Everton 1, Wolves 1: Bill Howell's match stats and player ratings
HENNESSEY 8
Saves from Saha and Bilyaletdinov evidence of a keeper at very top of his game.
ZUBAR 8
Surprise start but not a foot out of place until he allowed Jo to get better of him for equaliser.
MAN OF THE MATCH: CRADDOCK 8
Only right that he should come back in and was immense throughout.
BERRA 8
His one slip was almost costly when he allowed Cahill a free shot, but otherwise superb.
ELOKOBI 6
If only he had a rear-view mirror he would have seen Bilyal-etdinov racing into the box.
KIGHTLY 6
Always going to be rusty on his first start since March but there were glimpses of genuine class.
EDWARDS 6
Kept it simple, some good things and some not so good as when he was beaten in air by Saha.
HENRY 8
Arguably his best performance of the season, he kept Wolves ticking along.
HALFORD 6
Versatile if nothing else, a right-back playing left midfield and doing an okay job.
DOYLE 8
Scored one and was denied by Howard at the death, proving a real snip at £6.5 million.
EBANKS-BLAKE 5
Two chances and took neither, his injury has robbed him of both sharpness and confidence.
SUBSTITUTES:
Jarvis (for Kightly, 58) surprise omission, lively introduction and set up injury-time chance for Doyle 7
Castillo (for Halford, 66) jet-lagged, fine ovation from home fans though 5
Maierhofer (for Ebanks-Blake, 79)
Not used: Hahnemann, Stearman, Milijas, Keogh.
EVERTON (4-4-2): Howard; Hibbert (Yakubu, h/t), Yobo, Distin, Baines; Bilyaletdinov, Heitinga, Rodwell, Osman (Fellaini, 77); Cahill, Saha (Jo, 73). Not used: Nash, Gosling, Neill, Coleman.
SENDING-OFF: Maierhofer (90+3, two bookings) – Wolves.
BOOKINGS: Howard (confrontation with Maierhofer, 90) – Everton. Kightly (foul, 29), Edwards (foul, 69), Maierhofer (foul 85, impeding Howard, 90+3) – Wolves.
CROWD WATCH 7
Given an allocation of 2,900 in a crowd of 39,319 and gave vocal support throughout.
REF WATCH 5
S Atwell (Nuneaton): Crowd roar convinced him to card Maierhofer when Howard should have got a red.
THE MANAGER 9
Mick McCarthy played two up front when some wouldn’t and decisions to play Zubar and Craddock fully justified.
GAME RATING 8
Poor first half but a much-improved second.
INJURY WATCH
Craddock seven stitches to his head.
WHO’S NEXT UP FOR WOLVES?
Villa (h) Saturday, 12.45pm.
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