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The Liverpool Echo delves into the statistics behind Everton's deserved point against Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night.

A key promising stat for Sean Dyche's side was the number of ball recoveries made.

"While possession won means a conscious effort in order to win the ball (through duels and/or interceptions), ball recoveries are picking up the ball when it belongs to no one," the local outlet writes.

"Comparisonator shows that in that round of Premier League matches, only West Ham United (60) in their 1-0 win over bottom club Southampton made more ball recoveries than Everton’s 56.

"Crucially for Dyche’s side though was the areas in which they were making ball recoveries and they topped the division for the weekend with an impressive 20 in the opposition half, a full six more than their closest challengers, Manchester City and West Ham United (both 14)."

The piece continues by explaining: "The scale of the achievement is put into context by the fact that City lead the way in the category for the season with an average of 13.68 while the Blues usually make just 10.24, little over half their latest figure. So that really is pretty 'relentless' in the best possible way."

In other news, Saint-Etienne have reportedly added an option to purchase Everton loanee Niels Nkounkou.

This comes from French outlet Score.fr who are believed to be keen to retain the 22-year-old's services beyond this season.

The full-back began the season on loan at Cardiff City in the English Championship before switching to Ligue 2 in the new year. 

He has contributed two goals and six assists from 11 league matches for the French side so far this season.