Everton desperately need a result to move them away from the Premier League relegation zone but a trip to West Ham United might be the ideal place to end their away day Blues. The team have not won on the road in the competition since a 2-0 success at Brighton & Hove Albion back in August and Frank Lampard will be determined to end their travel sickness.
Everton have been thrashed 5-0 by Tottenham Hotspur and 4-0 by Crystal Palace on their last couple of trips to the capital and obviously will be eager to avoid a hat-trick against David Moyes’ side. West Ham United away has been something of a happy hunting ground for the Blues though and with 10 victories at Upton Park, they secured more Premier League victories there than any other stadium other than Goodison Park and have already triumphed twice at the London Stadium, the Hammers’ new home.
Here’s a look back at Everton’s five successes at West Ham United over the past decade alone.
December 22, 2012: 2-1
In what would prove to be Moyes’ final season in charge of the Blues, they came from behind to win for the fourth time in the campaign to move up to fourth in the Premier League table. Carlton Cole put West Ham ahead after 14 minutes but Victor Anichebe headed Everton level on 64 minutes.
Three minutes after the equaliser, Cole was then sent off for a high challenge on Leighton Baines and six minutes after that, Steven Pienaar scrambled in what proved to be the winner. There was more drama in the final minute as Darron Gibson was also dismissed for a challenge on Mark Noble but the Blues, who had also had a Leon Osman headed goal ruled out, held on.
September 21, 2013: 3-2
The dramatic game which launched a new Everton era at the Boleyn Ground as on-loan Romelu Lukaku netted the winner on his debut but was knocked out in the process. Again the Hammers struck first, though Ravel Morrison, but with Lukaku and fellow deadline day signing James McCarthy on for the second half, the Blues fought back.
A Baines free-kick restored parity on 62 minutes and although Mark Noble put West Ham back in front with a penalty on 76 minutes after he’d been brought down himself by McCarthy, the Everton left-back repeated his trick – in the opposite corner – with another deft dead ball finish with seven minutes remaining, shortly after Noble had been dismissed for a second booking. Two minutes later, Lukaku nodded in what would be his first of nine goals against the Hammers in an Everton shirt when he bravely met fellow Belgian Kevin Mirallas’ centre.
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May 16, 2015: 2-1
Everton had suffered FA Cup heartbreak in a marathon penalty shoot-out at West Ham four months earlier but enjoyed some revenge in their final away game of the season. Sam Allardyce bemoaned the hosts not being awarded a first half penalty for what he thought was a handball by Seamus Coleman but referee Kevin Friend judged the ball to have hit the Irishman’s chest.
Once more the Hammers drew first blood with a clinical left-foot finish by Stewart Downing on 62 minutes but Osman equalised six minutes later, receiving the ball from Lukaku with his back to goal before taking a touch and volleying home in acrobatic fashion. Lukaku had to wait until the final minute to make it six goals in as many games for Everton against West Ham but he made no mistake with his head when attacking a lofted right wing cross from substitute Aiden McGeady.
March 30, 2019: 2-0
Everton enjoyed their first victory at the London Stadium but Marco Silva’s side could have won by an even greater margin had it not been for home keeper Lukasz Fabianski and the woodwork. West Ham had won their previous three games on their own turf but manager Manuel Pellegrini bemoaned: “It was one of those bad days when you could not make two passes in a row. We had a complete disaster, both attacking and defending. Without a doubt it was the worst performance of the year.”
Future Hammer Kurt Zouma – on loan at Everton from Chelsea – headed the visitors ahead just five minutes in when he met a Gylfi Sigurdsson corner-kick while Bernard added a second on 33 minutes, tapping in Coleman’s low cross for his first Premier League goal.
May 9, 2021: 1-0
Everton’s last trip to West Ham United saw them keep up their hopes of securing a European place as they earned what would prove to be their last away victory under Carlo Ancelotti in a match played behind closed doors at the London Stadium. Moyes’ men had been seeking a victory to keep within touching distance of a Champions League place but Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 24 th minute strike secured a hard-earned three points for the visitors.
Ancelotti, who adopted a three centre-back system, said: “There was pressure on the game but we managed the game well. We played defensively at the top, really good, and were really dangerous on the counter-attack. The movement for the goal was fantastic, the pass was perfect. I said to the strikers to focus there; it was the right pass and the right movement.”
