Ace Football previews the Premier League round 23 match between Brighton and Everton and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
The Seagulls are highly favoured to claim a win against The Toffees, whom they face on Saturday. In their current shape, a win at The American Express Community Stadium seems to be the obvious outcome.
Brighton approach the next Premier League round as number 9 in the table, having claimed 34 points this season so far. With 22 games behind them, Everton amassed 20 points, placing them as number 16 before their next fixture.
Team form: Brighton vs Everton
Brighton Form
Brighton swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 0-4 against Norwich. They went on to defeat Ipswich 0-2 and made it three on the spin against Manchester United in a 1-3 victory. Brighton just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the The American Express Community Stadium. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded eight goals.
Everton Form
The results have been up and down for Everton, who beat Peterborough by 2-0. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 0-1 against Aston Villa, before claiming a victory in a 3-2 game against Tottenham. Everton are winless in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew three and lost three. They conceded seven goals while scoring one themselves.
Betting stats and facts for Brighton and Everton
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Brighton and Everton. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 4 of the last 5 Brighton matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Brighton home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Brighton matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Brighton home matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Brighton home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Everton matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Everton matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 15 of the last 17 Everton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Everton matches in the Premier League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Everton have lost the last 3 matches in a row in the Premier League while scoring less than 0.5 goals
Players in form: Brighton vs Everton
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Kaoru Mitoma, who is performing well for Brighton. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Everton.The visitors will be looking to Iliman Ndiaye to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Everton in recent matches.
Popular betting markets: Brighton vs Everton
Full-time result
Brighton claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in five of the games, whilst losing two. Everton won one of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost five of the games in this run. Brighton didn’t lose any of their previous 6 matches. Everton have not lost to Brighton in 4 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Amazingly, Brighton scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Curiously, Everton only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Everton will feel optimistic about scoring on Saturday with Brighton managing a measly three clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Brighton have scored in 6 consecutive league meetings with Everton.
Total goals
Brighton saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Everton’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches.