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  3. Analysis: Seagulls pay heavy price for missed chances

    Phil McNulty
    Chief football writer

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    Brighton will look back at this defeat and focus on a first half when they created the opportunities to punish Everton, but let the home side off the hook.

    When Iliman Ndiaye put Everton in front after 23 minutes, it came against the run and play and with the first signs of anxiety just starting to show at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

    Karou Mitoma glanced the bar with a good chance, before Danny Welbeck wasted a chance created by Yankuba Minteh, sending a close-range finish over the top with the goal at his mercy.

    James Tarkowski, who had a nightmare first 45 minutes, then played a back-pass straight to Matt O'Riley and had to be rescued by Jordan Pickford's bravery at the feet of the Brighton midfielder.

    When Jan Paul Van Hecke hit the post, Brighton must have feared this was not going to be their day, with further proof offered up when the excellent Pickford saved Welbeck's penalty, ensuring Fabian Hurzeler's side went home empty-handed.

  4. Fabian Hurzeler

  5. Everton 2-0 Brighton: What Hurzeler said

    Fabian Hurzeler spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Brighton's defeat against Everton: "I think overall we were the better team, we created the better chances but in the end football is about scoring and keeping clean sheets. We didn't take care of the small actions and the small elements of the game and this is how you lose."

    On the chances Brighton had: "We had a similar situation in the last game where we had chances and we have to be more ruthless. Every player wants to score and a goal always helps. In some moments we didn't defend well when we conceded the goals. We didn't take care of the throw-ins in some moments of the game. We can improve and we have to focus. We have enough chances here to win the game."

    Did you know?

    • Brighton have failed to win either of their opening two matches of a Premier League season for the first time since 2017-18 – their debut season in the competition (D1 L1).

    • Since joining the Premier League ahead of the 2017-18 season, only Manchester City (17) and Manchester United (13) have missed more penalties than the Seagulls (12).

    Listen to Hurzeler's chat with BBC Radio Sussex here

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  8. Everton v Brighton: Team news

    Everton's highest profile summer signing Jack Grealish, on loan from Manchester City, gets his first start after coming on as a late substitute at Leeds United.

    And there is also a first start for France under-21 striker Thierno Barry, signed from Villarreal in a £27m deal this summer, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall makes his home Premier League debut after his £28m arrival from Chelsea.

    Everton manager David Moyes will look to that trio to provide inspiration after a dismal display at Elland Road.

    Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Tarkowski, Ndiaye, Barry, O'Brien, Grealish, Dewsbury-Hall, Gueye, Garner, Iroegbunam.

    Subs: Travers, McNeil, Beto, Chermiti, Coleman, Alcaraz, Aznou, Armstrong, Onyango.

    Fabian Hurzeler has restored Danny Welbeck to the line-up in place of Georginio Rutter.

    Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Minteh, Baleba, Welbeck, Mitoma, Ayari, Wieffer, De Cuyper, O'Riley.

    Subs: Steele, Gruda, Hinshelwood, Boscagli, Milner, Kadioglu, Gomez, Veltman, Coppola.

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  11. Sutton's predictions: Everton v Brighton

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    I've said this on many occasions. Everton overachieved last season. It's painted a false picture as to where they currently are.

    They didn't offer a lot the other night against Leeds. Sorry, Everton fans, but I've just got a feeling Brighton will play party poopers in the first Premier League game at your new stadium.

    Sutton's prediction: 1-2

    Read the full predictions and have your say here

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  20. Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion: Key stats and talking points

    Tom White
    BBC Sport journalist

    A grand total of 99 days after Everton's tearful goodbye to Goodison Park, the Toffees play their first competitive fixture at Hill Dickinson Stadium with Brighton & Hove Albion the visitors.

    David Moyes' side will want to hit the ground running in their new surroundings, with Monday night's 1-0 defeat at Leeds taking some shine off fan excitement around a fresh start in their new ground. Indeed, Moyes warned fans in his pre-match news conference that after "a difficult window" the club could be in for "a difficult season".

    Moyes will hope the stadium move can quickly coincide with an upturn in the Blues home form. Of the teams to have featured in each of the past three Premier League seasons, Everton's 19 victories from 57 home games is the fewest, while their five wins at Goodison last term was only better than the three relegated sides.

    Everton have registered 19 home wins since the start of the 2022-23 season, the fewest of any ever-present team in that time

    Brighton, meanwhile, found it was a new season but the same old frailties on the opening day, letting a one-goal lead slip at home to Fulham when substitute Rodrigo Muniz scored a 96th-minute equaliser to deny them victory.

    Brighton have failed to win 11 matches after taking the lead since the start of last season - the joint-most in the division

    The Seagulls are unbeaten in their past four visits to Everton (W3, D1) and will be hoping to replicate their performance from the opening day of last season when goals from Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra gifted Fabian Hurzeler a 3-0 victory in his first game in charge.

    Welbeck didn't start against Fulham but will undoubtedly be keen to face the Toffees, against whom he has five goals and five assists in his last 18 appearances as well as scoring in his past two starts away at the Merseyside club.

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