Everton 1 - 0 West Ham Utd [L]

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Everton will be looking for their first win in a month when they face West Ham United at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday night. 

No real surprises. David Moyes sticks with the same starting XI from Everton's previous Premier League match for tonight's clash, despite the loss they suffered in that game at Anfield, confirming that, in the manager's mind at least, this is currently his strongest team. None of the fringe players he gave rare chances to in the debacle at Molinuex have been promoted from their places on the bench.

The Hammers are under new management, with Nuno Espirito Santo taking on his fourth Premier League appointment, looking for that infamous 'new manager bounce' to get his new charges out of the relegation zone.   

Will Everton come out of the box playing on the front foot, determined to score early and often? Not with that daft ball back to Pickford that loses possession from the kick-off. Three weak throw-ins down the right lead to little, Beto unable to dribble on. And it's scrappy rubbish in the middle, long balls over the top going nowhere. 

Greaslish had come off the wing and was playing very seep, perhaps to evade Walker-Peters. Everton finally had some possession but took their sweet time to advance the ball, painfully slow build-up.  Mykolenko eventually got a decent cross in but it was defended away and West Ham mounted their first attack. Bowen did well to beat Mykolenko but Paqueta was closed down. 

Everton's next build-up was a little quicker, leading to a long throw from Mykolenko but it wouldn't drop for a Blue shirt.  Dewsbury-Hall wanted a corner but the ball had ricocheted off him. Summerville went on a great run that had all the alarm bells ringing but it was ultimately thwarted and Everton restored to the slow midfield build-up. A deep cross from Keane didn't have enough pace for Beto to do much other than head it on to Areola.

Dewsbury-Hall had plenty of space for a transverse run, Ndiaye shooting low at Areola. But it was better from Mykolenko to Dewsbury-Hall, his cross drawing a corner. The first delivery was repelled but a great cross in from Garner was superbly headed in by Michael Keane.  

Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Ndiaye, Garner, Gueye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Beto. 

Subs: Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Barry, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Iroegbunam.

West Ham Utd: Areola; Walker-Peters, Mavropanos, Kilman, Diouf; Magassa, Fernandes, Paqueta; Bowen, Fullkrug, Summerville.

Subs: Hermansen, Igor, Wilson, Guilherme, Rodriguez, Scarles, Potts.

Referee: Sam Barrott.

 

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