Everton vs. Krasnodar: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

Everton will look to cap off their Europa League group stage with an unbeaten record when they play host to Krasnodar on Thursday evening.

Roberto Martinez's side are already assured of top spot after winning three and drawing two of their five fixtures thus far, once of those being a 1-1 draw at the Kuban Stadium in October.

Their Russian guests are already out of the running to advance after failing to take a win from their campaign, but the low-stakes circumstances nevertheless make for an enticing European clash.

Read on for full viewing details of Thursday's fixture, along with match preview and which key battle could decide the tie.

Date: Thursday, December 11

Time: 8:05 p.m. GMT/3:05 p.m. ET

Live Stream: ITV Player (UK), Fox Soccer2GO (US)

TV Info: ITV 4 (UK), Fox Sports 1 (US)

Toffees Testing Depth with Top Spot Sealed

According to the Mirror's David Maddock, Martinez will seek to use this week's matchup as a chance to test out a number of aspiring youngsters.

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With Group H already in the bag, Everton will instead concentrate their first-team might upon next Monday's clash Premier League clash with Queens Park Rangers.

Maddock reports that Tyias Browning, Luke Garbutt, Kieran Dowell and Ryan Ledson are among those in line to get their Europa League chance, the latter two of whom are hoping to make their first-team debuts.

Merseyside writer Richard Buxton confirmed that Martinez would hand Browning and Garbutt starts in the Europa League collision, having shown promise in their first steps in the senior ranks:

Despite their position of 12th in the Premier League table, it speaks highly of Everton's success in Europe this term that the club can afford to field a host of inexperienced prospects.

Krasnodar may also wish to withhold some of their bigger stars in the hopes of concentrating on domestic concerns, but for a very different reason.

Key Battle

Arouna Kone vs. Andreas Granqvist

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To say Arouna Kone has been a peripheral figure at Goodison Park since moving to Everton in 2013 would be an understatement.

A recurring knee injury has blighted any hopes the Ivorian would have of establishing prominence under Martinez as he did with Wigan Athletic, but Thursday offers him a rare chance to impress.

Krasnodar's Andreas Granqvist will be among those in contention to capitalise upon Everton's weakened line-up, however, in the hunt for what would be a first clean sheet of the European campaign.

In anticipation of the midweek clash, Kone was quoted by the official Everton Twitter account in detailing his excitement for the comeback:

Despite Krasnodar's lack of rigidness at the back, Granqvist serves as more than a simple obstacle and actually holds the club's highest passing rate in Europe this season at 79.9 percent, per WhoScored.com.

The Swede will hope to use some of that metronomic influence from the back in establishing momentum for his team, who could do with signing out of Europe on a high.

Kone is merely hoping for a positive display after failing to yet make a Premier League start for Everton after 18 months at the club, but Granqvist will seek to turn him down at every avenue.