Everton 1-0 West Ham: Neal Maupay scores first Toffees goal

Neal Maupay opened his account for Everton to earn their first Premier League win of the season with victory over West Ham at Goodison Park.

Maupay, who joined from Brighton for £15m in August, turned on Alex Iwobi's pass and smashed the ball past Lukasz Fabianksi as it sat up on the bounce.

The hosts had chances to extend their lead, with the impressive Demarai Gray having an effort saved by Fabianksi.

West Ham, whose tally of three goals is the joint fewest goals in the top flight, were toothless in attack.

Michail Antonio could only direct a header straight at Asmir Begovic, while Said Benrahma's effort came back off a post.

Everton climb to 13th in the table, while West Ham remain in the relegation zone in 18th.

Everton get their reward as Hammers fall short

After losing their opening two games, Everton are unbeaten in five league games, but victory was elusive before West Ham's arrival in Merseyside.

Everton started brightly and Gray provided a constant threat down the left, testing Fabianski thanks to a fierce effort with minimal backlift and often beating his man and flashing crosses across the box.

Everton have struggled in front of goal themselves - only West Ham and Wolves have managed fewer league goals this season - but Maupay, playing his second game, provided the cutting edge with an excellent finish.

West Ham had a quick turnaround following their Europa Conference League win at Danish side Silkeborg IF on Thursday, and their performance appeared lacklustre.

Although they 14 shots - double the number Everton managed - it was not until Maupay's goal that the Hammers seemed to spark into life.

Antonio should have done more with his header before Benrahma's effort caught Begovic and the Everton defence by surprise as it hit the woodwork.

Five league defeats from seven games will be a concern for West Ham manager David Moyes, whose side host fellow strugglers Wolves in their next match on 1 October.

Player of the match

IwobiAlexander Iwobi

Everton

Squad number17Player nameIwobi

Squad number11Player nameGray

Squad number3Player namePatterson

Squad number30Player nameCoady

Squad number20Player nameMaupay

Squad number27Player nameGueye

Squad number2Player nameTarkowski

Squad number19Player nameMykolenko

Squad number8Player nameOnana

Squad number15Player nameBegovic

Squad number10Player nameGordon

Squad number7Player nameMcNeil

Squad number16Player nameDoucouré

Squad number33Player nameRondón

West Ham United

Squad number1Player nameFabianski

Squad number24Player nameKehrer

Squad number20Player nameBowen

Squad number41Player nameRice

Squad number9Player nameAntonio

Squad number22Player nameBenrahma

Squad number14Player nameCornet

Squad number3Player nameCresswell

Squad number11Player nameLucas Paquetá

Squad number5Player nameCoufal

Squad number7Player nameScamacca

Squad number28Player nameSoucek

Squad number33Player nameEmerson

Squad number8Player nameFornals

Squad number4Player nameZouma

Line-ups

Everton

Formation 4-3-3

15Begovic

3Patterson30Coady2Tarkowski19Mykolenko

8Onana27Gueye17Iwobi

11Gray20Maupay10Gordon

Substitutes

West Ham

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Fabianski

5Coufal4Zouma24Kehrer3Cresswell

28Soucek41Rice

20Bowen11Tolentino Coelho de Lima8Fornals

9Antonio

Substitutes

Live Text

Match ends, Everton 1, West Ham United 0.

Second Half ends, Everton 1, West Ham United 0.

Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Idrissa Gueye (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham United).

Dwight McNeil (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Foul by Dwight McNeil (Everton).

Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution, West Ham United. Emerson replaces Aaron Cresswell.

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Asmir Begovic.

Foul by Alexander Iwobi (Everton).

Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution, Everton. Salomón Rondón replaces Neal Maupay.

Attempt missed. Maxwel Cornet (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.

Attempt missed. Alexander Iwobi (Everton) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vitalii Mykolenko.

James Tarkowski (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Gianluca Scamacca (West Ham United).

Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Asmir Begovic.

Attempt saved. Maxwel Cornet (West Ham United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Declan Rice.

Substitution, Everton. Abdoulaye Doucouré replaces Demarai Gray.

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