Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE Premier League matchcast as Everton play host to West Brom on matchday two of the new season. Team news will follow very shortly!

Another effort from Steven Pienaar, but this time Foster dives to his right to make the stop. Early confidence from Steven Pienaar in the heart of the Everton midfield.

Steven Pienaar with an excellent diving header, but Foster is at full stretch to make the stop. Fine save. Fine passage of play.

West Brom have failed to score a goal in four of their last six Premier League games away from home. England manager Roy Hodgson watching this match this afternoon.

Distin's challenge on Long was outside the penalty box. No matter. It was not given. And we move on here.

Long again on the run for the visitors, but is then deemed to be tugging at the shoulder of Distin.

Long appeals for a penalty after he is challenged by Distin. That could have been a penalty. The grounded Long furious with that non-decision.

Fans paying tribue to Dave Hickson before kick-off today. First home match for Roberto Martinez in the leage as Foster knocks it long for the visitors.

We are off and running then at Goodison. Glorious day for football in Liverpool.

Nikita Jelavic has scored just one goal in his last 20 hours and 36 minutes of Barclays Premier League football for Everton.

Matej Vydra averaged a goal every 126 minutes and 15 seconds in the 2012-13 Championship for his former club Watford; a better ratio than any other player with 10+ goals.

Roberto Martinez has won just one of his last nine matches as a manager in the Premier League (W1 D4 L4).

Everton have dropped just four points from a possible 21 from their seven Premier League home meetings with WBA. West Brom have failed to score a goal in four of their last six Premier League games away from home.

Just one of the previous 14 Premier League meetings between these two sides has ended in a draw.

Steve Clarke: "Obviously Nicolas lost a close friend and an agent over the weekend - he died suddenly. Nicolas went to Richard (Garlick) on Thursday and indicated that he wasn't in a good place. I went in and had a very brief chat with him, and he wasn't in a good place. So the club have decided just to give him a bit of time to go away and think about it and get himself in a better place for the future. Really, that is as much as there is to tell on the situation."

Roberto Martinez: "In football, you want to keep your best performers and that's where we are. Obviously you always get into a debate when there is a club that matches the valuation of a player. Then you need to make a decision. That has never been the case and where we are at is that we want to keep our most influential players and build from that. It has been well reported what the approach was (for Baines and Fellaini). From that point on, we take it as a football compliment and we move on."

EVERTON: Howard, Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Coleman, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar, Barkley, Mirallas, Jelavic. Subs: Robles, Heitinga, Kone, Deulofeu, Naismith, Stones, Anichebe. /// WEST BROM: Foster; Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Morrison, Mulumbu, Yacob, Dorrans; Long, Rosenberg. Subs: Popov, Sinclair, Brunt, Lugano, Daniels, Vydra, Berahino.