Everton showed great character to draw with Brentford at the weekend to keep their European ambitions alive.
The Toffees were not at their best at the Gtech Community Stadium, but showed a strong mentality to ensure a point was still taken, coming from behind twice.
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David Moyes, manager of Everton, claps fans after a 3-0 win in the Premier League match between Everton and Chelsea.
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Brentford have been really good this season under Keith Andrews and so, picking up a point was respectable.
David Moyes’ side are in such a promising position, but face a testing run of fixtures now to close out the season.
That said, there is one particular situation developing for Everton right now which is potentially very positive going into these final six games.
Everton’s own Golden Boot race is hotting up
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall claps.
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On Saturday, both Beto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall found the net for Everton.
Beto scored with a header after good hassling by Jake O’Brien on Keane Lewis-Potter, with the striker heading into the far corner after buying himself a bit of space from his marker.
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Dewsbury-Hall then lashed home in injury-time to equalise after Everton applied pressure.
Their goals took them both to seven each for the season in the Premier League, and they are now the joint-top scorers for Everton this term.
But there are also two players on six goals – Thierno Barry and Iliman Ndiaye.
It is not all that common to have four players with such similar goal tallies at this stage in a season.
Everton top scorers in 2025/26
1. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – 7
2. Beto – 7
3. Iliman Ndiaye – 6
4. Thierno Barry – 6
Usually one or two get the bulk of the goals, but they have been shared around at Everton this season – and this is definitely a healthy situation for the Toffees.
There has to be an element of real pride in finishing as your club’s top goalscorer in a season, and Beto, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye and Barry will all want to lay claim to that for the 2025/26 campaign.
A bit of internal competition can only be a good thing for Everton, as they seek to finish the season strongly and bring European football to the Hill Dickinson Stadium next term.
Extra motivation for Barry and Beto
There is also the notion that this tight Golden Boot race within Everton could fuel the two strikers in particular.
As strikers, there is a greater expectation on them to score the goals.
They will surely both be very keen to not let a couple of their midfield teammates get the bragging rights of being top scorer.
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