Key events
Manager of Leicester Ruud van Nistelrooy hoping for a 6-2 FA Cup flight to boost QPR’s morale: “We talked about the recent results and the solving cycle. We were able to rest some players, removing them early for twenty. It is important to start the ascent, to start collecting points. Our actions were honest, but each fault cost us.”
Team news: Newcastle v Wolves
New Castle (4-3-3); Dubravka; Livramento, Botman, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy, Isaac, Gordon. Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Krafth, Osula, Almirón, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley.
Wolves (3-4-2-1); José Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Agbadou; Rodrigo Gomes, André Trindade, João Gomes, Aït-Nouri; Guedes, Hwang; Larsen
Subs: Johnstone, Cunha, Dawson, Doyle, Sarabia, Nelson Semedo, Forbes, Bellegarde, Pedro Lima.
Team news: Leicester v Crystal Palace
Leicester (4-2-3-1); Stolarczyk; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Soumaré, Winks; Buonanotte, El Khannous, Mavididi; Vardy
Subs: Iversen, Coady, De Cordova-Reid, Choudhury, Ayew, Daka, Skipp, Thomas, McAteer.
Crystal Palace (3-4-2-1); Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Muñoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; It proves
Subs: Turner, Nketiah, Schlupp, Clyne, Kamada, Doucoure, Riad, Devenny, Kporha.
No changes from David Moyes, who is sticking to the back five that Sean Dyche dropped against Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth. With Armando Broja injured, Moyes starts Dominic Calvert-Lewin up front and opts for Jack Harrison over Jesper Lindstrøm from wide.
However, Villa, seven of the team that faced West Ham in the FA Cup remained in the starting XI, with John McGinn still out with a hamstring injury. Both teams could line up in either a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1, depending on how dangerous their managers felt.
Verton v Aston Villa: team news
Verton (4-3-3); Pickford; Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Mangala, Gueye, Doucouré; Harrison, Ndiaye, Calvert-Lewin.
Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Patterson, Keane, Beto, O’Brien, Lindstrom, Armstrong, Sherif.
Aston Villa (4-3-3); Martinez; Coin, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Onana, Tielemans; Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins.
Subs: Gauci, Olsen, Duran, Buendia, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Bogarde, Bailey, Jimoh.
The beginning
David Moyes last managed an Verton side in Supreme League on 12 May 2013, when his team beat West Ham to secure sixth place, one place above Liverpool. While Alex Ferguson began his journey at Manchester United, Everton dropped out of Europe as Wigan Athletic and Swansea City won the domestic cup. Bill Kenwright tried sugar pills by appointing Wigan manager Roberto Martínez as later Moyes.
Tonight’s opponents Aston Villathey fell to Patronus, returning and finishing in the top four in the 12 years since Moyes’ departure. To the rest of the teams, doing the night; Crystal Palace came fifth and won the 2013 playoffs, finishing one place above Leicester who won the championship in the following year and then in the 2015-16 purple Premier League.
New Castle in the Mike Ashley era they were stunned and when they came down, they were pushed back and became Saudi-backed powers; Wolves They were relegated from the second tier a week before Moyes’ departure and subsequently relegated to the Premier League. in the meantime Verton as football wanderers have sunk into the Mersey, slipping from fifth in Martínez’s first season into perpetual relegation.
Moyes insists he will not return to Everton for nearly 12 years so he can stay in contention for survival, although whether he has the skills and resources to commit to selection is another matter. No one knows how his unexpected return to Goodison will unfold, but there is enough mutual goodwill in the bank to give him a warm welcome.