Albion v Everton
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: The American Express Stadium
Date: Saturday 25th January 2025
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Tim Robinson
Assistants: Timothy Wood, Steven Meredith
Fourth Official: Tom Nield
VAR: Graham Scott
Additional VAR: Gary Beswick
TEAM NEWS
Brighton & Hove Albion will assess the fitness of Lewis Dunk and Matt O'Riley, who are both doubts with minor injuries.
Jack Hinshelwood could feature for the first time since 9 November and Brajan Gruda is also back in contention but Evan Ferguson, James Milner and Ferdi Kadioglu remain out.
Everton midfielder Dwight McNeil is set to miss a ninth successive game due to an ongoing knee issue.
Tim Iroegbunam has returned to training following nearly four months out with a foot injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Brighton can complete the league double over Everton for the first time. This is their 12th season together in the same division.
- Albion have beaten Everton at home in just two of the eight meetings in all competitions since 1982. Their last victory at the Amex Stadium in this fixture was a 3-2 Premier League triumph in October 2019.
- Everton have won on two of their past three Premier League visits to the Amex, having failed to win any of their opening four.
- Brighton have earned back-to-back Premier League victories following an eight-match winless run.
- They have registered three successive wins in all competitions for the first time since the opening three fixtures of the season.
- Albion could win three successive top-flight games for the first time in 15 months.
- The Seagulls have won just one of their past seven home matches in all competitions and are winless in four Premier League fixtures at the Amex Stadium.
- Danny Welbeck is set to make his 350th Premier League appearance. He has been directly involved in a career-best 10 goals against Everton, scoring five and assisting five.
- Kaoru Mitoma has been directly involved in three goals in his past two Premier League games, as many as in his previous 18.
- He could become the first Japanese player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances.
- Everton recorded their first league victory in the month of January for four years by beating Tottenham 3-2 last weekend.
- They scored two goals from open play against Spurs for the first time in a Premier League game since also scoring two versus Nottingham Forest in April.
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin ended a run of 16 league matches without a goal when he opened the scoring against Spurs.
- Calvert-Lewin had six shots against Spurs, as many as in his previous six league appearances combined.
- Idrissa Gueye got two assists last weekend for the first time in any league fixture since also providing two for Lille against Toulouse 11 years ago.
- Everton have won just one of their past 21 Premier League away games, beating Ipswich 2-0 in October.
- Since that victory at Portman Road, the Toffees have only scored one goal in six league away matches (D3, L3).
- Everton have the worst second-half record in the division this season. No team has scored fewer second-half goals than Everton's seven, while they have conceded a league-high 68% of their goals after half time.
- Only Nottingham Forest have a lower average possession figure than Everton's 39.8% in the Premier League this season. It's the Toffees' second-lowest amount of possession on record in the competition, after 39.1% in 2021-22.
- David Moyes has won just one of his 10 Premier League meetings with Brighton, although this did come in his last visit to the Amex Stadium in August 2023 with West Ham. The win rate of 10% is his lowest against any side in the competition.
Fabian Hürzeler's Everton Press Conference
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