Full time: Everton 2-1 Manchester City

Romelu Lukaku's winner gives Everton a valuable first leg win at Goodison Park.

Everton are now trying to hold onto the ball and run the clock down. They are almost there.

City are making their last change. Kevin de Bruyne coming off for... Fernando? Eh?

Four minutes of time added on at Goodison Park.

Coleman is down and after receiving a bit of treatment, hobbles off the pitch. Roberto Martinez, with no subs left, isn't taking any chances.

Toure wins the argument but his curling effort doesn't beat the Everton wall and the home side clear.

City have a free kick about 25 yards out from goal. Toure and De Bruyne stand over it.

That goal has come at a price for Lukaku. He was hobbling before that Everton attack began and he is unable to continue after it with Arouna Kone onto replace him for the final 10 minutes.

Everton are ahead! Again! Baines slips a pass out to Barry on the left who clips a wonderful ball into the six yard area where Lukaku has sprung clear of both Otamendi and Demichelis to power a header home from close range.

Goal! Everton 2-1 Manchester City (Romelu Lukaku, 78)

City are level! From that Everton corner, Toure clears to Fernandinho who threads one upfield for Aguero. The Argentine waits and waits for Navas to pop up on his left as he approaches goal and times the pass perfectly, teeing up the Spaniard to fire across goal and into the far corner.

Goal! Everton 1-1 Manchester City (Jesus Navas, 75)

De Bruyne hammers a free kick into the wall, allowing Everton to break and win a corner for themselves.

Brilliant save from Robles! De Bruyne plays the ball to Aguero on the edge of the D who plays it back to the Belgian with his first touch. He curls one for the far corner but the Everton goalkeeper is down quickly to palm it around the post.

Another change for Everton, Deulofeu is off to be replaced by Kevin Mirallas.

Fernandinho meets a short corner from City but he heads it into the ground, taking the pace off it and allowing Robles to make a comfortable save.

Barkley leaves Toure on his backside and prods the ball through Demichelis' en route to breaking into the box and is unlucky to see the ball come back off him after Caballero came rushing out of goal to block him.

Delph, who was booked moments ago for another late challenge, is off, with Jesus Navas coming onto replace him.

Lukaku inches from a second! Barkley whips in a low cross from the left which whizzes across the face of goal, past the striker's studs and out. Had he got a toe on it, City would be right to be unhappy about it, Lukaku was offside again.

By the way, Mangala has not come out for the second half, he;s been replaced by Martín Demichelis. I didn't think the Frenchman had done too much wrong in that first half.

He fired over the bar, anyway. Let's move on.

Again, Deulofeu takes a second too long lifting a ball into Lukaku who is offside when he receives it.

30 seconds in Delph takes it upon himself to come crashing through Deulofeu, who he feels is being a bit too fancy on the ball for his liking. The City midfielder manages to avoid a booking, however.

And City get us underway for the second half.

Half time: Everton 1-0 Manchester City

This one counts for Everton! A corner kick falls to Barkley who lashes a fine effort on goal from just outside the box. It produces a wonderful reaction save from Caballero, but he can only push it as far as Funes Mori, who scores from close range having stayed onside.

Goal! Everton 1-0 Manchester City (Funes Mori, 45)

Just a couple of minutes until half time as Fernandinho rifles one on goal from 25 yards out that was always going wide. Moments before that, Aguero wriggled away from Stones to lash one on target, producing a fine save from Robles to keep the game goalless.

Everton again have the ball in the net but again it won't count. Deulofeu shows great skill as he drives at City but takes too long in sliding the ball in for Lukaku, who had moved a second earlier expecting the pass to come.

Everton come again as Toure carelessly gives the ball away to Besic. The midfielder floats one into Lukaku but again Otamendi does well to steer him away from the ball as it rolls out for a goal kick.

Everton have the ball in the net! But it won't count. Baines swings a free kick in from the right that Funes Mori meets at the near post to nod back across to his defensive partner Stones, who smashes home from close range. The flag is up however and replays show both centre halves were offside when the free kick was thrown in.

Silva attempts a shot from distance that he drags well wide of goal. For all their possession, City have shown a real lack of cutting edge with Toure's attempts to drive forward also being quickly stopped by the home side.

Toure is robbed of possession again by a wonderful challenge from Besic and suddenly Everton are on the counter. Deulofeu slides an excellent ball through for Lukaku inside the box but just as he is about to pull the trigger, Otamendi slides across to tackle him brilliantly.

De Bruyne's corner falls to Aguero on the edge of the box and he lets fly with an effort from range. It's nowhere near on target.

Much better from Everton now. Baines halts a City counter with a wonderful sliding challenge before moving the ball onto Besic. He holds the ball, waiting for Deulofeu's run down the right and picks him out with a neat through ball. The Spaniard has plenty of time to pick Lukaku out but hammers his cross (or maybe it was a shot?) into the side netting.

De Bruyne swings in a corner kick that Otamendi meets near the near post with a thumping header, but he doesn't get any real direction on it and sends it wide.

Coleman does well on the right to spark Everton's first meaningful venture forward into the attacking half. Barkley tries to thread another one through for Lukaku but this time it is Otamendi who steps across to intercept and clear.

Scratch that, Barkley does look okay to continue. He's trotted back onto the pitch as City resume their possession game.

Barkley is off to get some treatment. Kevin Mirallas meanwhile has began his warm up.

Barkley is down after getting a kick to the ankle from Fernandinho while challenging for a loose ball. There was nothing malicious about it, but it doesn't look like the England international will be able to continue.

Everton haven't got started at all yet. Barkley tries to spark something with a lofted through ball for Lukaku but Mangala comfortably handles it.

Otamendi clips a ball over the top from just inside his own half to pick out Aguero who is in acres of space between Stones and Funes Mori. The Argentine is clean through but luckily for the home side, the offside flag is up. Harshly, perhaps, Aguero looked to be level.

City have gained early control of this one with De Bruyne drifting in from the right and over to the left to combine with Clichy, but is closed down by Coleman who smashes the ball out of danger.

City win a free kick 30 yards out which De Bruyne tries to clip in towards Toure, only to be beaten in the air by Funes Mori. The Belgian swings in the resulting free kick and despite Fernandinho's efforts to pull it out of the air, Everton clear.

And Everton get us underway for the first half.

And the teams make their way out onto the pitch. Couple of minutes from kick off.

City haven't looked too solid at the back, either. After Vincent Kompany's aborted comeback against Sunderland a few weeks ago, Manuel Pellegrini has kept his faith in Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala. Here's what he had to say on the injury front:

Bony has a kick in his calf so maybe he's not fit for tomorrow. In a few days more he should be fine to come back. Vincent Kompany and Samir Nasri are out.

"We'll try to do everything we can to recover our injured players as soon as we can. With Nasri it's difficult – he needs an amount of time as he's had surgery on his muscle.

Strong line ups from both sides this evening, then. Everton's defence under Roberto Martinez has looked increasingly suspect without the presence of Phil Jagielka, dealing with the invention of Silva and de Bruyne, the pace of Sterling and... well, everything that Aguero has, could be a struggle.

Everton team to face Manchester City: Robles, Baines, Funes Mori, Stones, Coleman, Barry, Besic, Cleverley, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lukaku

Subs: Howard, Jagielka, Kone, Miralles, Osman, Lennon, Galloway

Manchester City team to face Everton: Caballero, Sagna, Mangala, Otamendi, Clichy, Delph, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Toure (C), Silva, Aguero

Subs: Hart, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, Sterling, Navas, Iheanacho

BREAKING: Manchester City name a very strong XI with Aguero, Sterling, De Bruyne and Silva all in attack. Nicolas Otamendi and Eliaquim Mangala continue at centre half while Fabian Delph partners Fernandinho in midfield.

BREAKING: Joel Robles, Mohamed Besic and Gerard Deulofeu all start for Everton this evening, captain Phil Jagielka returns to the bench.

Team news is expected in the next 10 minutes but we already know Wilfried Bony has joined Vincent Kompany and Samir Nasri on the Manchester City injury list. Sergio Aguero is all but certain to start his third game in eight days.
For Everton, Joel Robles is likely to return in goal but Phil Jagielka and Steven Pienaar are unlikely to return.

Liverpool took one step into the Capital One Cup final with a 1-0 win away to Stoke City on Tuesday 5 January. With the first leg at home, Everton can take a decisive step in ensuring we have a Merseyside derby in February's final, but to do that they will have to remedy their increasingly woeful form at Goodison Park.

In just three of their 11 matches on their own turf this season have Roberto Martinez's side come out on top. Their form in general has been unsatisfactory in recent weeks having won just two of their last eight – but both of those came on the road.

Conversely, Manchester City had been wretched away from home in recent months. Prior to their win at Watford, Manuel Pellegrini's had previously gone five games away from home without a win, scoring just once in that period. But Sergio Aguero's excellent header ended that run on Saturday in impressive fashion.