Rooney has left the pitch to have his face cleaned up and Everton are playing on with 10 men.

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34 mins

Everton 0-0 Bournemouth

What's happened to Wayne Rooney?

He's flat out inside the Bournemouth area with blood pouring from his face.

Rooney climbs to his feet and he is furious with referee Martin Atkinson for not awarding a penalty.

Television replays show Rooney was elbowed by Cherries captain Simon Francis while challenging for a header.

We've not heard the last of this.

Eddie Howe will be pleased with the way his players have gone about this. They have limited Everton to just one shot on target as the half-hour mark nears.

Bournemouth and Everton have managed just five Premier League goals between them this season.

Should we really be surprised it is goalless?

Cheers from the home sections as former Liverpool player Jordon Ibe is dispossessed just outside the Everton area by Morgan Schneiderlin.

Little from Wayne Rooney so far on his landmark 400th Premier League start of his career. He's playing with a bandage on his hand due to a sprained finger.

Gylfi Sigurdsson takes a tumble inside the area after a challenge by former Everton player Dan Gosling but Martin Atkinson is not interested in the home team's appeals for a penalty.

Replays suggest Sigurdsson made a meal of it.

Just before that Dominic Calvert-Lewin had a goal-bound shot blocked.

It's an evenly matched game which has yet to burst into life.

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Everton 0-0 Bournemouth

You could hear that on the other side of Stanley Park!

Morgan Schneiderlin slams into Andrew Surman and Martin Atkinson reaches for his top pocket.

The Everton midfielder has another yellow to his name.

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Goals for Chelsea and Watford but we're still awaiting the first shot on target in this game.

Gylfi Sigurdsson is itching for his first Premier League goal in a blue shirt.

He takes aim from distance but it comfortably clears the bar.

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Bournemouth conceded six goals in this fixture last season. There will be a mixture of relief and encouragement that they have reached the 10-minute mark unscathed.

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Everton are warming up nicely.

A cracking cross by skipper Leighton Baines finds Dominic Calvert-Lewin who leaps like a salmon above the Bournemouth defence only for his header to drop just wide.

First sign of danger from the home side.

Eagle-eyed Gylfi Sigurdsson does well to find Cuco Martina on the wing whose attempted cross into the area cannons of a red and black shirt and the Toffees have their first corner.

Decent start by the Cherries.

Adam Smith with a powerful run while the home defence have been called into action to cut out a couple of crosses into the area.

Bournemouth have had 83% possession in the opening three minutes.

And off we go.

Bournemouth are in their traditional home colours of red and black, Everton in their familiar blue and white.

Here come the teams as Z-Cars booms around Goodison.

A pat on the back from Eddie Howe to Ronald Koeman and we're moments away from kick-off.

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Communian: A striker is only an issue if Everton are creating chances and not putting them away. Right now they could have Cristiano Ronaldo up front and it wouldn't make any difference because they simply aren't creating chances.

One Wonders: Too early to look at any table yet, let's see how they are doing at Christmas.

Velo Wanderers: A bit of perspective is needed. They started the day 5 points off of 4th spot.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Everton's statistics this season make grim reading and, rather than back up Ronald Koeman's drive for increased productivity, suggest the ploy is backfiring.

While it is still a season in its infancy, the early signs for Everton are ominous.

Only Crystal Palace have scored fewer than Everton's two goals - they have not scored at all - while Koeman's side have mustered a dismal 10 shots on target in their first five games.

At this stage last season, after five league games, Everton had scored 10 goals and had 37 shots on target. In 2016-17 they had 77 shots, including blocks, while this season they have had only 42.

If Koeman was intent on increasing Everton's productivity, he has so far failed.

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Smiles all round earlier when Eddie Howe bumped into one of his boyhood heroes...former Everton forward Daniel Amokachi.

Will the Bournemouth boss be smiling later?

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Ronald Koeman was publicly irked by Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suggesting Everton should aim for the top four after £140m of summer spending, responding: "Let's be realistic."

And when asked what was realistic, he said: "Same as last season."

Penny for the thoughts of major shareholder Farhad Moshiri, who has already pointed out Everton's team is now 80% Koeman's and that the top six is an initial target.

Everton's ambition and aspirations were instantly lifted higher than last season's seventh once he rebuilt his squad - and the sound of "same again" has hit a discordant note with the supporters.

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