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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates as Manchester United host Watford at Old Trafford in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first match as permanent manger.
Solskjaer was giving the full-time job over the international break after his impressive list of results since taking caretaker control in December.
United can regain their place in the top four at the expense of Arsenal with a win, while Watford are aiming to regain the initiative in their battle with Wolves to be the best of the rest. Follow it live:
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West Ham get things underway on a gorgeous evening in Stratford.
1 minute
Both teams with moments of early possession, Everton twice stopped by firm challenges, first by a sliding Issa Drop on halfway and then Aaron Cresswell in a more dangerous area.
2 minutes
It is a 4-4-2 that can morph into something slightly narrower from West Ham, with Robert Snodgrass on the left and Manuel Lanzini rather jettisoned to the right.
Everton assembled as indicated on the team sheet.
3 minutes
A first moment of real forward progress with Idrissa Gueye threading a beautiful pass outside Aaron Cresswell for the onrushing Richarlison to move on to, earning a corner.
GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Everton (Kurt Zouma, 4 minutes)
And from the corner Kurt Zouma heads home!
It is a high, hanging cross from Gylfi Sigurdsson that curls away from goal and there is nothing clever about the set piece, a simple battle of strength between a pair of Frenchman.
Zouma powers above compatriot Issa Diop, heading down into the floor and looping the ball over Aaron Cresswell, who is on the post but unable to keep the header out.
7 minutes
West Ham conceded three to Huddersfield in their last game here, and they are open at the back again in these early stages.
Gylfi Sigurdsson looks to return a one-two to Andre Gomes with West Ham's defence rather struggling to get back, a desperate slide from Pedro Obiang just about preventing Gomes from producing an effort on goal.
8 minutes
West Ham are playing a high line and both Issa Diop and Angelo Ogbonna are looking to step up and step in, leaving acres of space beyond them, and Everton are moving into the West Ham final third almost at will.
9 minutes
Idrissa Gueye is the latest to move beyond the West Ham defence and Angelo Ogbonna has to concede a corner with Richarlison making headway at the far post.
A woeful start for West Ham.
10 minutes
Everton are winning everything in the air, too.
The two corners since the goal have been the exact same stylistically and West Ham do not look at all comfortable defensively from set pieces.
Manuel Pellegrini's side are really struggling to get going.
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