Preston 0-4 Everton: Barry hits a hat-trick at Deepdale
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 29 shots, 10 on target: constant Everton pressure
- Barry: 3 goals, 1 assist, 5 of 7 shots on target
- Nicholls made 6 saves yet conceded 4
Barry's treble settles the Deepdale trip
Everton won 4-0 at Preston in the Round of 64. Thierno Barry opened the scoring in the 25th minute, then added two more after the break to complete his hat-trick. Brennan Johnson got the fourth in the 72nd minute, set up by Barry. Preston never found a way back after that first goal.
Nicholls stood firm, but the shots kept coming
Everton had 29 shots, ten of them on target, and Preston goalkeeper Lee Nicholls made six saves before he was beaten four times. At the other end Preston managed five shots, only one on target, which suggests they rarely troubled Jordan Pickford, who needed to make just one save.
Johnson makes his mark from the bench
Preston made four changes in the 60th minute, straight after conceding a second goal, but they still shipped two more in the 70th and 72nd. Johnson, introduced in the 64th minute, contributed a goal and an assist in his 26 minutes: he helped Barry's third, then finished the fourth himself.
The opener carried the most weight
The 25th-minute goal moved the match from level to a lead and was worth +0.6 FN xPts, the highest value on the night. For an Everton side starting on 2.3 FN xPts, that opener mattered most. The later goals came with the margin already wide, so they added little in FN xPts.
Player of the match
Thierno Barry 9.8Dominant
He scored three, set up one and put five of his seven shots on target.
Barry earned his FN Score almost entirely through attacking output, and he created as well as finished, with five key passes. His 25th-minute goal broke the deadlock, his later two stretched the lead, and his pass in the 72nd minute set up Johnson, so he was involved in all four Everton goals.
Game state
0-10-20-30-4
Preston ahead 0 min · level 25 min · Everton ahead 65 min
- Brennan Johnson — off the bench 26 min · 1G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
25'
Thierno Barry
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Vitaliy Mykolenko +0.2
+0.6
59'
Thierno Barry
Goal
+0.2
70'
Thierno Barry
Goal · assist Brennan Johnson
0.0
72'
Brennan Johnson
Goal · assist Thierno Barry
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Preston is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
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Match stats
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The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Timeline
- 25'
Goal
Thierno Barry competition goal #1 assist Vitaliy Mykolenko
- 59'
Goal
Thierno Barry competition goal #2
- 60'
Sub
Delano Burgzorg → Harry Clarke
- 60'
Sub
Thierry Small → Ali McCann
- 60'
Sub
Leo Leroy → Alfie Devine
- 60'
Sub
Jusef Erabi → Callum Lang
- 64'
Sub
Tyler Dibling → Nathan Patterson
- 64'
Sub
James Garner → Brennan Johnson
- 70'
Goal
Thierno Barry competition goal #3 assist Brennan Johnson
- 72'
Goal
Brennan Johnson competition goal #1 assist Thierno Barry
- 81'
Sub
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall → Carlos Alcaraz
- 81'
Sub
Iliman Ndiaye → Tyrique George
- 82'
Sub
Thierno Barry → Adam Aznou
- 85'
Sub
→ George Gryba
Category leaders
- Key passesKiernan Dewsbury-Hall5
- Duels wonMichael Keane9/10
- DribblesIliman Ndiaye2/8
- Defensive actionsPol Valentín6
- ShotsThierno Barry7 (on target 5)
#Everton#Preston#EFL Cup#Thierno Barry#Brennan Johnson
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.