Everton Beat Newcastle 1-0 at St. James' Park on Barry Goal

Everton won 1-0 at Newcastle. Thierno Barry scored the only goal in the 49th minute, and Jordan Pickford made sure it stood.

The first half stayed scoreless. Early in the second, Everton won a set piece and Barry finished from very close range into the centre of the goal. VAR reviewed it and confirmed the goal. Newcastle never found an answer.

Pickford was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 7.7. He made 2 saves and kept the clean sheet. James Tarkowski added 11 defensive interventions, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall completed 42 accurate passes. James Garner led Everton with 3 shots. Fabian Schär led Newcastle with 4 shots, 46 accurate passes and 13 defensive interventions.

Everton moved to 2-4-2. Newcastle fell to 3-2-3 at home. Chirp's Sim had Newcastle winning 44% of 10,000 simulations, so this was a result it gave Everton a real chance to deliver.