Everton 1 – 1 Leeds

Thierno Barry continued his strong scoring form with a second-half equaliser to earn Everton a 1-1 home draw against Leeds.

Barry, who scored just once in his first 18 league appearances, poked in a 76th-minute leveller for a fourth goal in five top-flight games.

Everton could not find a winner as Idrissa Gueye struck the bar just two minutes after Barry’s goal, with the Toffees’ winless home run extending to five games as they moved into the top half of the table.

Sixteenth-placed Leeds, meanwhile, are six points above the drop and remain with only one away league win this season.

It was a point for David Moyes’ side that had looked unlikely at half-time, as Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher said Everton had made Leeds “look like Real Madrid”.

James Justin had given the visitors a deserved 28th-minute lead, firing home from Anton Stach’s cross.

Six minutes later, Dominic Calvert-Lewin nearly haunted Everton as he hit the post in his first game against them since joining Leeds in the summer on a free transfer.

Everton were booed off at half-time after they failed to have a shot on target, while Leeds had 10 attempts in the first half.

Moyes responded by making a double half-time substitution by bringing on Jarrad Branthwaite and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to match up Leeds’ three at the back – and it worked a treat.

The home side were jolted into life as Barry poked home from Gueye’s cross to prevent Leeds from claiming back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.

Opta stats: Everton remain winless against newly-promoted sides

• Everton remain winless against newly promoted sides in the Premier League this season (D3 L1), though are unbeaten at home in their last six matches (W4 D2).
• No side has lost fewer Premier League games since the start of December than Leeds United (1), while only Aston Villa (22), Manchester City (21), Arsenal (20), Manchester United and Fulham (both 17) have collected more points in that time than their 15.
• Everton have now conceded nine goals via crosses in the Premier League this season; the joint-most in the competition this term along with West Ham United.
• After failing to score with any of his first 15 Premier League shots this season, Everton’s Thierno Barry has scored with five of his last 10 efforts on goal.
• Since the start of December, only Ollie Watkins (7), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (7) and Erling Haaland (6) have scored more Premier League goals than Thierno Barry (5).

Story of the match in stats…

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