Brentford 1-1 Everton: O´Brien rescues point to extend visitors´ unbeaten streak

Jake O’Brien rescued a point for Everton as they pegged back Brentford to a 1-1 draw at the Gtech Community Stadium.

The defender’s first Premier League goal extended the Toffees’ unbeaten streak to seven matches while denying their hosts a third straight top-flight win.

Yoane Wissa headed the Bees in front in first-half stoppage time with his 13th league goal of the season.

But the visitors – for whom the in-form Beto saw two golden opportunities go begging in the opening 45 minutes – ensured a share of the spoils when O’Brien converted with a diving header from Vitalii Mykolenko’s 77th-minute cross.

Beto squandered another gilt-edged chance late on, with the striker thwarted again by Mark Flekken as Everton dropped a place to 15th despite their point.

Thomas Frank’s Brentford remain 11th, though they are now without a win in six home league games.

FT. O’Brien’s first goal for the Toffees earns us a point on the road, as our unbeaten run extends to seven league games.

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— Everton (@Everton) February 26, 2025

Data Debrief: Resurgent Toffees extend unbeaten streak

Now unbeaten in seven Premier League games, this is Everton’s longest such streak in the division since December 2017 (also seven). And there were also a couple of notable individual milestones for the Toffees.

Mykolenko became the second Ukrainian to make 100 Premier League appearances, after Oleksandr Zinchenko, and he celebrated the milestone with a pinpoint cross for O’Brien to head home the equaliser.

Meanwhile, Tarkowski made his 103rd consecutive appearance in the Premier League, surpassing Joleon Lescott (102) to become the outfielder with the longest consecutive run of games for Everton in the competition.