Everton manager Sean Dyche is confident the goalscoring problem which has affected the team for a year will be solved soon.
Despite creating 19 chances against Fulham, the Toffees slipped to an opening game defeat at home - where the top-flight's lowest scorers lost a record 10 league matches last season.
Central to the issue is the continuing unavailability of injury-plagued Dominic Calvert-Lewin, whose lack of minutes in pre-season means he is still possibly a couple of weeks short of being ready.
However, the arrivals of on-loan Arnaut Danjuma - who made his debut as a late substitute - and young Sporting striker Youssef Chermiti, watching from the stands, will hopefully help to ease the burden as current deputy Neal Maupay wasted a host of chances as he extended his woeful record to one goal in 30 appearances for the club.