Everton v West Ham live stream: Kick-off time, confirmed team news and TV Channel – In-form Toffees have injury issues as Hammers look to hit back

Everton return to Premier League action this afternoon looking to continue their fine start to the season against West Ham.

The Toffees battled to a 1-1 draw away at Manchester United before the international break despite a number of players missing due to injury.

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Rafael Benitez welcomes back former Everton boss David Moyes to Goodison Park with the Blues three points ahead of West Ham.

The Hammers come into this game on the back of a costly 2-1 defeat at home to Brentford last time out following Yoane Wissa's stoppage time strike.

Everton v West Ham: Date and time

The Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, October 17.

The match at Goodison Park will kick off at 2pm.

A late winner from Tomas Soucek was enough to separate the two sides in this fixture last season.

Everton v West Ham: TV channel and live stream

This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League with live coverage starting from 1pm.

Sky Sports customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.

If not, you can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £9.99.

Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the afternoon.

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Everton v West Ham: Team news

Everton team news: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Godfrey, Digne, Allan, Doucoure, Townsend, Iwobi, Gray, Rondon

Substitutes: Begovic, Tyrer, Kenny, Holgate, Mina, Gordon, Gbamin, Davies, Dobbin

West Ham team news: Fabianski, Johnson, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Benrahma, Bowen, Antonio.

Substitutes: Areola, Baptiste, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku, Ashby, Lanzini, Vlasic, Yarmolenko

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Everton v West Ham: Match stats

• Everton have won more Premier League games (27) and scored more Premier League goals (87) against West Ham than they have vs any other side in the competition.
• West Ham have won two of their last three Premier League away games against Everton (L1), as many as they had in their previous 21 visits to Goodison Park. They’re looking to win consecutive away league games against the Toffees for the first time since March 1930.
• Everton have won all three of their Premier League home games so far this season – they last won each of their first four at Goodison Park in a league campaign back in 1978-79 under Gordon Lee.
• West Ham have lost two of their last three Premier League games (W1), more than they had in their previous nine combined (1). However, away from home West Ham are unbeaten in six Premier League matches (W4 D2), with the Hammers last having a longer such run in the competition back in January 2009 (7 games).
• Everton have won seven points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, more than any other side coming into this weekend’s games. Indeed, it’s already as many (or more) as they won in each of their last three campaigns, with the Toffees last winning more points from behind in 2017-18 (14).
• Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored five goals in his last four appearances against West Ham in all competitions – the only team he has netted as many goals against for the Toffees is Newcastle (5).  
• Andros Townsend has been directly involved in eight goals in nine games in all competitions for Everton (5 goals, 3 assists), as many as he had in his final 61 appearances for Crystal Palace (2 goals, 6 assists). However, Townsend has never scored in 14 games against West Ham, more than he’s faced any other side without finding the net in his career.
• No player has had more ball carries leading to a shot (12) or a goal (3) than Everton’s Demarai Gray in the Premier League this season. West Ham’s Michail Antonio has also had three ball carries leading to a goal this term.
• In all competitions (ahead of this weekend’s games), only Mohamed Salah (12) has been directly involved in more goals among Premier League players this season than West Ham’s Michail Antonio (10 – 6 goals, 4 assists).
• West Ham duo Saïd Benrahma and Michail Antonio have created 14 chances for each other in the Premier League this season (7 each), more than any other pair in the competition so far this term.