Manager David Moyes reports confidence is high at Goodison Park as Everton hit the home straight of a two-pronged assault.

With 11 Barclays Premier League matches remaining, starting with tomorrow's visit of Portsmouth, Everton's destiny is in their own hands as they bid to finish in the top flight's top four.

They are also in the final 16 of the UEFA Cup - Italians Fiorentina are their next opponents - despite having to shuffle the pack regularly due to injuries, illness and African Nations Cup duty recently.

"The belief has always been quite strong," said Moyes.

"If you have played as well as we have recently, score goals and get the results, with different people coming into the team and doing well, it creates a great deal of belief right through the club."

Everton can nullify Pompey's challenge for the Champions League placings with a victory, which would increase the gap between the two to nine points.

Manchester City, another of the European hopefuls, would have drawn level on points with the Blues with a win on Monday but were defeated at home for only the second time this season thanks to another clinical display from Moyes' men.

But the Toffees boss is aware of the away form of Portsmouth, who have won eight times on the road and are arguably the best club team Harry Redknapp has put together.

"He has had his moments, Harry," Moyes said. "But I am sure he would say now that he has got a really good Portsmouth side.

"Full of international players; they're strong; he has spent in the transfer window and improved the squad once again.

"I don't think they've been outside the top eight all season and that is credit to them."

Moyes will decide whether to prolong groin-injury victim Mikel Arteta's rest.

The Spanish midfielder sat out Monday's 2-0 win at Eastlands to get treatment on the problem but may be forced to play through the pain again if the illness that has swept through the Finch Farm training ground forces Moyes' hand.

"There is a chance and he could play if we needed him to play," said Moyes.

"I don't think it's going to need surgery, that is what I have been told by the medical team.

"He has played a lot of the season with the injury and it has not forced him to rest too much.

"He could just do with missing a few games here and there; he wants to be involved as well, he has got through now for quite a while, so I see no reason why he shouldn't get through the remaining eight to 10 weeks of the season."

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