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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of Sunday's Premier League action.
Everton 2 West Ham 0
Southampton vs Chelsea
Kick-off: 4.00pm
Team news
Southampton: Forster; Martina, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand; Romeu, Clasie, Davis; Tadic, Redmond, Austin.
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Costa, Hazard.
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Saturday's results
Sunderland 1 Arsenal 4
Manchester United 0 Burnley 0
Middlesbrough 2 Bournemouth 0
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Leicester City 1
Watford 1 Hull City 0
West Bromwich Albion 0 Manchester City 4
Crystal Palace 2 Liverpool 4
3 MINS
Everton begin to dictate the tempo of the game as they string passes around the back four. The Hammers will have to find their feet quickly and begin to make an impact.
6 MINS
Bilic's men begin to maintain possession and appear to be targetting Antonio as their attacking outlet. The 26 year old striker has scored 5 goals so far in this league campaign - The Hammers will have to keep a close eye on him today.
8 MINS
A poor clearance from Adrian gives Mirallas possession, but the attack is dealt with at the back. That's sloppy from the Spanish keeper.
No real attacks on goal yet.
16 MINS
Payet delivers a corner that finds Fernandes on the edge of the box, but he is closed down on the edge of the box by a wall of blue shirts. Everton win possession and charge on the counter attack, with Lukaku running the length of the pitch but The Hammers make it back just in time and manage to minimise the danger.
19 MINS
It's far too easy for West Ham at the moment. There's no pressure when they're in possession so they have time to build their attacks from the back and slowly work their way up the pitch. The likes of Lukaku and Mirallas should be closing them down quicker.
However, Coleman is doing well for Everton at the back as he is keeping Antonio quiet and marking him tightly.
21 MINS
An Everton attack leaves blue shirts knocking the ball around in the West Ham box. Continuous attempts on goal are blocked by a sea of claret and blue shirts, but the final ball finds Lukaku but he is unable to control it. That should be a wake up call for The Hammers.
24 MINS
Bolasie breaks down the right but it's easily dealt with by the Hammers defence. They need to do better in there.
26 MINS
What a save! Excellent reflexes from Adrian who denies Barkley from close range. Barkley beats his man inside the box and fires the ball towards the goal, but the trailing hand of the Spanish keeper saves the day.
28 MINS
A free kick from Payet flys into the Everton box, but no blue shirts can get on the end of it. It's a waste. With such talent on the set pieces, they need to be doing more from there.
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