Thursday sees Everton travel to Germany to face last seasons German Cup Winners Nurnberg in the EasyCredit Stadium.
After coming through the opening group game with a 3-1 at home to Larissa, Everton will expect a sterner test from Nurnberg who currently sit third from bottom in the Bundesliga, with 9points from 12 games
After all the tickets allocated to everton were sold, fans started buying directly from the club, only to have them deemed void by uefa who have objected to more everton fans being in the ground despite the fact that the extra tickets sold was in a rea directly next to that already housing the the blues fans.
bbc article on tickets
Everton manager David Moyes:
"Nuremberg had a really good season last year. The season might not have started as well as they would have liked. We need to watch out for some individual players and also need to be aware of last season, which was very good.
"The German national team or club sides tend to do very well in the competitions so we have to give any German team the respect it deserves. Nurnberg will be very excited to start their campaign. It will be a hard task."
Nurnberg coach Hans Meyer:
He said: "Everton have a very strong side and they are in great shape. We will not watch them too much on tape because we already have a lot of respect for them. We'll speak about their strengths as they don't have any weaknesses.
"I know for a fact that we would not finish fifth or sixth in the Premier League even if we were injury-free all season long. The financial difference is huge. They have already had a good team and then invested 25 million Euros.
"It's like Bayern Munich and us - there is a huge difference but that does not mean we are unable to beat them on a certain day."
Some Facts:
Everton have not lost in European Competition in Germany.
Nurnberg have not won at home in Europe since 1963.
Upto five Australians could play (Cahill for everton, and Beauchamp, Spiranovic, Vidosic and Kennedy for Nurnberg).
The one previous meeting between the two sides ended in a 2-1 aggregate victory for Everton.
Both sides have won their respective leagues nine times.
Everton have won 4 out of the last 4 in all competitions
Nurnberg have lost 3 from their last 4 league games.
Everton from:
Howard, Wessels, Ruddy, Hibbert, Jagielka, Neville, Lescott, Yobo, Stubbs, Valente, Baines, Vidarsson, Arteta, Cahill, Gravesen, Carsley,
Osman, Pienaar, McFadden, Anichebe, Yakubu, Jutkiewicz.
Nurnberg from:
Stephan, Klewer, Blažek, Beauchamp, Glauber, Wolf, Kristiansen, Schmidt, Spiranovic, Reinhardt, Galásek, Mintál, Vidosic, Engelhardt, Kluge, Benko, Mnari, Szikal, Misimović, Saenko, Adler, Kennedy, Weber, Pagenburg
Everton to play 4-5-1:
(probable xi)
Howard
Hibbert
Stubbs
Yobo
Lescott
Neville
Carsley
Pienaar
Arteta
Cahill
Yakubu
Expect plenty of hoofball.
Nurnberg possibly 4-5-1:
(probable xi)
Blazek
Reinhardt
Wolf
Glauber
Mnari
Kluge
Galasek
Misimovic
Mintal
Sajenko
Kennedy
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Nurnberg Fc v Everton Fc Thursday Ch5 8.05pm *sponsored by 6hours of footy on five* 
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