Overview
- Michael Keane put Everton ahead from a set piece before Jarrod Bowen equalized in the second half from an El Hadji Malick Diouf delivery that deflected off Keane.
- West Ham remain second-bottom on four points from six league games, extending a poor early-season run that led to Graham Potter's dismissal.
- Nuno Espirito Santo took charge just 48 hours after being appointed, offering limited time to implement changes for his first match.
- Team selection was shaped by absences as Tomas Soucek was suspended, Aaron Wan-Bissaka had a stomach issue, and James Ward-Prowse was left out of the squad, while Everton were without Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Rohl.
- Everton conceded their first Premier League goal at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium, and tensions were evident as traveling West Ham fans directed 'sack the board' chants during the match.