The Toffees have already secured qualification to the next round of the competition which means that manager Roberto Martinez is set to hand starts to some of his fringe players including Chelsea loanee Christian Atsu who has not been able to feature regularly in the Everton starting eleven.
Everton were against German side Wolfsburg in their last European outing a match the Merseyside outfit won by a 2-0 score line with goals from Lukaku and Mirallas. But the Toffees have been on a winless three game run since then, losing their subsequent match against Tottenham, drawing against Hull and then being at the receiving end of a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City.
The Everton boss lamented the loss his side suffered against the defending English champions last time out blaming the match referee for making some poor decisions which went against his side. In particular the Everton boss was unhappy about the penalty kick awarded to Man City, which Yaya Toure subsequently scored from.
"The penalty decision shocked us and took the confidence out of our game," he said.
"I must admit I'm very disappointed with the assessment of the penalty."
"Phil Jagielka cannot disappear. It's not Phil Jagielka trying to get James Milner fouled, and if you look at the reaction of James he's trying to get up and fight for the ball.
"It's not a penalty in a million years. Sometimes we get carried away by giving it for any sort of contact."
Everton are unbeaten in Europa League this season and will be hoping to keep it the same way when they face Krasnodar. Arouna Kone will be returning to the side after a 14 month injury lay off with most of the first team players likely to be rested.
Ghana international Atsu on the other hand is also expected to feature on Thursday and even though Everton have nothing to play for on Thursday, the 22 year old claimed that his side will take nothing for granted.
"It won't be easy, because they are a very good side," he said.
"We have a very good team spirit and we want to win every game. We are not treating it like we have qualified – we are not going out to relax."
"They are well-organised and like to attack. I don't know how they will play here but they attacked us [in the first game]."
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