Newcastle United and Everton meet for the second time in five days following the Toffees' Carabao Cup win at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Thursday.
BBC Sport examines some of the key talking points going into Monday's rematch at St James' Park.
The midweek defeat means that Newcastle have lost three of their past four matches. After keeping a clean sheet in the 2-0 win at Crystal Palace last weekend, opposition chances were once again too easy to come by on Merseyside.
Newcastle have faced the most shots of any Premier League team this season, including 15 or more in six of the eight top-flight matches they have played to date.
Newcastle have struggled defensively in the Premier League this season
Monday nights have also proved to be a dispiriting day of the week in 2026-27, with Newcastle losing both games at the beginning of the week, conceding eight goals in defeats by Coventry City and Leeds United.
The difficulty for head coach Matthias Jaissle is that Newcastle are also labouring in front of goal, scoring just once from their past 30 shots in all competitions.
Winger Harvey Barnes was taken off at half-time on Thursday night after a wasteful opening 45 minutes, but he could still be Newcastle's best hope of winning this time around.
Barnes has been involved in seven goals in his past 12 Premier League appearances for Newcastle, scoring two goals and providing three assists in his past six at home. His next outing will be his 100th in the Premier League for the club.
Summer signing Hayden Hackney was the star of the show for Everton with a goal and an assist in Thursday's 3-1 win at Hill Dickinson Stadium, although manager David Moyes played down his involvement in the aftermath.
"He's still learning, like many of the boys I've taken from the Championship," said the Everton manager. "I still think that he's got a lot more to do. I thought he had some good moments but moments where I wanted a bit more from him."
Such a measured response may suggest that Hackney might not start on Tyneside as Everton seek to improve a run of just two wins in 15 Premier League matches going back to last season – the fewest number of victories across a 15-game period in the top flight in either tenure under Moyes.
Everton, though, will take confidence from a cup fixture in which they outworked and out-thought Monday's opponents, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Garner back close to their best and Thierno Barry scoring his seventh goal in all competitions.
Barry is now just one goal shy of his total of eight from last season in another welcome boost for Moyes.
The France Under-21 international scored the winner at St James' Park last season, a game in which Everton took the lead. They also scored first against the Magpies on Thursday, and getting the opener has proved to be a crucial factor in winning games under Moyes.
Everton have won just one of the past 21 Premier League matches when conceding first (D7, L13), losing their two most recent outings after doing so against Chelsea and Arsenal.
