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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from Saturday's Premier League match between Everton and West Ham. This is Nick Royle (@nickaroyle) taking you through all the action from Goodison Park.

Premier League / Matchday 29
Goodison Park / 05.03.2016
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Updated 05/03/2016 at 16:56 GMT


7'
Payet wins a foul in the centre circle after being caught by McCarthy when trying to release Emenike.
5'
A third corner for Everton, as Mirallas' effort takes a deflection. West Ham are under pressure here.
4'
Coleman breaks down the right and Oxford heads clear for a corner under pressure from Lukaku. Adrian pushes over McCarthy's follow-up effort from Barkley's corner.
3'
Lukaku tries to break through but he fouls Ogbonna and it is free-kick to West Ham. Lukaku, who has scored in his last seven games against West Ham, clashes with Adrian after catching him in the follow through.
2'
Lanzini tries to feed Cresswell but the former Ipswich full-back cannot control.
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We are off, with West Ham in claret and blue attacking from left to right. West Ham are playing a back five, with Kouyate and Obiang alongside Oxford, with two wing backs Ogbonna and Cresswell.
14:55
Bilic accepts that his West Ham side can finish in the Champions Legue positions following Wednesday's win over Spurs, but warned that they could also drop down the table just as easily. "It is realistic now. We are one point behind with 10 games to go so we have a chance,” he said.
14:50
Martinez says there will be no needle with West Ham following James McCarthy's rash tackle on Dimitri Payet in November that sidelined the French playmaker for two months. "We've moved on from that," Martinez said. "It is great to see Dmitri Payet back fit and playing, you don't want to see players out injured. James is an honest footballer, it was nothing malicious and those incidents happen.”
14:45
Everton have won just four of their last 16 Premier League matches at Goodison Park, but the Hammers have won just one of their last nine Premier League away matches.
14:40
The Toffees have not lost a Premier League fixture against West Ham since 2007, winning 10 of the 15 matches between the sides.
14:35
Everton are targeting back-to-back wins in the Premier League for just the second time this season, following the 3-1 victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park on Tuesday.
14:30
Bryan Oviedo has recovered from a knock, while Leighton Baines, who has not started a match since the 2-1 home defeat to Swansea City on January 24, will see a pain specialist next week to assess his chronic ankle problem but is fit enough to take his place on the bench. Tom Cleverley is suffering from illness, but Mo Besic also returns to the bench.
14:25
The Hammers start the day in sixth place in the Premier League, one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City, although Manuel Pellegrini's side have a game in hand. Everton are in 11th place, eight points behind Slaven Bilic's high-fliers.
14:20
Reece Oxford is making just his third start in the Premier League as a replacement for Collins, who will miss the next three matches with the hamstring problem he sustained against Tottenham, while fellow defenders Winston Reid (hamstring), Joey O'Brien (hamstring), James Tomkins (calf) and Sam Byram (suspension) are also unavailable.
14:15
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EVERTON: Robles, Oviedo, Funes Mori, Jagielka, Coleman, Barry, McCarthy; Mirallas, Barkley, Lennon, Lukaku. Subs: Howard, Baines, Niasse, Besic, Barry, Deulofeu, Osman.///WEST HAM: Adrian, Kouyate, Oxford, Ogbonna, Antonio, Noble, Obiang, Lanzini, Cresswell, Payet, Emenike...Subs: Randolph, Song, Carroll, Sakho, Henry, Hendrie, Dobson.
14:10
West Ham make one change from the side that beat high-flying Tottenham 1-0 at Upton Park on Wednesday, thanks to Michail Antonio's seventh-minute goal, with 17-year-old Reece Oxford replacing the injured James Collins at the back.
14:05
Toffees' boss Roberto Martinez has made one change to the side that beat Aston Villa 3-1 at Villa Park on Tuesday, with John Stones replacing Gareth Barry as the Spaniard reverts to a 5-4-1 formation.