Neal Maupay scores the only goal as Everton beat West Ham United for their first win of the season

"Not very good. We picked up a bit after they scored. First half was poor all round.

"We had a game Thursday so you have to take that into consideration. We are trying to settle some new players in and get the best of them and find out about them but it was the players I already know about today that let me down. Poor play overall.

"Players who played last year are down on their level. When we got anything in the final third we made the wrong decision almost every time. Had some chances in the last 20 minutes, but..."

"Important to celebrate. We have deserved a bit more than we have got this season. We have worked really hard. We showed a lot of parts of our game today. Our fans are amazing. They have taken to our team.

"This team has to be a reflection of the fans. We are not unique in that but our fans have passion and they demand things and they better see them. We have build the spine of the team, we had some lovely passages and we will get better.

"Nobody is getting carried away, but there is a decent feeling around the place."

Everton have won more Premier League games (28) and scored more Premier League goals (89) against West Ham than they have vs any other opponent. 

Everton have ended a run of seven Premier League matches without a victory (D4 L3 before today), while this was their longest wait for their first league victory in a season since 2010-11 (also MD7).

With four points from seven games (W1 D1 L5), West Ham have made their worst start to a Premier League season since 2016-17 (also four points), while only in 1973-74 have the Hammers had fewer points at this stage of a top-flight campaign (three – assuming three points for a win).

Everton have kept back-to-back clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time since May 2021 under Carlo Ancleotti, with one of those shutouts also coming against the Hammers.

West Ham have lost eight of their last ten Premier League away games (W2), while no side has lost more matches on the road in the Premier League in 2022 than the Hammers (9 – level with Everton and Leicester).

Everton’s Neal Maupay has scored in all three of his Premier League starts against West Ham. Indeed, against no side has he scored more goals in the competition than against the Hammers (3 – level with Newcastle and Watford).

"The corner flag was in the way, really! Lucky it wasn't a West Ham player, I would have done the same."

as he celebrates with the fans. Onana also partying it up with the Goodison faithful. First win of the season for the Toffees, and they go into the international break with a spring in their step. And they surge up to 13th. West Ham remain 18th and they will be getting restless in East London.

Let's turn to the match report from Chris Bascombe.

​Maupay: 'Everton is definitely a step up from Brighton'

Perhaps a bit lacking in attacking quality, but some good play from both sets of central defenders and a decent finish from Maupay for the solitary goal. Well contested affair. I don't think West Ham will finish in their current position (bottom three) but they need to get going soon. Decent win from Everton, their first of the season.

Bit of argy bargy. McNeil has gone in the book. Now Scamacca has jumped up and hurt his Everton opponent, Gueye. Jumped into the back of him as they went for a header. The Everton players don't like this at all and they are surrounding the Italian. West Ham colleague Declan Rice leaps to his defence and manages to defuse the situation. Ref books Scamacca.

Yet another corner for WHUFC. The keeper flaps at it, Declan Rice heads it back into the danger area but nobody can apply the finish.

Doucourre leads a break and a better ball might have allowed Everton to knock West Ham out for good. They were seriously overloaded.

There will be five minutes added. Everton are well pinned back but they look composed and in control of the situation.

A good hand for Maupay as he comes off.

Long ball down the middle, the Everton centre halves have not dealt with that well. Patterson gets just enough of a touch to make it hard for Cornet, who takes  it around the keeper but too far: he cannot apply the finish.

Iwobi went out to the left once Gray departed. Iwobi, operating from the berth, now tries a long shot. Nope.

Ball goes out of play. Moyes himself gets up and plays it back onto the pitch. A hoot from the crowd.

Dreadful delivery from the set piece. Moyes looks very far from gruntled.

Cornet, who has got some wheels, is sent free down the left. He races onto the ball and smacks the ball at goal. Tipped over, and Hammers have another corner.

Everton bring on Abdoulaye Doucoure for Demarai Gray. I think that's as much a tactical defensive move as an injury sub. Gray seemed ok.

Gray needed a bit of attention after that

Gray with a fine, slalom run cutting inside. Stopped by a challenge from Kehrer, who has impressed my colleague Jamie Carragher. The ball breaks handily for Iwobi, who cracks the shot not far over.

McNeil replaces Gordon for the hosts.

Benrhama picks the ball up about 35 yards out and is allowed to run at the goal. Where are the Everton midfielders?! He smashes a hard shot and it hits the woodwork. 

The Everton keeper was just stood watching - the shot took a deflection as a tackle belatedly came in.

West Ham pushing hard here. Committing men forward. Everton's defence has been impressive, though.

Applause in memoriam of the late Queen.

Cresswell with a corner. Hammers have had about 140 of them but Everton have defended them stoutly. Not so this one! A flick on from Soucek, and Declan Rise is a whisker away from turning it in.

Not too sure why, but West Ham are awarded another corner as a result. Cleared.

Gray with a lovely bit of quality as he beats his man, Coufal, and fires a hard low ball across the box. Just needed a colleague to apply the finish  and that would have been game, set and match. Hard to see the Hammers scoring two.

Said Benrahma and Maxwel Cornet on for Lucas Paqueta and Pablo Fornals.

Gordon into the book for wrestling an opponent, Cornet, to the floor.

Game has opened up. Iwobi and Gordon have a very good situation but cannot communicate well enough to capitalise: the former finds to find the latter, who was clear and well placed.

Everton on the charge! Gray flashes the ball across the West Ham goal. The Goodison faithful giving it the full gun.

West Ham look to hit back right away, Antonio with an effort. Atmosphere is really good.

That's the best move of the match and deserves a goal. Clever, no-nonsense drive forward from Iwobi, played into the feet of Neil Maupay... lovely first touch and a spin and he fires it home. Clinical.

Everton come now. This is more promising. Better football since the half.

Nice bit of play from West Ham. Creswell and Coufal combine, Bowen meets the ball well but fires over.

Coufal has a bit of a brain fade from the ensuing corner and has conceded another of the same. Kehrer with a solid headed clearance.

Right then. Has either side got a bit of quality? It is Everton who show first. Gray, probably the best attacking player on show so far, gets to the byline and crosses. Good work from Zouma to cut it out.

Says that West Ham have £132 million worth of talent on the bench. Will Moyes now deploy some of it?

Nodda classig. Here is Chris Bascombe:

"Idrissa Gana Gueye making his first start at Goodison Park since his return is currently trying to adapt to a world in which the passing options are not to Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. This is certainly a game of midfield diligence more than attacking genius so far..."

Hammers sling the ball in - Zouma gets up! With the header. On target but at the keeper.

Antonio with an excellent powerful run on the break and Tarkowski with a thunderous tackle to watch.

It's not terrible this match. Some good tackling etc and effort. Just limited prospects of a goal.

Bit of bad feeling as Coufal goes through the back of Gordon. The former felt the latter went down rather easily.

Regardless, it gives Gray a chance to deliver the set piece. Onana is wheeled into position. A disappointing delivery.

"It has been end to end stuff but no real quality. Both sides look like their best chance of a goal might be a set piece."

Everton look to build. Gueye to Onana. Iwobi. West Ham well dug in.  Played forward by Onana but waywardly. He was looking for Mykolenko. He found only open space.

Maupay comes forward with the ball and looks to create something. Out wide to Gray. Cross is not the ticket.

We've had one shot on target and the XG is 0.14 vs 0.13. You can see why neither of these sides have been amongst the goals so far this term.

West Ham have a freekick but waste it.

Antonio tries to roll away from Coady who takes the option of hacking him down. Yellow card, no debate. Jonathan Woodgate on the BBC: "Coady’s got a little bit too tight there. He had to make that foul, otherwise Antonio would’ve been away… and you don’t catch Antonio!"

Coufal, as ever a busy little bee, has won a corner down the right flank. Tolentino Coelho de Lima aka Paqueta heads tamely.

Tarkovski, who has some quality as well as being a yeoman, delivers an attractive crossfield ball. Gray's touch deserts him.

Creswell delivers it in yet again, this time Everton clear and keep it too. They break. Gray the man leading the charge. Hammers have to scramble back.

Hammers have a corner. Onana with a beefy header clear. Back in. Again defended well. Another corner. Both of these sides have got some lovely big boys. Third corner. This time, a punch clear. But it comes back in, and they get a FOURTH corner.

An enjoyable, open game - belying the fact that both of these sides are in the doldrums. Tarkowski cannot deal with a galloping break from Antonio. The mighty Coady again the rock upon which the attack flounders.

Gueye, perhaps seeking retribution and not being too bothered about on whom he visits it, has clattered into Bowen.

Tolentino Coelho de Lima with a nasty foul on Gueye.

A freekick from Everton's right and Onana gets up above all others. Heads over/wide.

Gray down the flank and he crosses - Gordon can't decide whether to head or shoot, ends up trying to knee the ball.

But Everton can keep the pressure on with a corner.

Superb defending from the admirable Conor Coady, who clears off the line after an excellent run and cross from Bowen down the Hammers right. Coady needed to time his intervention perfectly and not stick the ball past his own keeper.

Everton press West Ham's defence, who give it away. Iwobi is through! But Fabianksi is alive to the situation, off his line quickly, and forces the forward wide.

These sides have managed just seven goals between them so far (six games each) so you would feel that one might well be enough here. Everton seek to do just that by launching a ball into the Hammers box, but the visiting keeper is more than up to it.

Everton have made a bright start, passing the ball around nicely. But on an early foray forward, West Ham win a corner. It is dealt with efficiently. 

We kick off. Sunny day. Fans in good voice.

Pickford injured.

And now the national anthem.

in the tunnel. Frank Lampard and David Moyes are leading their teams out.

took a knock in the warm-up but seems to be okay.

Chris Bascombe writes:...

“Our performances deserve more points,” is Frank Lampard’s take on the season so far. It is hard to argue, but today feels like it will signal what kind of campaign Evertonians can expect. There have been improvements, but Lampard needs a win. 

 West Ham under David Moyes have been the kind of team Everton should aspire to be - which is ironic given the club had many opportunities to re-appoint Moyes since his Goodison departure.

 But after the improvements of the last two years West Ham start the day in the bottom three as Moyes looks to balance domestic and European commitments. Both teams are still feeling their way into this season. The pressure will increase if there are winners and losers today.

For Everton, Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s continued absence is a disappointment. It was thought he would at least make the bench having resumed training, but Lampard says he is keeping him back as a ‘precaution’ prolonging his recovery time. Although Lampard insists there is no fresh injury, even the word precaution can send a shiver down his fans' spine given recent injury problems. Neal Maupay continues upfront vowing to remedy his side’s goal shortage.

had been hoping that Dominic Calvert-Lewin's might be back in the matchday picture for this but he hasn't made the squad. 

The England international has not played since May due to a knee injury. He has trained the last couple of weeks.

It is understood manager Frank Lampard has opted to give Calvert-Lewin, who missed a lot of last season with injury, the extra couple of weeks afforded by the international break to ensure he gets back to full fitness.

Midfielder Idrissa Gueye makes his first start since returning to the club from Paris St Germain in the summer as one of two changes from Lampard, the other being Asmir Begovic for the injured Jordan Pickford.

Everton: Begovic, Patterson, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Gueye, Onana, Iwobi, Gray, Maupay, Gordon. Subs: Keane, McNeil, Doucoure, Coleman, Davies, Ruben Vinagre, Rondon, Jakupovic, Garner.

West Ham: Fabianski, Kehrer, Zouma, Cresswell, Coufal, Soucek, Rice, Fornals, Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Antonio. Subs: Scamacca, Lanzini, Downes, Areola, Cornet, Dawson, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Emerson Palmieri.

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Good afternoon and welcome to our live blog of the Premier League match between Everton and West Ham. The hosts are on four points from six games and a goal difference of -2. The visitors also have just four points from six fixtures but a goal difference of -5. It's 17th plays 18th in the table for two sides who have aspirations of being the best of the rest in the PL, and neither side can afford many more dud results.

Everton have bolstered their defence with the signings of of James Tarkowski, Conor Coady and Ruben Vinagre and made significant improvements to the midfield with the arrivals of Amadou Onana, Dwight McNeil, Idrissa Gueye and James Garner.

"From where we were at the end of last season, we had to add through the core of the team (in the transfer market)," said Frank Lampard

"We've deserved more points than what we've got - that doesn't mean anything but it's nice to feel the confidence of being solid and feel like we're going in the right direction.

"It can take time for certain elements of the team to grow but if we can keep more clean sheets - and be more tight and more difficult to beat - that's a big starting point for us.

"We feel confident in ourselves, with the way we're playing. We probably haven't had the rub of the green here at Goodison.

"I feel we can see a strength within the team, but it can take time to translate the performances into results.

"We just have to keep working in the right direction and believe that will come."

Lampard also still has a number of injury issues to contend with as defenders Yerry Mina, Mason Holgate and Ben Godfrey continue to be absent.

We will see who Frank does name in his team any minute now.