Everton vs Ipswich

Match summary

Everton saw off Ipswich 1-0. Everton led 1-0 at half-time.

Thierno Barry put Everton ahead in the 11th minute, set up by James Tarkowski.

The chances backed that up: Everton created 2.59 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Ipswich's 1.10 from 13. Ipswich had a player sent off.

Everton secured a 1-0 victory over Ipswich in Matchday 5 of the Premier League. The hosts controlled slightly more of the ball with 52 percent possession and generated higher shot volume, recording 21 shots to the visitors' 13. Everton accumulated 2.59 expected goals compared to 1.10 for Ipswich, although the away side managed four shots on target to the home team's two. Discipline proved significant as Ipswich picked up three yellow cards and one red card from nine fouls committed, while Everton recorded two yellow cards from five fouls.

The defining moment arrived in the 11th minute when Thierno Barry scored with a right-footed shot to put Everton ahead. Abdul Fatawu Issahaku received a yellow card for a foul in the 35th minute before Vitaliy Mykolenko was cautioned in the 42nd minute. Following a VAR review in the 59th minute and initial substitutions, Issahaku received a second yellow card and was sent off in the 67th minute. Late yellow cards were shown to Zian Flemming in the 90+2 minute and Harrison Armstrong in the 90+6 minute before full-time.