Everton 3–1 Coventry City: Barry's five-minute brace turns it around and sends the Toffees fifth

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Everton beat Coventry City 3–1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Friday 6 November 2026 in Premier League Matchday 10. The scorers: Yann Gboho for Coventry (52'), then Thierno Barry (56' and 61') and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (81') for Everton. It was goalless at half-time. Gboho's opener was his first goal for Coventry, in only his second league appearance. Barry's equaliser was a header from Vitaliy Mykolenko's cross; his second, five minutes later, was bundled in from barely two yards out; and Barry then provided the assist for Dewsbury-Hall's angled third, nine minutes from time. Coventry had two penalty appeals checked and not given: James Tarkowski's tangle with Caleb Yirenkyi, in which he appeared to pull the midfielder's hair with the score goalless, drew no action from VAR; and Vitalii Mykolenko's challenge on Taiwo Awoniyi was ruled to have been made fractionally outside the box. Barry's second goal also stood despite suggestions the ball had brushed his arm before crossing the line. The win is Everton's third in a row and lifts them to fifth in the Premier League overnight, displacing Liverpool. It came on the night manager David Moyes equalled Harry Catterick's record of 592 matches in charge of Everton. Barry has now scored in three successive games for the first time as an Everton player, with six goals in his last seven matches in all competitions and 10 for the season.