Everton v Albion
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: Goodison Park
Date: Saturday 4th November 2023
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Tim Robinson
Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Scott Ledger
Fourth Official: Stephen Martin
VAR: Michael Oliver
Additional VAR: Nick Hopton
TEAM NEWS
Everton have no fresh injury concerns and Ashley Young, who scored in the midweek Carabao Cup win over Burnley, is available after serving a one-match league ban.
Seamus Coleman is set to step up his comeback from a knee injury by playing for the under-21 side on Saturday.
Tariq Lamptey is fit to return for Brighton but Pervis Estupinan is still sidelined with a thigh problem.
Long-term absentees include Jakub Moder, Solly March and Danny Welbeck.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- The four most recent Premier League meetings were all won by the away team, including 4-1 for Brighton at Goodison Park in January and 5-1 for Everton at Amex Stadium in May.
- Brighton can earn a third successive victory at Goodison Park; the only team they've beaten in three successive top-flight away games is Wolves.
- Everton have won three of their past five league fixtures, as many as they had in their previous 20 attempts.
- Sean Dyche's side have earned back-to-back 3-0 victories at Goodison Park and won five of their past seven outings in all competitions.
- They are vying to earn consecutive Premier League wins for the first time in 13 months.
- Everton have kept a clean sheet in each of their past seven home league victories since beating Crystal Palace 3-2 in May 2022.
- The Toffees have equalled their club record of 10 Premier League home defeats in a calendar year.
- Brighton are winless in four league games (D2, L2). It's their longest run without a victory since Roberto De Zerbi's first five matches in charge in October last year.
- Their only victory in seven competitive fixtures came at home to Ajax in the Europa League on 26 October.
- Albion are on a club record run of scoring in 18 successive away league matches.
- The Seagulls have both scored and conceded in 14 Premier League games in a row. The competition record is Everton's run of 16, ending in January 2013.
- Evan Ferguson is the first teenager to score at least 10 Premier League goals in a calendar year since Wayne Rooney in 2005.
Roberto De Zerbi's Everton Press Conference
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