David Unsworth’s Young Blues travel to Cheltenham Town on Tuesday evening aiming to take the scalp of another Football League club.
Everton are back in Checkatrade Trophy action, five weeks after beating Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at the Macron Stadium in their first-ever fixture in the revamped competition
The Toffees - one of 16 clubs that accepted an invitation to participate in this year’s tournament - go into the match at Whaddon Road sitting top of Group A and already well-placed to progress.
Indeed, another Everton win would ensure qualification to the knockout stage of the competition, even before the final group game at home to Blackpool in November.