DAVID MOYES faces a selection poser over Marouane Fellaini this weekend with the midfielder walking a disciplinary tightrope ahead of the Merseyside derby.

Fellaini picked up his ninth booking of the season when he was carded by referee Mike Riley in the first half of the Boxing Day victory at Middlesbrough.

The Belgian has already served a one-game suspension after accruing five cautions in his first eight games in English football.

Another yellow card would mean a two-game ban for Fellaini. And the 20-year-old must avoid a booking in the next two games to be available for the trip to Liverpool on January 19.

With Everton pressing for Champions League qualification, Moyes is unlikely to rest Fellaini for the Premier League visit of Hull City on Saturday week.

However, the Goodison manager could choose to take the Belgian out of the firing line for Saturday’s FA Cup third round journey to Coca-Cola League Two strugglers Macclesfield Town.

Fellaini has been operating as a makeshift striker alongside Tim Cahill, but Moyes now has the fit-again Victor Anichebe available for the Moss Rose tie.

Assistant manager Steve Round revealed at the weekend that Louis Saha is now “nearly fit” as he recovers from a hamstring problem.

But the cold snap is threatening Saturday’s cup tie at Macclesfield, with temperatures unlikely to move above freezing before the game.