Fulham have been the opposite of a bogey team over the years for David Moyes and proved just the tonic again for the Everton boss.
Idrissa Gana Gueye scored a scrappy goal in first-half stoppage time to help end a three-match winless streak and edge the Toffees towards the top half of the table, with veteran defender Michael Keane heading home late on to confirm the three points.
It was Moyes’s 20th Premier League victory over the Cottagers, which makes them his favourite opposition by some distance – he has no more than 12 wins over any other team.