With five goals in his last four Premier League games, Beto’s Everton fortunes have been dramatically revived under David Moyes but other than the obvious statistic of scoring, what is the striker actually doing differently? Actually, quite a lot it would seem, according to figures compiled by Comparisonator ahead of tonight's trip to Brentford.

When Moyes returned as Blues boss, Dominic Calvert-Lewin was still first choice centre-forward but with Everton’s number nine subsequently joining Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti on the treatment table, Beto is currently the only fit senior striker at the club.

After netting against Leicester City (2), Liverpool, Crystal Palace and Manchester United, the 27-year-old has eight in all competitions this season and has joined Iliman Ndiaye as the club’s top scorer this term.

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Indeed, with a goal every 110 minutes he’s been on the pitch, Beto has currently got a more prolific ratio in the Premier League this season than Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (one every 116 minutes) with the Norwegian widely regarded as being the best player in the world in his position. That’s the most obvious indicator of how a football frontman is getting on but there’s more to the Guinea-Bissau international’s upturn in form than just this.

Comparisonator’s Me2Me tool can be used to compare Beto’s 12 Premier League matches under Sean Dyche with the six so far under Moyes. Although his goals per 90 minutes return has increased from 0.31 to 0.88, this comes against a backdrop of shots per 90 minutes being down from 3.43 to 2.11 and opportunities down from 2.8 to 1.76, leading to a reduced expected goals (xG) from 0.45 to 0.31.

Despite these baseline figures, Beto seems to be playing in a more-efficient manner. His shots on target are up from 1.25 to 1.59, successful dribbling in the final third of the pitch has increased from 0.31 to 0.53 and his progressive runs have jumped by 240% from 0.31 to 1.06.

The former Udinese man’s distribution has also improved with his passes per 90 minutes up by 66% from 4.67 to 13.91 with successful passes having increased by 180% from 3.43 to 9.51. In addition, Beto is also contesting 65% more aerial duels, up from 8.41 to 13.91, which has resulted in the number he has won increasing from 3.43 to 5.11.

As Michael Ball remarked in his ECHO column: “Beto has had a difficult time since he came to the football club with a manager who didn’t seem to really like his style, but Moyes has come in and put an arm around his shoulder. He’s the manager’s only option up front right now but Beto has reacted to that, speaking to him on a personal level, one to one, to learn what Moyes wants from him and implementing it.”

Indeed, it’s perhaps telling that on Getty Images, a photograph service used by the ECHO, there wasn’t a single photograph captioned of Beto and Dyche during their season-and-a-half together at Everton but there already 16 different images of the striker alongside Moyes, who only returned to the club last month.

*Comparisonator is a football data comparison tool from 271 professional leagues around the world which compares players and clubs by utilising over 100 different parameters. Click here for more details.