese Gomes partners Abdoulaye Doucoure in midfield, with Allan suspended and the pair of Donny van de Beek and Dele Cup tied.

Townsend, back at the club where he spent five years before transferring to Everton last summer, is part of a three-pronged frontline also featuring Richarlison and Anthony Gordon.

Ben Godfrey, captain Seamus Coleman, Mason Holgate and Michael Keane all retain their places following Thursday’s Premier League victory over Newcastle United, with Kenny beginning the game at Selhurst Park after serving a one-match ban.

Pickford starts in goal, but Asmir Begovic misses out altogether due to illness.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Demarai Gray and Newcastle matchwinner Alex Iwobi are all on the bench.

Manager Lampard – at liberty to make five changes due to competition rules – also includes Nathan Patterson, Vitalii Mykolenko, Jarrad Branthwaite, Isaac Price and the goalkeeping duo of Andy Lonergan and Harry Tyrer among his substitutes.

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