Brighton vs. Everton – Prediction (26.10.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

The home side has never lost a Premier League meeting between Brighton and Everton (W3 D1), with Brighton winning this exact fixture 1-0 last season. Everton have only registered consecutive Premier League wins under Marco Silva on two previous occasions, winning three games in a row in September/October 2018 and March/April 2019. Brighton are looking to record consecutive home Premier League victories for the first time since October 2018 – on the day of this game, it will be 364 days since they last did so, winning against Wolves.

Although a 3-0 win over Tottenham in Brighton & Hove Albion’s last Premier League (PL) home match was their largest margin of victory in a PL game here since February 2018, it was still their first league win in their last nine home games (W1, D3, L5), and the first time they’ve scored more than one goal in a PL home match since December 2018. Neal Maupay (BRI) has scored the opener in the two PL home games he’s found the net this season. In fact that victory over Tottenham was also the first Brighton home league game this season (from four) that featured a goal before half-time. Unsurprisingly then, three of Brighton’s four PL home games have produced under 2.5 goals.

There’s been a goal after the 75th minute in four of Everton’s last six PL matches. Seven of Brighton’s last nine PL home victories arrived via a one-goal margin. There’s been at least one goal after the 75th minute in three of the previous four H2Hs.

Everton’s 2-0 victory last time out continued a run of ten competitive games without a draw (W5, L5), with six of those fixtures ending with under 2.5 goals. On the road in the PL they remain winless though (D1, L3) after failing to score in three games. Richarlison (EVE) netted a brace two H2Hs ago, with one of the goals coming after the 75th minute – that’s been the case with two of his three competitive strikes this term. With three PL road trips level at half-time (HT: D3, L1), it’s been the latter end of matches that’s let them down – four of the six away league goals they’ve conceded arrived after the 60th minute. Although Everton can take some solace from the fact they’ve lost just one of the previous six H2Hs (W3, D2, L1).

Match Info and Live Scores.

Pre-match League Table.