EVERTON VS BRIGHTON PREVIEW & PREDICTION
Everton and Brighton have as many points after 29 games in the Premier League. At Brighton they are fat and happy with the total score of 34, but the supporters of Everton would have liked their club to have caught more points than Brighton this season.
Everton:
At Everton they will not be satisfied with the course of events this season. Ronald Koeman was fired a few months ago at The Toffees and with the appointment of Sam Allardyce a rising line had to emerge at Everton. In the first few weeks that Everton was under the control of Allardyce, the results were also good, but lately it is not so good. Criticism of The Toffees is mainly that they perform very changeable in 2018 and that criticism is justified. Everton did not win two more games in this calendar year and The Toffees only managed to convert two of their last twelve games into a win.
Last weekend there was lost for the second time in a row. Everton went to visit Burnley and both teams have been struggling to win in recent months, but at Everton they were confident that there was something to be gained at Turf Moor. The Toffees also gave Burnley a 0-1 lead through the first goal of Cenk Tosun, who was attracted in the winter break, but after half an hour of play, Everton lost control. In the second half, Everton was unable to score a goal, but they had to cash in two and Captain Ashley Williams could not keep his hands at home and the defender was also sent off with a red card.
Everton lost last week for the nineteenth time this season and the last time this happened to The Toffees was in the 2005/2006 season. For the time being, it does not run too well for Allardyce and his team, but because Everton is already as good as safe, there is not much pressure on the boiler yet. In addition, Koeman was dismissed earlier this season by The Toffees and the results of Everton are not so bad at the moment that it would be right to send Allardyce out, but the manager of Everton will also know that he soon a match has to win.
Brighton & Hove Albion:
The season is prospering for Brighton. The Seagulls were second in the Championship last season and promoted to the Premier League, but knew before the season that it would be a difficult task to bring about enforcement. For the time being, resemblance to life seems to be a lot less difficult than was thought a few months ago, because this Brighton is in a tenth place in the Premier League. The lead of The Seagulls on the relegation streak is seven points and normally the club from the coastal town has to manage to maintain itself.
Especially if you can also catch points against the top clubs from England. For Brighton, the game against Arsenal was scheduled last weekend and The Seagulls took the three points against The Gunners. It was Lewis Dunk, who already passed four times his own goalkeeper this season, who opened the score on behalf of Brighton and Glenn Murray made the 2-0 on behalf of Chris Hughton’s team after 26 minutes of play. Just before half-time, Arsenal made the tying goal, but at Brighton they managed to hold out and so The Seagulls made their third win in a row.
For the first time in history, Brighton managed to book three home victories in a row in the Premier League, but The Seagulls are having a harder time in away games this season. Brighton won only two of the fourteen away games this season in the Premier League and only Everton, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion are doing worse than The Seagulls. However, at Brighton they will grind that it will not go too well this season in matches outside the American Express Community Stadium, because if Brighton manages to get the points at home and knows how to maintain, the season has succeeded for Hughton. and his team.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.60
