Jake O'Brien's late header saw Everton salvage a 1-1 draw against West Ham and stretch their Premier League unbeaten run to nine games.

David Moyes was staring down the barrel of a defeat to his former club, but like he did against Brentford towards the end of February, O'Brien was on hand to earn a share of the spoils for the Toffees.

Tomas Soucek, who netted in West Ham's 3-1 win in the corresponding fixture last season, broke the deadlock with a fine finish in the 67th minute at Goodison Park.

The Toffees laid siege to the West Ham net after going behind, and almost levelled through Jack Harrison in the 74th minute, but he saw his effort blocked by the visiting defence as they aimed to see out just a fourth win under Graham Potter. 

But Everton's pressure told when O'Brien headed home from Idrissa Gueye's volleyed centre in the 91st minute, and the hosts could then have won it with virtually the last kick of the game, only for Carlos Alcaraz to drag wide.

The draw moves Everton above Manchester United – who play on Sunday – into 14th, two places above West Ham courtesy of a better goal difference.

Data Debrief: Toffees come unstuck, but salvage a point

Everton and West Ham have now drawn both meetings in a Premier League campaign for the first time since 2010-11, though the result perhaps benefitted the hosts slightly more as they continue their upward trajectory under Moyes.

Indeed, Everton extended their Premier League unbeaten run to nine games (W4 D5), their longest run without defeat since February 2017 under Ronald Koeman (also nine).

However, it was also the Toffees' fourth consecutive draw in the Premier League, doing so for the first time since September 2022, while their 13 draws this season are their most in a campaign since 2015-16 (14).

And Moyes' wait for a first victory over Potter continued. He has never beaten the Hammers boss in eight Premier League meetings against him, only facing Manchester City's Pep Guardiola more without ever winning in the competition (13).