Everton came from behind to beat Coventry City 3-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Friday night, scoring three times in 25 minutes in the second half of their gameweek 10 match.
Thierno Barry was at the heart of it, with two goals and an assist.
Decisive moments
Coventry made the breakthrough first. Yann Gboho scored in the 52nd minute to put the visitors ahead.
Everton replied within four minutes. Barry equalised in the 56th minute from a Vitaliy Mykolenko assist, and he put the hosts in front in the 61st.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall made it 3-1 in the 81st minute, with Barry providing the assist.
The only bookings came in the 88th minute, when Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite and Coventry's Caleb Yirenkyi were both cautioned.
What the numbers say
The match statistics show a close contest. Possession was split 50-50 and each side won two corners. Everton had 16 shots to Coventry's 15, and each team had three shots blocked.
The difference came in accuracy. Everton put seven shots on target and sent six off target. Coventry managed four on target and eight off target, the most wayward shooting in the game.
Everton also committed more fouls, nine to six. They were flagged offside once. No offside figure was recorded for Coventry.
Coventry had been in reasonable recent form, with three wins and two defeats in their previous five league games. Everton had won two, drawn one and lost two in theirs. This time the home side were sharper in front of goal when it counted.
What it means
Everton are fifth in the table with 16 points from 10 games, having won four times and with a goal difference of +2. Only leaders Arsenal, on 24 points from nine games, are in a different bracket of points.
Coventry are 16th with nine points from 10 matches and three wins. Their goal difference is -9, among the weakest in the division. Only Sunderland, 20th with five points and a goal difference of -10, are worse off among the clubs in the table figures we hold.
MFF's match model had predicted a 1-0 Everton win, with a 52% chance of a home victory. Everton did win, but the scoreline was wrong.
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