Summary

  • Everton 18th with one win & two goals in five games

  • Bournemouth one place below in 19th

  • Wayne Rooney makes his 400th Premier League start

Live Reporting

Neil Johnston

  1. Onwards and upwards?

    Conor McNamara
    MOTD commentator at Goodison Park

    Everton's rollercoaster season started with a £150m squad overhaul and a catapult launch of four straight wins in all competitions.

    Ronald Koeman's team hit a plateau of two draws before the swooping plunge again of four straight defeats without scoring.

    Now we'll find out if Wednesday's 3-0 League Cup win over Sunderland is a new upward propulsion.

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  2. Team news

    Ronald Koeman reacts to Everton's 4-0 defeat at Manchester United last weekend by making three changes to that side.

    Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin makes his first Premier League start since 21 August, while midfielder Davy Klaassen and Mason Holgate are also recalled.

    Wayne Rooney makes the 400th Premier League start of his career.

    Everton: Pickford, Martina, Holgate, Williams, Baines, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Calvert-Lewin, Klaassen, Sigurdsson, Rooney.

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    Bournemouth also make three changes to the side that beat Brighton 2-1 in the Premier League eight days ago,

    Winger Junior Stanislas makes his first Premier League appearance of the season, while Dan Gosling and former Liverpool player Jordon Ibe also start.

    Bournemouth: Begovic, A Smith, Francis, Ake, Daniels, Gosling, Surman, Ibe, King, Stanislas, Defoe.

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  3. 18th v 19th

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    This was the bottom of the Premier League table at the start of the day. West Ham have since lost 3-2 at home to Tottenham in the early kick-off.

    Both Everton and Bournemouth find themselves in the relegation zone after five games.

    Fear not. There's an awful long way to go but the Toffees and the Cherries will be anxious to pick up points this afternoon.

    Here's the team news...

  4. Remember when?

    Goodison Park was a much happier place when this fixture was played last season.

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    Romelu Lukaku was still a Blue and helped himself to a hat-trick in a crazy 6-3 win.

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    Fast-forward seven months and both Everton and Bournemouth would settle for an ugly 1-0 win after underwhelming starts to the season.

    A relegation six-pointer in September?