Since the arrival of David Moyes, Everton have been on a heavy upward trajectory, winning four of their last nine games, drawing three and only losing two.

This run includes a huge 3-2 victory over Tottenham and a blockbuster 2-2 draw with Liverpool at Goodison Park.

Moyes’ side now find themselves 16th in the Premier League after 27 games played and have managed to extend their gap from the relegation zone to 15 points, now sitting closer to the European places than the dreaded drop.

Everton are still only averaging 40% possession (2nd lowest in the Premier League) and are only taking 11 shots per game (4th fewest in the league), so whilst Moyes has done a good job bringing more goals to the side, their overarching attacking numbers haven’t massively improved.

Everton's attacking unit under David Moyes

So far this season, Everton have only scored 27 goals (the 4th fewest in the division) from 33.38 xG generated, underachieving their xG by -6.38.

Since Moyes took charge, the Toffees have scored 15 goals in their last nine games, clearly beginning to find some rhythm in the attacking third.

A large part of this turnaround is the emergence of Beto under Moyes, who has scored five Premier League goals in his last five Premier League games, becoming a vital part of the Toffees attack.

Whilst summer signing, Iliman Ndiaye has been a huge success, making 28 appearances and scoring eight goals.

Without the 24-year-old, Everton lack that creative spark and inevitability in attack, which a star they sold over five years ago definitely had.

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Everton must rue £22.5m sale

Back in 2019, Everton made the sale of a certain Ademola Lookman to RB Leipzig, selling the England U21 forward for a fee of around £22.5m.

Whilst at the time, this could have been seen as a good fee for the youngster, who had only scored four times in 48 appearances, Lookman is now tearing it up in Serie A, scoring 34 goals over the last season and a half, leading to a Ballon d’Or nomination and a new transfer valuation of around £45m according to Transfermarkt.

When you compare the metrics of Lookman’s 2018/19 season at Everton and his 2024/25 campaign so far with Atalanta, you can see how and why his value has doubled.

Indeed, his output has gone through the roof, notably now demonstrating far more clinical finishing in front of goal and he has even nearly doubled his shot-volume.

Goals

0.11

0.73

Assists

0.21

0.26

xG

0.20

0.59

xAG

0.20

0.37

Progressive Carries

4.93

5.39

Progressive Passes

3.48

2.97

Shots Total

2.02

3.84

Goals/Shot

0.05

0.18

Key Passes

1.45

2.56

Shot-Creating Actions

3.91

6.03

The only metric being analysed here that hasn’t improved is his progressive passes per 90, but much of that is due to his role in the Atlanta side, being more of an outlet to penetrate with his carrying and combining closer to the box to provide his side with output.

Lookman has been labelled “incredible” during his time in Serie A by Statman Dave on X (formerly Twitter), and Everton may rue their decision to sell him so early, with his value now having doubled, as he enters his prime years.

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