diff --git a/e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.e2e-spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe629804a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { ProtractorPage } from './item-statistics.po';
+import { browser } from 'protractor';
+
+describe('protractor Item statics', () => {
+  let page: ProtractorPage;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    page = new ProtractorPage();
+  });
+
+  it('should contain element ds-item-page when navigating when navigating to an item page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemPage();
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-page')).toEqual(true);
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-statistics-page')).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to the entity page when navigating to an item page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemPage();
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('http://localhost:4000' + page.ENTITYPAGE);
+  });
+
+  it('should contain element ds-item-statistics-page when navigating when navigating to an item statistics page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemStatisticsPage();
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-statistics-page')).toEqual(true);
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-page')).toEqual(false);
+  });
+  it('should contain the item statistics page url when navigating to an item statistics page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemStatisticsPage();
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('http://localhost:4000' + page.ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.po.ts b/e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.po.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..618f65dc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.po.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { browser, element, by } from 'protractor';
+
+export class ProtractorPage {
+  ITEMPAGE = '/items/e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+  ENTITYPAGE = '/entities/publication/e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+  ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE = '/statistics/items/e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+
+  navigateToItemPage() {
+    return browser.get(this.ITEMPAGE);
+  }
+  navigateToItemStatisticsPage() {
+    return browser.get(this.ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE);
+  }
+
+  elementTagExists(tag: string) {
+    return element(by.tagName(tag)).isPresent();
+  }
+
+  verifyCurrentUrl(url) {
+      browser.getCurrentUrl().then((currentUrl) => currentUrl === url );
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80af52e264..652ab409ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
   },
   "private": true,
   "resolutions": {
-    "minimist": "^1.2.5"
+    "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+    "webdriver-manager": "^12.1.8"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/animations": "~10.2.3",
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts
index a12f961e57..7edffc5357 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
-import { followLink, FollowLinkConfig } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
-import { FindListOptions } from '../core/data/request.models';
-import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { ResolvedAction } from '../core/resolving/resolver.actions';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { getItemPageRoute } from './item-page-routing-paths';
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/item.resolver.ts b/src/app/+item-page/item.resolver.ts
index 7d020309dc..99b96511fe 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/item.resolver.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/item.resolver.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import { FindListOptions } from '../core/data/request.models';
 import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { ResolvedAction } from '../core/resolving/resolver.actions';
-import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
-import { getItemPageRoute } from './item-page-routing-paths';
 
 /**
  * The self links defined in this list are expected to be requested somewhere in the near future
diff --git a/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-page-routing.module.ts b/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-page-routing.module.ts
index 0c63e35b34..5b96bcca6e 100644
--- a/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-page-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/statistics-page/statistics-page-routing.module.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
 import { I18nBreadcrumbsService } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumbs.service';
 import { StatisticsPageModule } from './statistics-page.module';
-import { ItemPageResolver } from '../+item-page/item-page.resolver';
 import { CollectionPageResolver } from '../+collection-page/collection-page.resolver';
 import { CommunityPageResolver } from '../+community-page/community-page.resolver';
 import { ThemedCollectionStatisticsPageComponent } from './collection-statistics-page/themed-collection-statistics-page.component';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9b6e2d31d6..d6388ddb53 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11933,10 +11933,10 @@ webdriver-js-extender@2.1.0:
     "@types/selenium-webdriver" "^3.0.0"
     selenium-webdriver "^3.0.1"
 
-webdriver-manager@^12.1.7:
-  version "12.1.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webdriver-manager/-/webdriver-manager-12.1.7.tgz#ed4eaee8f906b33c146e869b55e850553a1b1162"
-  integrity sha512-XINj6b8CYuUYC93SG3xPkxlyUc3IJbD6Vvo75CVGuG9uzsefDzWQrhz0Lq8vbPxtb4d63CZdYophF8k8Or/YiA==
+webdriver-manager@^12.1.7, webdriver-manager@^12.1.8:
+  version "12.1.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webdriver-manager/-/webdriver-manager-12.1.8.tgz#5e70e73eaaf53a0767d5745270addafbc5905fd4"
+  integrity sha512-qJR36SXG2VwKugPcdwhaqcLQOD7r8P2Xiv9sfNbfZrKBnX243iAkOueX1yAmeNgIKhJ3YAT/F2gq6IiEZzahsg==
   dependencies:
     adm-zip "^0.4.9"
     chalk "^1.1.1"