On the 3rd of January, Everton will host Brighton & Hove Albion in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Everton sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Yerry Mina struck first for Everton in the 7th minute on a feed from Dwight McNeil, then Daniel Podence tied it up for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 22nd minute on a feed from João Moutinho Finally they completed the comback in the 95th minute on a goal by Rayan Aït Nouri to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while brighton & Hove Albion sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Southampton. Adam Lallana scored the first goal for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 14th minute, then Romain Perraud added another on an own goal in the 35th minute on a feed from Solly March. Brighton & Hove Albion is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Both Pascal Groß and Deniz Undav have been the hottest scorers for Brighton & Hove Albion in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Everton is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Dwight McNeil and Anthony Gordon each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Everton will be without Dominic Calvert-Lewin and James Garner, while Adam Webster is unavailable to play for Brighton & Hove Albion.