Gylfi Sigurdsson is off, Ki Sung-yueng on in his place, for Swansea. 

Will Sigurdsson play as close to Bafetimbi Gomis as Sigurdsson, or is this a sign of Swansea switching up in midfield? Ki to play deeper?

Just when Swansea look like they're feeling their way into it Everton pounce on the counter. 

But it all fizzes out when Romelu Lukaku takes centre stage. Again!

Ross Barkley's deflected shot reaches Lukaku before Lukasz Fabianski, but the Belgian can only stab tamely towards goal. 

There was loads of time to clear it off the line.

106 yellow cards in Premier League football. 

And Gareth Barry knew all about this latest one. A cynical little tug on Kyle Naughton. 

Free-kick Swansea, on the edge of the box... Gyfli Sugurdsson hits it into the side-netting. 

Their first sight of goal for a while.

And yet still Everton find a way through!

Romelu Lukaku is played in on goal by Gareth Barry, whites of the eyes etc, but he smashes his finish way, way over. Where was the composure? 

Everton with all the chances. But they haven't taken them, and we all know what that could mean, later...

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A brilliant start from Everton this. Swansea are sucked in to their own half now. 

Everyone bar Bafetimbi Gomis.

Left-back Brendan Galloway, what a bit of skill in the box! The youngster's played in by Ross Barkley, who's looking dangerous on the left now, but his finish is terrible. 

He aims for the far corner after a brilliant touch to create space, but the 19-year-old, who is yet to score a professional goal, skews his shot across the 'keeper and it goes wide, wide, wide...

Ross Barkley breezes past Andre Ayew, fantastic skill down the left wing.

The Everton man drills the ball in, Arouna Kone is on hand to tap home, surely!?

No! Through his legs! He looks distraught, Kone. No idea how he missed that. Maybe there was just a tad too much power on Barkley's cross?

Is that a chance? Go on then, I'll be generous. 

Andre Ayew steals in ahead of Bafetimbi Gomis to connect with a Jefferson Montero cross but he can't direct it on goal. 

A half-chance. Still, Swansea need all the encouragement they can get after that first-half showing. 

We are back under way.

No changes from either side.

We're still a few minutes away from kick-off for the second half here. 

The injury to Andre Ayew meant we had a bit of a delay in the first. 

Looking back through the carousel of highlights from that first half, Bafetimbi Gomis really should have done better with his chance, one-on-one with Tim Howard. 

And just to be clear, the highlights reel isn't exactly a keeper. 

The cameras at the Liberty Stadium focus in on a slumbering toddler - that picture pretty much tells the whole story. 

If you wanted graphical proof of how Swansea are struggling to get into the final third of the pitch against Everton, let alone the Toffees' penalty area, then check out the heatmap on the left below. 

Everton (on the right) are doing rather better - and you can see how Ty Browning is helping them threaten down the right with his galloping runs forward.

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Stalemate. 

Is there time? Jonjo Shelvey feeds Bafetimbi Gomis and this time Phil Jagielka is there, right on his heels, to make the challenge. 

Ty Browning looks to have fouled Jefferson Montero, but the referee gives a goal kick. That should be that.

Jonjo Shelvey's cross is cleared by... can you guess?

John Stones. He's been a rock in this first half.

Jack Cork goes in the book for a challenge on Arouna Kone before Swansea win a free-kick of their own. 

Steven Naismith trips Andre Ayew just outside the box near the byeline on the right wing...

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John Stones continues to read this game so well, and is brilliant with his distribution. 

Ross Barkley looks like making something of it as he motors towards goal, he's held up in the box and even with two bites at the cherry Gareth Barry cannot deliver a decent cross.  

Four minutes added on though. 

Here's Jefferson Montero finally with the ball where he wants it - close to the Everton box down the left wing. 

But it's Ty Browning who comes out on top, stealing the ball. 

Swansea win it back, build a bit of momentum but a misplaced Jonjo Shelvey pass kills it dead. 

I take back what I said earlier. 

The whole Jefferson Montero, Ty Browning toast scenario has so far failed to materialise.

Instead it's not exactly been the other way round, but Browning's been getting very far forward down the Everton right. Not bad at all for your first Premier League start.

Just over five minutes to go before half-time and there's a sense Swansea are going to have to hold on and see this one through. 

Everton threatening again when Ross Barkley feeds Romelu Lukaku, whose shot is judged to have been deflected over by Ashley Williams. 

I'm not sure from the replay, it looked like it was always rising.