David Moyes believes Everton are moving "into the light" but stressed the need to navigate financial issues while ensuring their Premier League status.

Moyes took over from Sean Dyche last month, and has already equalled his predecessor's tally of three league wins this season.

Everton have won their last three matches, beating Tottenham 3-2, Brighton 1-0 and Leicester City 4-0, to surge nine points clear of the bottom three.

The Opta supercomputer, now gives Everton just a 0.8% chance of going down.

Everton only made one signing in the winter transfer window, bringing in Carlos Alcaraz on loan from Flamengo, and Moyes acknowledged the club are still dealing with financial difficulties, after they were deducted eight points last season for separate breaches of the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

"I've not been here over the period of the points deductions and not being able to buy the level of players the club wanted to," he told beIN SPORTS.

"Over the past couple of years they've done really well to make sure they weren't relegated.

"I think everyone feels we're moving away from it now. We're moving away from the darkness and, hopefully, into the light, but we've got a little bit left to get rid of before we can be clear.

"We need to make sure we get over the line and get into the new stadium as a Premier League club, but play some good football if we can and give the supporters the enjoyment of Goodison in the last few months of the season."

Prior to Moyes' appointment, Everton had scored just 15 Premier League goals, more than only Southampton (12), with their 18.33 expected goals the lowest figure in the top tier.

Since Moyes took charge, Everton have scored eight goals in four league matches, and created chances worth 6.41 xG.

Moyes added: "We've tried to give the players more confidence, and belief, to go and have a go.

"A confidence to create more chances, how are we going to do it? To score more goals – that has been our biggest problem.

"Dychey's left a really good team – well-drilled, organised. Hopefully, I can retain that and see if I can add in a layer or two more.

"We have to try and get over this hurdle the best we can. By hook and by crook, we need to do that.

"I don't care how we win the games, but the players are doing a good job. They're playing well, they've passed the ball well and created more chances than we did earlier in the season."

Everton face Bournemouth in the FA Cup on Saturday, before taking on Liverpool in a rearranged Merseyside derby next week.