Everton vs Brighton Premier League Match

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Everton have won all three of their Premier League home meetings with Brighton, scoring six goals and conceding just one.

Brighton have never won away at Everton in all competitions, drawing two and losing six of their eight visits.

The home side has won each of the last five Premier League meetings between Everton (3) and Brighton (2), with the other ending 1-1 in October 2017. Everton are looking to win each of their opening four games to a top-flight season for the first time since 1969-70, when they went on to win the title.

Brighton are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League away games (W3 D5). The Seagulls have won three of their last four on the road, as many as they had in their previous 27 (W3 D9 L15).

Brighton are averaging 14.7 shots-per-game in the league this season, their highest rate in any of their Premier League campaigns.

The Seagulls expected goals (xG) rate is also the highest it's been for them in the competition, with an xG value of 1.8 per game so far.

Brighton hit the woodwork five times in their 2-3 defeat to Manchester United last time out, the most a team has done so in a single Premier League match since these records are available (2003-04).

Everton have had 59/10 pass sequences in open play in the Premier League this season, (19.7 per game); only Liverpool have had more (60). Last season, they averaged just 7.7 per game, ranking 11th overall in the division.

This will be Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti's 100th Premier League game in charge (W59 D19 L21 ).

Only five managers have won more of their f1 rst 1 00 in the competition than the Italian -Jose Mourinho (73), Pep Guardiola (73), Manuel Pellegrini (65), Alex Ferguson (62) and Roberto Mancini (62).

Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored in each of his three Premier League games this season, netting five goals in total.