Premier League: Everton vs Brighton – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 2 match between Everton and Brighton and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

As the early season favourites, Everton will look to justify their title credentials this coming Sunday when they take on Brighton for a round 2 match in the Premier League.

Looking at the Premier League standings, the current difference between the sides is one points and six places.

Form: Everton vs Brighton

Everton Form

Everton are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Southampton by 2-0, before beating Newcastle by 0-1. The winning streak came to an end against Leeds, who ran out 1-0 winners. Everton claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing four and losing one matches, in which they scored eight and conceded eight goals.

Brighton Form

Brighton look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them gaining two victories and a draw. They ran out 3-2 and 1-4 winners against Liverpool and Tottenham, respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Fulham, as the match resulted in a 1-1 draw. Brighton won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 15 goals whilst conceding nine.

Betting stats for Everton and Brighton

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Everton and Brighton. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: Everton vs Brighton

Look no further than Iliman Ndiaye, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Everton in the Premier League, while Jack Hinshelwood managed three goals in the last half dozen matches for Brighton in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Betting markets: Everton vs Brighton

Full-time result

Everton claimed a modest one 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 four. Brighton won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Brighton didn’t lose any of their 6 most recent games. Brighton have not lost to Everton in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Everton only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Curiously, Brighton only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Brighton will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Sunday with Everton managing a measly two clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Brighton have scored in 5 consecutive meetings with Everton when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Everton, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Brighton, who managed to score 2.2 times in those matches. Brighton scored at least once in their previous 9 matches on the bounce.