Everton - Brighton & Hove Albion: Small difference between teams in Premier League clash

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 02.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

Everton - Brighton & Hove Albion in Premier League: Numbers, team selections, results, tendencies and headlines. Read our thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Chelsea. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Everton form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Everton have to build on here at Goodison Park in the Premier League.

An away draw last time out for Everton, facing Chelsea in a game that ended 1-1. Everton's goalie Pickford played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Chelsea with a stunning nine saves. Pickford, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.95 out of 10 in that game. Pickford stopped the opponent with nine saves.

Heartbreak before that as Everton lost 1-3 at Crystal Palace's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Everton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost three.

Everton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Goodison Park with 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Everton defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have produced an overall stat of 2-6-1 so far. One point away has become something of a habit for Brighton & Hove Albion who have played out draws in their last three away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Chelsea (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Brighton & Hove Albion drew the match against Chelsea. Manager Potter brought on Welbeck to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfielder Bissouma was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Bissouma hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).

Before that, Brighton secured a home win against Brentford with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Brighton in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Brighton & Hove Albion, four draws and two defeats.

The visiting Brighton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 9 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Brighton & Hove Albion in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported match between these squads is the Brighton & Hove Albion - Everton 0-2 played not long ago this season. Numbers for the previous nine meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Everton, two draws and two wins for Brighton & Hove Albion. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Brighton & Hove AlbionN. Maupay
N. Maupay
7 goals
EvertonD. Gray
D. Gray
5 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionL. Trossard
L. Trossard
4 goals

Everton missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Everton Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 9 18
5 4 1 Won W 2 2 5
4 1 1 Drew D 1 6 9
8 3 0 Lost L 0 1 4
21 13 3 Scored S 3 9 17
29 13 1 Conceded C 1 9 18
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 83%
82% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 78% 72%
59% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 22% 22%
35% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 67% 50%
18% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 22% 33%
29% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 33%
 
3.6 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.3
6.1 6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 6.3 5.7
2.1 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 12.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.4 11.9
3.9 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 3.6
31% 45% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 26% 26%
 
13.2 11.6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.8 12
4.6 4.2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.8 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Everton have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 20 16 2 2 51 12 10 8 1 1 31 6 10 8 1 1 20 6 39 50
2 Chelsea 20 12 6 2 43 14 10 5 4 1 23 8 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 42
3 Liverpool 19 12 5 2 50 16 9 6 3 0 22 6 10 6 2 2 28 10 34 41
4 Arsenal 19 11 2 6 32 23 9 7 1 1 17 6 10 4 1 5 15 17 9 35
5 West Ham United 19 9 4 6 34 25 9 4 2 3 18 15 10 5 2 3 16 10 9 31
6 Manchester United 18 9 4 5 30 26 9 5 1 3 17 14 9 4 3 2 13 12 4 31
7 Tottenham Hotspur 17 9 3 5 22 20 10 7 1 2 16 10 7 2 2 3 6 10 2 30
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 4 7 13 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 25
9 Leicester City 18 7 4 7 31 33 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -2 25
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 5 9 4 17 18 9 3 3 3 8 9 9 2 6 1 9 9 -1 24
11 Crystal Palace 19 5 8 6 27 27 10 4 5 1 18 9 9 1 3 5 9 18 0 23
12 Aston Villa 18 7 1 10 24 28 9 4 1 4 15 14 9 3 0 6 9 14 -4 22
13 Southampton 19 4 9 6 20 29 9 2 6 1 9 8 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 21
14 Brentford 18 5 5 8 21 25 9 3 1 5 10 11 9 2 4 3 11 14 -4 20
15 Everton 17 5 4 8 21 29 8 4 1 3 13 13 9 1 3 5 8 16 -8 19
16 Leeds United 18 3 7 8 18 36 9 2 4 3 10 15 9 1 3 5 8 21 -18 16
17 Watford 17 4 1 12 22 35 9 2 1 6 11 21 8 2 0 6 11 14 -13 13
18 Burnley 16 1 8 7 15 24 7 1 4 2 8 8 9 0 4 5 7 16 -9 11
19 Newcastle United 19 1 8 10 19 42 10 1 5 4 13 22 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 11
20 Norwich City 19 2 4 13 8 42 10 1 2 7 5 19 9 1 2 6 3 23 -34 10

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