Everton beat an out-of-form and weary West Ham to take all three points at London Stadium on Sunday.
The Toffees, who are mourning the death of longtime chairman Bill Kenwright, who passed away Oct. 23 at the age of 78 and was the club’s longest-serving chairman, won 1-0 thanks to a second half goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
West Ham had numerous chances in the first half but couldn’t make their possession count and Calvert-Lewin went close to scoring a second late on but rattled the frame of the goal.
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The Irons are now winless in their last four games across all competitions and David Moyes is under pressure after a summer of big spending after Declan Rice’s departure has failed to see the Hammers advance their playing style. They sit on 14 points for the season.
Everton and Sean Dyche have a possible points deduction hanging over them but have really improved in recent weeks and after three wins from their last five games they have now moved on to 10 points for the season.
Moyes is running out of time at West Ham
Given what he has achieved at West Ham, David Moyes deserves plenty of time to turn this poor run of form around. But, given that most of last season saw their hugely talented squad battle against relegation and produce turgid football and the same trend is starting to repeat itself this season, Moyes doesn’t have much money in the bank with the West Ham fans. Even after winning the Europa Conference League last season and starting well in the Europa League this season, Moyes is starting to hear the boos grow louder. The loss of Declan Rice in the summer was a hammer blow (pardon the pun) but Ward-Prowse, Alvarez and Kudus were all excellent additions to negate that blow. But is Moyes the right man to take this West Ham forward? The fans clearly want a more front-footed coach and they’ve voiced that opinion for some time as they labored against Everton and have become very predictable. It is easy to imagine a more attack-minded manager getting more out of this squad of players than Moyes has on a weekly basis in the Premier League for the last 12 months. But West Ham’s fans should also look to Everton for what can go wrong in this situation as they went for swashbuckling coaches galore in an attempt to excite their fans and challenge the top six but instead they’ve been in free-fall and stayed up in each of the last two seasons by the skin of their teeth. Heck, even look at what happened when Manuel Pellegrini came in to replace Moyes a few years back and several big-money signings later, Moyes was welcomed back and just about saved West Ham from relegation. Moyes’ time at West Ham may soon be up again but be careful what you wish for, West Ham fans.
What’s next?
Next up in the PL, West Ham head to Brentford on Saturday, Nov. 4. While Everton host Brighton on the same day.
West Ham vs Everton player ratings
Via our friends at FotMob.com, you can see DCL had himself a day and Everton were very solid across the pitch and Jordan Pickford also came up with some big stops (even though the offside flag went up on a few occasions, still he didn’t know!).
How to watch West Ham vs Everton live, stream link, time
Kickoff: 9am ET, Sunday (Oct. 29)
TV channel: USA Network
Online: Stream live on NBCSports.com
GOALLL! West Ham 0-1 Everton - Calvert-Lewin
The Toffees lead. A great turn and finish from Calvert-Lewin after Branthwaite had surged forward and the ball was played in to DCL. Just when West Ham were pushing to go ahead, Everton land a crucial blow.
Half time: West Ham 0-0 Everton
The hosts had a lot of the ball for that half but couldn’t make the breakthrough. Dyche will be a lot happier than Moyes as Everton are well in this.
Hammers on top early on
It has been pretty much all West Ham early on as Paqueta clipped over a lovely ball Bowen couldn’t quite connect with. Antonio is causing problems and Alvarez is breaking things up in midfield.
West Ham lineup
Sunday Hammers ⚒️ pic.twitter.com/lipecX7uso
— West Ham United (@WestHam) October 29, 2023
Everton lineup
Today's Toffees at London Stadium! 👊
— Everton (@Everton) October 29, 2023
One change as Patterson comes in for the suspended Young. 🔃#WHUEVE pic.twitter.com/hDm3ktcOBy
Focus on West Ham
OUT: Emerson (suspension) | QUESTIONABLE: Vladimir Coufal (muscular)
Focus on Everton
OUT: Dele Alli (groin), Ashley Young (suspension) | QUESTIONABLE: Andre Gomes (calf), Seamus Coleman (knee)
