Postpublished at 45 mins
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Steven Fletcher from 12 yards out. A tame low shot is straight at Tim Howard.
Summary
Everton take two-goal lead after 31 mins
Sunderland hit back to level after half-time
Everton score three in seven mins to take control
Kone completes hat-trick with close-range header
Postpublished at 45 mins
Postpublished at 45 mins
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Some nice approach play from Sunderland, but twice they ruin a chance to get a shot or header away with poor delivery. Jack Rodwell is the culprit the first time around.
Postpublished at 44 mins
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Everton are bossing this game now. They have a firm lead and are dominating possession.
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Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Ross Barkley has plenty of tricks and is capable of match-winning performances. But he also throws in the odd rick.
He spurns a great opportunity for Everton to test Sunderland when he overhits a pass to Gerard Deulofeu on the edge of the box and the Toffees are pressed back to the halfway line.
Postpublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2015
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Image source, Reutersget involved Get Involvedpublished at 14:08 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2015
#bbcfootball
PtheP: How the devil are Everton even ahead, let alone 2-0?
Max Baggins-Craig: Great deserved goal for Kone, can always rely on him to deliver, very good link-up play too. Everton top 7 easily.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 37 mins
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Lee Cattermole won't be getting a yellow card today. He's succumbed to injury and is to be replaced by Jack Rodwell. Sunderland are temporarily down to 10 men.
Image source, ReutersNot exactly shot-shypublished at 36 mins
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Plenty of shots in this game, seven for Everton to Sunderland's six, but it's the ones with the little football next to them that count. (Green arrows are on target, red off target, and yellow are blocked shots).
Image source, OptaPostpublished at 35 mins
Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Has Roberto Martinez done a job on Big Sam here?
The Sunderland boss pushed his wing-backs forward early doors and, like a great counter-attacking fighter, Everton waited to land a couple of swift jabs. The Black Cats are on the canvas now.
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Everton 2-0 Sunderland
Gareth Barry, who was involved at the beginning of Everton's second strike, has gone above David James in the all-time Premier League appearances list today - only Ryan Giggs and Frank Lampard are above him.
He looks good for a man of 573 top-flight appearances.
I'm not convinced he's not touching up his hair though. There's not a single grey hair on his head.
Image source, Getty Images
Image source, Getty Images
GOAL - Everton 2-0 Sunderlandpublished at 30 mins
Arouna Kone
Pick that out!
A superb goal from Arouna Kone, who drives a powerful left-footed shot into the roof of the net from just inside the area.
It came at the end of a nice one-two with Romelu Lukaku. Sunderland have a mountain to climb now.
Image source, PAPostpublished at 28 mins
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Adam Johnson curls a shot wide after being teed up by Jermain Defoe. That goal, it must be said, has really taken the wind out of Sunderland's sails.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 27 mins
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Here's how Everton took the lead. The ball through was by Arouna Kone (number 9) and Gerard Deulofeu (19) did the rest.
Image source, Optaget involved Get Involvedpublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2015
#bbcfootball
Andy McNamara: Have to say that's against the run of play. If Everton play to their true potential, they could achieve so much more.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 24 mins
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Everton defender Bryan Oviedo pulls his hamstring chasing after Jermain Defoe and has to be replaced. Brendan Galloway comes on at full-back.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 13:54 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2015
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Steve Bower
BBC football commentator at Goodison ParkSuffice to say, this has been an open game so far.
Postpublished at 13:53
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Up until that goal, it looked like Sunderland's 3-5-2 system was working quite well, given they had hit the post twice. These are the touches of wing-backs Patrick van Aanholt and DeAndre Yedlin, who have been causing plenty of problems for Everton. Will that change now Sunderland are behind?
Image source, OptaPostpublished at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 1 November 2015
CLOSE!published at 13:53
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Seamus Coleman has a shot beaten away as Everton try and turn the screw.
GOAL - Everton 1-0 Sunderlandpublished at 19 mins
Gerard Deulofeu
You don't rise through the ranks at Barcelona without being able to finish. Gerard Deulofeu puts Everton into the lead - against the run of play, it must be said - with a cool finish between the legs of Costel Pantilimon.
He owes Arouna Kone a drink, though. What a superb defence-splitting ball from the Ivorian to put the Spaniard through on goal. And from there, there was only ever going to be one result.
Image source, Reuters