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Two changes from the starting 11 today, with Aaron Cresswell and Ollie Scarles making way for a return of Mavropanos and Emerson.

For some reason, Potter has seen some light in the Greek and decided to give him yet another chance, which, seemingly in the 22nd minute already started to show worries when he became invisible, letting the ball go through and forcing Kilman to pick up the pieces.

The best effort of the half caused a stunning save from Pickford to be made, saving Brainthwate from the embarrassment of an own-goal after nearly deflecting it in.

Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski (C), Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gana, Garner, Doucoure, Harrison, Alcarez, Beto
West Ham: Areola, Kilman, Todibo, Emerson, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Paqueta, Soucek, Ward-Prowse, Bowen (C), Kudus Subs: Fabianski, Ferguson, Ings, Guilherme, Alvarez, Scarles, Rodriguez, Soler, Cresswell

Football is ultimately a game of chance. West Ham United fans will know that more than others when it comes to watching The Hammers on the pitch.

While the sport is very much data-driven, given the use of statistics in the modern game, what happens on the pitch can be very different to what many may expect to happen. You can look at a piece of paper, analyze all of the data, make a prediction based on it, and then see something entirely different happen when the players are on the pitch.