Everton and Newcastle have named their starting teams for their meeting at Murrayfield Stadium in a friendly on Wednesday.
The Toffees were beaten 3-1 away at Stuttgart on Saturday, while Newcastle beat Valencia 2-1 at Mestalla Stadium.
The game was the Magpies’ first since former Al-Ahli boss Matthias Jaissle replaced Eddie Howe as head coach last week.
Everton start their Premier League season at home to Crystal Palace on August 22 (15:00 BST). Newcastle are at home to Liverpool a day later (16:30).
A very Scottish welcome to Murrayfield for the team 🏴🏟️ pic.twitter.com/IzYxYpbegp
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) August 12, 2026
Everton confirmed team vs Newcastle
Everton starting XI: Mark Travers, Nathan Patterson, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, Vitalii Mykolenko, Hayden Hackney, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harrison Armstrong, Iliman Ndiaye, Tyrique George, Thierno Barry
Everton substitutes: Tom King, George Pickford, Beto, Jake O’Brien, Tyler Dibling, Charly Alcaraz, Merlin Rohl, Adam Aznou, Braiden Graham, Harvey Foster
Newcastle full line up vs Everton
Newcastle starting XI: Lukas Hornicek, Lewis Hall, Sven Botman, Joelinton, Aladji Bamba, Yoane Wissa, William Osula, Malick Thiaw, Bazoumana Toure, Anthony Elanga, Leo Shahar
Newcastle substitutes: Mark Gillespie, Aidan Harris, Harvey Barnes, Sean Steur, Jacob Murphy, Nick Woltemade, Joe Willock, Jacob Ramsey, Miodrag Pivas, Henry Johnson, Rory Finneran, Sean Neave, Lewis Miley
Where to watch Everton vs Newcastle: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 17:15 BST (12:15 ET / 09:15 PT). Live coverage in the UK is on Premier Sports 1, Everton TV and NUFC TV.
A Premier Sports subscription costs £120 a year, £11.99 per month on a 12-month contract or £16.99 per month with 30 days’ cancellation notice required.
The game costs £5.99 on Everton TV or NUTV.
Everton vs Newcastle stats
- Only goal difference separated these teams on 49 points in last season’s Premier League, with Newcastle’s tally of -2 bettering Everton’s -3
- The Magpies won one more game than Everton but lost two more matches, as well as scoring six more goals but conceding five fewer
- Of the clubs not to be relegated in the Premier League last season, only Tottenham (57) and Leeds United (56) conceded more than Newcastle 56
- No team outside the bottom three lost more league games than Newcastle in 2025/26 (17), although Fulham (15) were the only team outside of the top five to better their total of 14 wins
- Everton have 78 wins to Newcastle’s 72 in competitive games between these sides, with 38 draws
- They have lost one of their last six meetings with Newcastle, although the sides drew successive matches against each other in 2024 along the way
- Newcastle had won five of the preceding six editions before this sequence, going unbeaten in six encounters out of seven between 2020 and December 2023
- These sides traded away wins in the 2025/26 Premier League, most recently when Everton went ahead three times in a 3-2 victory in February
- That avenged a 4-1 Newcastle win in November, when Malick Thiaw scored either side of goals from Lewis Miley and Nick Woltemade
- The only 0-0 draw in the last 30 competitive matches between Everton and Newcastle came in October 2024 and was also their first goalless draw at Goodison Park since 1898
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