What happened the last time Everton started a season seven without defeat?
Everton have started the new season in fine form, going seven games without defeat under David Moyes.
The Scotsman may not have been happy with the way the transfer window closed, but that has only acted as added motivation.
Everton's 1-0 win over Ipswich Town on Saturday afternoon places them fifth in the Premier League.
Other teams could potentially climb above the Toffees later on Sunday, but Moyes will be more than happy with the start his side have made.
Indeed, it is only the third time this century Everton have avoided defeat across their first seven games in all competitions.
But what happened on those previous occasions - and what lessons can be learned, if any?
David Moyes has been here before with Everton
Moyes was in charge on one of those two previous occasions as Everton started as 'invincibles' in their first seven in 2020-21.
But more recently, Ancelotti oversaw a superb start to the 2006-07 campaign.
Everton beat Watford, Tottenham and Liverpool, while drawing with Blackburn Rovers, in their first four league games.
Results tailed off slightly with further draws against Wigan Athletic, Newcastle United and then Manchester City - topped up with a winning start in the EFL Cup.
However, Everton fell from their high of third place down to 10th, before recovering to end in sixth.
That was a credible finish, though the less said about the cups the better as Carlo Ancelotti's side were knocked out of the EFL Cup and FA Cup in rounds four and three respectively.
Thirteen years on, Everton again started eight games without a loss in all competitions.
That is a season best remembered for the covid interruption, with Manchester City going on to lift the title.
Evertonians were dreaming of what could have been five games into the campaign as they won four of those and drew the other, 2-2 versus Liverpool.
However, Moyes' men then lost three in a row and never really picked it back up as they finished in 10th.
Both cup competitions ended with quarter-final exits, meanwhile.
What lessons can be learned from the past?
Basically, then, the past tells us that Everton starting as a tough-to-beat force does not count for all that much.
Sure, finishing sixth is something fans would surely take now, as was the case in 2007, but better finishes followed in the campaigns after that.
Making yourself tough to beat is always a good trait, but ultimately a win is worth two points more.
Everton need to simply carry on winning the games they are supposed to, such as Hull City away in the first game back after the international break.
With more and more English clubs qualifying for Europe these days, Moyes has every right to set the bar high and aim for one of those spots.
Anything is possible.