Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion will take on on Sunday the 2nd of January at 2:00 pm in the 21st week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Liverpool at the Goodison Park. The referee will be John Brooks.
Everton sits in the 15th position in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Chelsea in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion is in the 10th place in the table with 24 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Chelsea in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 9 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Everton
Everton has mostly adopted the 4-4-1-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 64.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-1-1 (11 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 5-4-1 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Rafael Benítez Maudes is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: J. Pickford, B. Godfrey, M. Holgate, M. Keane, S. Coleman, A. Gordon, A. Tavares Gomes, A. Doucouré, A. Marques Loureiro and A. Iwobi.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the average age of Everton would be 27.70.
There are doubts about the presence of D. Calvert-Lewin.
Rafael Benítez Maudes will probably not be able to employ L. Digne, Y. Mina González, T. Davies, D. Gray and J. Rondón Giménez because of injury.
A. Townsend and R. de Andrade will definitely miss the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 27.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Everton with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, M. Cucurella, D. Burn, J. Veltman, S. March, A. Lallana, Y. Bissouma, T. Lamptey, J. Moder, A. Mac Allister and N. Maupay.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.55.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ L. Trossard because of injury.
L. Dunk and J. Sarmiento will definitely miss the match.