BIG MATCH FACTS

WEST HAM manager Manuel Pellegrini has won five of his seven Premier League clashes against Everton (D2); he has faced the Toffees more times in the competition without losing than any other side. EVERTON have won just one of their last 13 Prem games played on a Sunday, with this their 10th defeat in those matches (D2). WEST HAM have beaten Everton in consecutive league meetings for the first time since March 1973. EVERTON have now lost three of their last six meetings with West Ham (W2 D1), as many as their previous 31 combined in all competitions (W18 D10 L3). WEST HAM’S Andriy Yarmolenko is the fourth Ukrainian player to score in the Prem (also Rebrov, Shevchenko and Voronin) and the first since Andriy Voronin for Liverpool against Spurs in May 2008. YARMOLENKO is the fourth West Ham player to score a brace on his first Prem start for the club (also Trevor Sinclair, David Di Michele and Demba Ba) and the first since Demba Ba against West Brom in February 2011. SINCE the start of 2018, only Mo Salah (23) has had a hand in more league goals than West Ham forward Marko Arnautovic (16 – nine goals, seven assists). ARNAUTOVIC has been directly involved in 11 of West Ham’s last 16 league goals (7 goals, 4 assists). EVERTON midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson’s goal was the third header he has scored in his Prem career (47th goal overall), and his first since January 2016 for Swansea v Manchester United.