The English Premier League fixtures are coming thick and fast and on the 3rd of January we have a meeting between Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion.
The game will be played at Goodison Park and the hosts begin the match in 16th place on 15 points while the visitors are in 9th place on 24 points.
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Everton come into the game on the back of a good 1-1 draw at defending champions, Manchester City.
The Premier League champions opened the scoring after 24 minutes and deserved to lead the match but Everton struck back in the 64th minute to level. Despite the best efforts of Manchester City, Everton held on to take an important point.
However, that result means Everton have failed to win any of their last 5 Premier League fixtures.
The Toffees have recorded just 1 victory from their last 9 in the league and the win came at home against Crystal Palace back on the 22nd of October.
Home form in the Premier League shows Everton have lost 3 of their last 4 games. They have tasted defeat against Manchester United, Leicester City, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
In each of those 3 defeats, Everton have conceded exactly 2 goals and they have kept only 3 clean sheets in their 10 most recent home Premier League matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion travel to Goodison Park on the back of a 4-2 home defeat against league leaders Arsenal. The Seagulls got off to the worst possible start as they conceded a goal after only 2 minutes.
Brighton & Hove Albion conceded 2 further goals either side of half time but came on strong in the final 23 minutes of the match to score 2 goals of their own although it was not enough.
That was the second defeat in 3 Premier League fixtures for Brighton & Hove Albion having lost 2-1 at home against Aston Villa before the break for the World Cup. However, Brighton & Hove Albion resumed after the World Cup with a good 3-1 win at Southampton.
Trends show over 2.5 goals were seen in Brighton & Hove Albion’s last 6 matches in the Premier League and both teams have scored in the same number of games. Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 2 or more goals in 5 of their last 8 away league matches.
Team news and Everton are without suspended midfielder Amadou Onana. Michael Keane, James Garner, and Andros Townsend are injured. There also doubts over the fitness of Anthony Gordon and Terry Mina.
Brighton & Hove Albion can welcome back Moises Caicedo from suspension and Alexis Mac Allister may also be back following the World Cup. Adam Webster and Danny Welbeck are injured.
Everton were delighted with their point at Manchester City but this is going to be a tough ask against Brighton & Hove Albion, who will have some key players back.
Everton have been conceding goals at home and although the Toffees may find the back of the net themselves, we expect to see Brighton & Hove Albion win this game.