Hello and welcome to live coverage of Everton vs Newcastle United.

Lukaku fires a free kick way, way over the bar.

Lennon is dragged down by Taylor as he broke from midfield, and is booked.

Everton concede a free kick on the right hand corner of the box. Taylor curls a dangerous cross to the back post, but Newcastle can't do anything with it.

Everton keeping the ball in defence, the ball is passed forward to Osman, then Baines by the touchline, but nothing comes from it as the cross is cleared.

Howard picks up a loose ball and Everton play the ball short out of defence. Lukaku holds up a ball on the right wing to win a throw in.

Everton are rampant. Newcastle are struggling to keep hold of the ball.

GOAL! Everton 1-0 Newcastle. McCarthy scores - Jagielka hits a ball into Lukaku, he toes the ball off to McCarthy, and he drives a shot that bobbles a yard left of Krul, who had foolishly collapsed to his right.

Gibson is inches from finding Kone as he makes a run to chase a ball over the top. He was so close to bringing it down with just the keeper to beat.

McCarthy is the latest player to get in behind the defence, but with Kone lurking, Krul dives out to smother the ball.

Krul flaps the corner down and away.

Lukaku pulls off down the right fires in a cross for Kone, but Janmaat is there to cover and clear for a corner on the right wing.

Jagielka gets behind the defence on the left, found by Kone, but his cut back is cut out, and the danger passes.

Sissoko has a cross blocked by Osman, but Sissoko wins the ball back and finds Colback, to Ameobi, but he's tackled.

Lots of scrappy play in midfield. But there is absolutely nothing interesting happening at the moment.

A chance to cross from deep for Newcastle with a free kick. Taylor hits a cross to the back post, and it's headed awy. Lukaku comes forward for Everton, but he's tackled.

Krul comes out to grab a backwards defensive header, and that's about how interesting the match is.

Lukaku strides forward from deep, with the pitch opening up ahead of him, and he forces Krul to dive to his left with a low shot from distance.

Lennon cuts onto his left foot on the right wing, stands up a cross to the back post, but Krul is out to claim.

Janmaat digs a shot at goal that's immediately blocked, and then Obertan's cross from the right is missed. A minute earlier Obertan flicks a shot at goal that is smartly blocked by Howard.

A throw for Newcastle high up the left wing, and it's headed behind by Alcaraz for a corner.

A slow start to the match so far.