Brighton Hope to Maintain 100% Start Against Everton
Brighton vs Everton - 28/08/2021
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One of the several fixtures to be played in the English Premier League on the weekend is between Brighton and Hove Albion and Everton.
The match will be played at the American Express Community Stadium, with the hosts beginning the weekend in 4th place on 6 points and the visitors in 7th place on 4 points, meaning both teams have made an unbeaten start to the season.
Brighton come into the match on the back of a 2-0 win at Cardiff City in the English Football League Cup on Tuesday night. Graham Potter made several changes to his starting XI for the game but his team produced the goods, opening the scoring after only 9 minutes and adding the second goal early in the second half.
That result means Brighton have a 100% record in competitive fixtures this season. They started their 2021/22 English Premier League campaign with a 2-1 win at Burnley. It was a good result as Burnley took the lead at the beginning of the match but Brighton responded well in the second half and scored two goals in the space of 5 minutes to take maximum points.
The second Premier League fixture of the season for Brighton came at home against newly promoted Watford, who had previously defeated Aston Villa. It took Brighton only 10 minutes to open the scoring and they added a second goal just before half time to win the game 2-0.
Trends show Brighton are undefeated in their last 6 home Premier League matches and have seen under 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 5 on home soil.
Everton make the trip south having defeated Huddersfield Town 2-1 away from home in the League Cup on Tuesday night. The Toffees open the scoring after 26 minutes but conceded an equaliser just before half time. Despite having a player sent off in the 59th minute, it was Everton who scored the winning goal with 11 minutes remaining on the clock.
That result means Everton are undefeated this season and they started their Premier League campaign with a 3-1 home win over Southampton. Everton found themselves 1-0 down at half time but produced a strong performance in the second half to score 3 unanswered goals. Everton were then involved in an entertaining 2-2 draw at Leeds United last weekend.
Trends show Everton are unbeaten in 15 of their last 17 away games in all competitions.
Looking ahead to the team news and Brighton will be without Joel Veltman, Kjell Scherpen, Dan Burn, Danny Welbeck, and Tariq Lamptey due to a mixture of COVID-19 and injury. There are also doubts over the fitness of Neal Maupay.
Everton are expected to be without attacking midfielder James Rodriguez due to COVID-19. Andre Gomes has a knock and is doubtful.
Both teams will be keen to extend their undefeated starts to the 2021/22 campaign and Everton have proven difficult to beat away from home in recent times. The Toffees have shown they have what it takes to score goals this season and could come away with maximum points.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
283537
2
0 - 2
2.49
18°
3.30
2.38
3.25
3.30
-1
-1
1
0 - 2(0 - 1)
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