Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live commentary from this Premier League clash between Bournemouth and Everton. This is Liam Twomey (@liam_twomey) taking you through all the action from the Vitality Stadium.

Everton again try to find Lukaku with a long ball out of defence and Kone drifts into a more central position in anticipation of the knockdown but Bournemouth's greater numbers snuff out the danger.

Good hold-up play from Lukaku allows Everton to push forward but two wayward passes from Deulofeu check their attacking momentum.

Galloway plays the ball infield from the left as Everton look to launch a counter but miscommunication between Lukaku and Deulofeu sees the move break down, and Bournemouth's resulting foray forward culminates in Ritchie firing the game's first shot on target into the arms of Howard.

A searching Bournemouth punt into the right channel sparks a race between Funes Mori and King but the Argentine reaches the ball first and clears it out of play.

Bournemouth's first attack brings the first half-chance of the match as King dinks the ball across the box from the left and Gosling scuffs a shot wide under pressure against his former club.

Everton have seized control of proceedings early but the efforts of Deulofeu and Funes Mori to get Lukaku involved are snuffed out by the Bournemouth defence.

Lukaku and Barkley get things under way on the South Coast and Everton work the ball around their back four.

The players are out on the pitch at the Vitality Stadium and kick-off is minutes away. Just enough time for an interesting stat about the visitors...

Eddie Howe has been speaking to the media ahead of kick-off...

Here's how Everton will line up at the Vitality Stadium, with Arouna Kone continuing his new career as a false left winger. Presumably they won't stand so close together on the pitch...

Chelsea's ongoing crisis and Liverpool's slow start means the Premier League's top four race could scarcely be more open, and Roberto Martinez is upbeat about Everton's chances: "We have arguably the strongest squad we have had for a long time in terms of numbers and players in good moments of form. The understanding and tempo we have in possession comes from the tempo in training. That comes from the competition we have for places and everyone pushing themselves to the maximum to get into the starting line-up."

Everton's recent resurgence has been powered in large part by the exciting young trio of Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley and Gerard Deulofeu. Lukaku has hit seven goals in his last seven matches, while Barkley has already been directly involved in nine goals this season (five goals, four assists). Bournemouth's defence - the leakiest in the Premier League - could be in for a long afternoon.

Bournemouth, ravaged by injury after a promising start to the season, are now winless in their last seven Premier League games and surrendered a two-goal lead on the road to struggling Swansea City last time out. Yet boss Eddie Howe remains optimistic.

"The last two games have been right up there as our best performances for a long, long time," he insisted earlier this week. "We just haven't found those goals when we've needed them, but we are confident that they will come. As long as the work rate and effort is as high as it is at the moment, then I can only seen this team improving."

This is the first ever league meeting between these two sides, though Everton have won all three of the previous cup encounters. Roberto Martinez's men will be confident of extending that dominance, having hit 10 goals in two matches against Sunderland and Aston Villa - the other teams mired alongside Bournemouth in the Premier League's relegation zone - in recent weeks.

Today's teams are as follows:

Bournemouth: Federici; Francis, Distin, Cook, Daniels; Stanislas, Surman, Arter, Gosling, Ritchie, King.

Subs: Allsop, Macdonald, Kermorgant, Murray, O'Kane, Cargill.

Everton: Howard; Coleman, Stones, Mori, Galloway; McCarthy, Barry; Deulofeu, Barkley, Kone; Lukaku.

Subs: Robles, Gibson, Mirallas, Naismith, Osman, Cleverley, Lennon.