Everton are willing to take no notice of the league table ahead of this match versus Brighton & Hove Albion. Here's everything you need to know pre-match!
- Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of Everton.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everton form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Everton have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Goodison Park. The Everton manager Lampard might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Everton travelled for their previous game, a trip to Manchester City that ended 1-1. Tarkowski, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Tarkowski won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Everton lost 1-2 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.There will be little rest for Everton after this match as they are travelling to Manchester United for a FA Cup game in only three days.
Everton aren't scoring a lot here at Goodison Park in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have produced an overall stat of 4-1-3 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Brighton, as they have won on their previous two travels.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Arsenal with 2-4 on the scoreboard. An insane game with heaps of goals last time out for Brighton & Hove Albion, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this fixture be as refreshing? Midfielder Groß was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Groß served one assist, hit three key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 65 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Southampton at their stadium, the result 3-1.Observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Brighton & Hove Albion manager Zerbi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Middlesbrough.
The travelling fans enjoy Brighton & Hove Albion's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Brighton have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Everton wins - draws - Brighton & Hove Albion wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Trossard 7 goals |  A. Mac Allister 5 goals |  P. Groß 5 goals |
Everton missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Everton | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 28 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 71% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 24% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 25% |
| 41% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
| 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.2 | 11.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.1 | 13.4 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 22% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 41% | 34% |
| 15.6 | 14.1 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12.2 | 10.4 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of Everton.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Arsenal | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 43 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 36 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | Fulham | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Chelsea | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Brentford | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 16 |
| 16 | Everton | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 13 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22 | -22 | 13 |
| 20 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -17 | 12 |
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