Premier League match prediction: Little separates Brighton & Hove Albion and Everton in quality

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

Everton have come here for an action-packed game against the hosts Brighton & Hove Albion. Get smart on the fixture with this full Premier League preview!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Brighton and Everton.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

Brighton & Hove Albion have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.

Brighton & Hove Albion enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cardiff City's place. The match ended 2-0 with Jakub Moder and Andi Zeqiri scoring. Midfield player Jakub Moder got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Moder scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Watford.

This is expected to be a close game, with Brighton 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 seven games. Brighton & Hove Albion has won one of these, drawn three and lost three.

Early season league goal statistics from Brighton & Hove Albion's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

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Everton form and stats

One match played away so far in the Premier League for Everton and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 11 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 19 games.

It's the second away game in a row for Everton, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Huddersfield Town in the Carabao Cup last time out. Andros Townsend, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.64. Townsend scored one goal. A heroic performance from Everton in their game against Huddersfield Town last time out. Things got complicated when Moise Kean was sent off in the 59th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 2-1 victory!

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Leeds United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Everton playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were two Everton wins, zero draws and one defeat.

It's early days yet, but Everton has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Brighton & Hove Albion victories, two draws and four Everton wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrightonN. Maupay
N. Maupay
2 goals
EvertonD. Calvert-Lewin
D. Calvert-Lewin
2 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionA. Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
1 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Everton missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion Everton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 2 Scored S 0 2 5
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5.5
4.5 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 8
2.5 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 17 14.5
4.5 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 6.5
44% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 38%
Brighton & Hove Albion Last season Everton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
9 4   Won W   11 17
14 9   Drew D   4 8
15 6   Lost L   4 13
40 22   Scored S   23 47
46 22   Conceded C   20 48
84% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
66% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 66%
45% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 42%
16% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 24%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   37% 47%
32% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 32%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   26% 26%
 
5.8 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.4
4.3 3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.9
1.3 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
6 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.5 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.6
3.8 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Ham United 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 6
2 Chelsea 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
3 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 6
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
6 Manchester United 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
7 Everton 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
8 Brentford 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
9 Manchester City 2 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3
10 Aston Villa 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
11 Watford 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
12 Leicester City 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 3
13 Southampton 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
14 Crystal Palace 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
15 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
17 Burnley 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
19 Arsenal 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
20 Norwich City 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0
Last season 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 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.