Hello and welcome to live text coverage of today's mid-table Premier League encounter between Everton and Stoke City

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Full-time. Everton secure a hard-fought win, moving them into the top half of the table for the first time this season. Final score: Everton 1-0 Stoke

Bilyaletdinov strikes the ball first-time with his right, after being set up by Pienaar, but the shot only rifles the Stoke side-netting

Pennant trips Baines deep down the Everton left... exactly not what Stoke need with two minutes remaining

4 minutes of stoppage time for Stoke to find a late equaliser...

Stoke's Tuncay cuts in from the right and attempts a left-foot curling strike from about 30 yards out, but his shot travels over Howard's goal

Stoke driving forward now, with Jones just failing to connect with a header - Everton inviting pressure onto themselves

Everton's second sub: Goal-scorer Yakubu coming off for Diniyar Bilyaletdinov

Stoke now have a free-kick 25 yards out, just off-centre of Howard's goal. It's a very promising position but, in the end, a terrible effort from Pennant who blazes well over

Etherington flashes his left-footed drive agonisingly wide of Howard's far post, after bursting down the left flank.

Arteta chests the ball down to Heitinga, who attempts an ambitious drive from outside the box which is comfortably collected by Begovic

Pennant has attempted a couple of surging runs down the Stoke right. but to no avail as the Everton backline maintain position. The Potters are beginning to take the game to the home team, pushing forward and restricting Everton to an unconvincing long-ball game

Second Stoke sub: Glenn Whelan is coming on for Marc Wilson

Since the goal, Everton haven't really broken into stride, as the ball becomes pumped back and forward by both teams

Stoke sub: Jermaine Pennant is coming on for Jon Walters

A hammer blow for Stoke who were just starting to get into the game and were ruffling Everton's feathers

Everton push forward and come so close to taking the lead as Cahill strikes the foot of the post with a shot from the edge of the area. However, the ball rebounds out for Yakubu, who tracks inside before unleashing an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net and beyond Begovic from six yards out.

GOAL FOR EVERTON (AYEGBENI YAKUBU)

Stoke growing in confidence, as Tuncay gets behind the Everton backline but his run is snuffed out. David Moyes' men then break with Pienaar who feeds Heitinga, and then lays off the ball for Baines who is felled in the box but no penalty is awarded. Stoke recover and reform their resilient backline.