Season ticket holders at The American Express Community Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Brighton & Hove Albion languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Everton will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Everton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Brighton & Hove Albion's struggle is real here at The American Express Community Stadium with only 13 points collected from 15 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-7-6.
The fans are hoping that Brighton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Manchester United (placed 2nd). Before that, Brighton had a home game versus Newcastle United which ended with a victory 3-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Brighton & Hove Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brighton & Hove Albion as a small favourite), we find ten games. Brighton has won one of these, drawn four and lost five.
The Brighton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Brighton have conceded 19 goals.
Everton form and stats
Everton have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 9-2-3 from 14 games.
There were no winners in Everton's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Crystal Palace (placed 12th). A 0-2 loss hosting Manchester City before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Everton in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Everton, zero draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Everton are hosting Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League only four days away.
Everton has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. Everton have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Everton - Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2, played this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Brighton & Hove Albion victories, one draw and four Everton wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Calvert-Lewin 14 goals |   N. Maupay 8 goals |  R. de Andrade 6 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Everton missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Everton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 41 |
| 38 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| 87% | 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 79% | 76% |
| 50% | 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 14% | 24% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| 57% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 55% |
| 30% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 24% |
| 27% | 27% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.5 | 15.6 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 10.1 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 28% | 25% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 36% |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Premier League
- Everton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 31 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 45 | 74 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 60 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 56 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 51 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 49 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 49 |
| 8 | Everton | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 47 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 44 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 42 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -1 | 42 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -16 | 38 |
| 13 | Southampton | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -14 | 36 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Burnley | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -16 | 33 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 32 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -20 | 29 |
| 18 | Fulham | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -17 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -34 | 21 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 30 | -35 | 14 |
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