Everton vs Mansfield Town: Preview and Predicted Lineups | OneFootball

Everton will prepare for cup action in front of a capacity crowd at the Hill Dickinson Stadium for the first time, with Mansfield Town paying a visit on Wednesday night.

The Toffees have hosted 148 different opponents over the 133 years spent playing at Goodison Park, but the clash against League One side Mansfield Town will be the first time the two sides meet head-to-head.

Having beaten Brighton 2-0 last Sunday, the mood in Merseyside is positive ahead of the second round of the EFL Cup. Everton also secured the signing of Tyler Dibling earlier this week but he’s unlikely to feature in this clash.

Everton Team News and Predicted Starting XI

Everton Team News

David Moyes will probably look to rotate his side and keep his bench players sharp with valuable minutes here with one eye on the trip to Molineux to face Wolves this Saturday. Defenders Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko and Nathan Patterson are out of contention with injuries, while teenager Adam Aznou could make his official debut here after missing the first two games due to injury.

Mark Travers, signed as an understudy to Jordan Pickford, could also don the gloves for this game, while Tim Iroegbunam, off the back of an impressive performance against Brighton, could start in midfield again, looking to build momentum for the rest of the season.

Dwight McNeil could be due for his first start this season, and there might be minutes for Harrison Armstrong, who came on in the dying minutes of the previous game.

Everton’s predicted starting XI: Travers; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Aznou; Iroegbunam, Garner; McNeil, Alcaraz, Dewsbury-Hall; Beto

When is Everton vs Mansfield Town?

The second round of the Carabao Cup fixture between Everton and Mansfield Town will be held on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Kickoff is scheduled at 7:45 pm BST.

Where to Watch Everton vs Mansfield Town?

Everton vs Mansfield Town will be broadcast live in the UK on Sky Sports+. It will also be available for live streaming on SkyGo and NOW TV.

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Brian Harrison 1 Posted 27/08/2025 at 09:10:37

I think it will be interesting to see what team we put out tonight. I doubt Ndiaye or Grealish or Gana will play. Maybe Anzou and Armstrong start along with McNeil and Alcaraz.

Not sure who will lead the line, I think he might play Beto. Not sure he can change the back 4 to much.

Pete Cross 2 Posted 27/08/2025 at 09:16:09

Has anybody else not had their tickets for tonight yet.

Phoned the club, recorded message: “Due to high volume we are not accepting calls today. Phone back tomorrow.”

Rob Halligan 3 Posted 27/08/2025 at 09:44:27

Pete, the box office doesn't open until 10:00 am. That message was from last night.

I'm in the same boat and it's going to be a mad scramble come 10 am.

I've had an email saying payment has been successful and season ticket activated but my season ticket still shows the Brighton game as the next game.

Paul Hughes 4 Posted 27/08/2025 at 09:55:25

Rob, I had the same. Odd, as I had a digital season ticket last year, and specific opposition was never stated on it. So I went to the original email and downloaded my season ticket again.

It updated, and is now showing just as a 'Season Ticket', as I would expect. I suspect that actually stating 'Brighton' was another first game glitch.

Rob Halligan 6 Posted 27/08/2025 at 10:04:54

Pete, they won’t be checking your phone that closely at the wall.

Just flash it at them and walk in.

Liam Mogan 8 Posted 27/08/2025 at 10:10:46

There must be a problem with the tickets as I'm a ST holder and have just received a link to download tonight's separately.

I also received an email thanking me for buying a membership, which is bizarre

Rob Halligan 9 Posted 27/08/2025 at 10:11:31

John, mine is Android and as far as I know there is no workaround.

John Raftery 10 Posted 27/08/2025 at 10:14:10

Rob, yes I’ve got a couple of mates with the same issue.

Pete Cross 11 Posted 27/08/2025 at 10:25:42

Rob just phoned the club again, as before: phone tomorrow.

As a Club View member, I am really getting fed up.

Derek Wadeson 12 Posted 27/08/2025 at 10:28:29

Paul Hughes,

Thank you very much. For 24 hours without success, I have been trying to sort my brother-in-law's old Samsung Android phone.

I followed your instructions and he is now the proud owner of a pass for tonight's Mansfield game.

Ray Robinson 14 Posted 27/08/2025 at 11:15:06

Paul Hughes posted on another thread that, if you go to your original season ticket email and click on the Download the Season Ticket link, it should solve the problem.

In my case, it refreshed the Google Wallet to show tonight's Mansfield game. Hopefully this works for others with an Android phone.

I anticipate chaos and confusion outside the ground tonight if this is a widespread issue.

15 Posted 27/08/2025 at 11:41:43

I did the same as you Ray. Just hope we don't have to re-download before every game.As an aside to tonight's game, I briefly met with John Mac Sny before the Brighton game and he's of the opinion that he has been blocked and banned from TW by Michael Kendrick (don't know if this is correct or not).Anyway he asked me if I would pass on his regards and best wishes to all on ToffeeWeb.It's really great he got to attend our first competitive game at the new ground.

Rob Halligan 17 Posted 27/08/2025 at 11:50:56

Bill, just make sure your phone is fully charged. After all this palava it would just be the icing on the cake to turn up and your phone is flat! 😂😂😂

Neil Copeland 19 Posted 27/08/2025 at 12:15:58

My season ticket is there but it doesn’t show the next fixture. Just a hyphen. Tried various refreshes which sorted the ticket but as I say no fixture shown.

I received an email to say it had been updated though so hopefully ok.

John Raftery 21 Posted 27/08/2025 at 12:20:40

Up the digital Toffees!

Peter Moore 22 Posted 27/08/2025 at 12:24:18

UTFT. Here's hoping we get to see Dibling off the bench! Maybe I am too optimistic.No pushovers Mansfield, will be like Wembley for them hey. What a magnificent new home we have! 💙No ticket probs at my end, but I am not a STH. Just emailed out and click to send to Google Wallet and jobs a good un. There is a message in the Google wallet that says to access the stadium, just need to unlock the phone and hold to the reader. If this means they don't need to see the QR code but can tell by some other way we have a ticket, not sure how that works, but maybe could be helpful for anyone who has been allocated a ticket but has not been able to see it? No idea if that is a goer or not. Hopefully it works if there are still issues with seeing the ticket despite it being allocated to your phone. Good luck all and UTFT!

Mike Powell 24 Posted 27/08/2025 at 12:43:08

I reckon Coleman will start tonight,if he doesn't,then what was the use of giving him a contact.We should go all out and try and win this competition, it's the only chance we have of winning a trophy,we are desperate for a trophy,we have waited long enough for one