Just 14 more points and Everton can really start planning for the future. Four wins and a couple of draws from their final 15 matches will take the Merseysiders to that magical milestone of 40 points - and that’s when they can begin looking forward to moving home and a new beginning. Given the form Everton have hit under David Moyes, it appears a formality. Especially while those teams below them continue to underwhelm.

Leicester are one of them. Ruud van Nistelrooy's men played like a side that has already accepted their fate, even though the bottom four clubs are separated by the width of a team sheet. The Toffees have now won their last three games, adding Leicester’s scalp to those of Tottenham and Brighton. And when Iliman Ndiaye completed this rout in the final minute with his eighth goal of the season, it meant the gifted Senegalese midfielder had scored in each one. Moyes was regarded as a safe pair of hands following the parting of the ways with Sean Dyche.

But he will want to achieve much more than just ensuring that Everton move into their spectacular new £800million stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock as a top-flight club. Moyes may have now managed for 701 games, but he is desperate that his second stint as Toffees boss will enable him to deliver a lasting legacy more precious than staying away from the bottom three. He did just that at West Ham, guiding the Hammers to their first trophy in 43 years with success in the Conference League. Everton could do with making some memories on the waterfront when Goodison is finally consigned to the history books. The past weighs heavily on the Blue side of Stanley Park.

Everton’s first league title was in 1891, less than a year before the local Tory MP who owned their Anfield ground responded to their refusal to pay his rent demands by founding Liverpool. Their presence at Goodison will continue. It will be the base for the club’s charity organisation. Everton in the Community, an institution that celebrated its 37th anniversary ahead of the game, provides a wide-ranging programme of help to tackle things like poverty, anti-social behaviour, dementia and disability in one of the country’s most deprived areas.

Where will Everton finish this season? Give us your prediction in the comments section. When Moyes announced he had arrived at the People’s Club when he was appointed manager the first time around 23 years ago, it was more than a soundbite designed to get the fans on-board. Goodison was close to its 40,000 capacity again. Supporters have learned to live with everything from relegation battles and takeover traumas to points deductions and managerial mayhem - all while their neighbours have won every honour possible.

There are thousands of club members hoping that Everton will announce an increase on the 30,000 season tickets they currently sell in L4. In contrast, Leicester’s immediate future looks bleak. The Foxes were a goal down after eight seconds when Abdoulaye Doucoure fired past Mads Hermansen. And their prospects were damaged even more when Beto found himself in the same position as the Malian midfielder in the sixth minute - and duly found the same bottom corner. Leicester’s fans in the corner of the Bullens Road Stand quickly turned their ire on director of football Jon Rudkin and the club’s directors.

Celebrating that title miracle, winning the FA Cup and reaching the Champions League quarter-finals must feel like a lifetime ago. When Beto scored again in first-half injury-time, Van Nistelrooy might have been tempted to turn a few of those travelling supporters loose on his players in the dressing room for 15 minutes. After collecting four points from his first two games as manager, the Dutchman has lost eight of the last nine. The word is that he is already contemplating his future - and who can blame him with the club failing to hand him any money during the transfer window?.

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