Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Goodison Park
Follow live coverage as Everton face Brighton & Hove Albion today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
The players are making their way out onto the pitch ahead of kick-off.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Hurzeler has also named some new additions in his starting XI for Brighton, with Minteh and Wieffer making their debuts for the club. The Seagulls also have plenty of exciting options on the bench after an impressive summer window so far, with the likes of Adingra, Sarmiento, and Barco waiting in the wings.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Dyche has handed a debut to young midfielder Iroegbunam, who will partner Gueye in the Everton midfield. Lindstrom, O'Brien, and Ndiaye, who also joined the Toffees in the summer transfer window, are named on the bench. Jarrad Branthwaite and James Garner are among those to miss out through injury.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON SUBS: Adam Webster, Billy Gilmour, Jeremy Sarmiento, Valentin Barco, Carlos Baleba, Simon Adingra, Yasin Ayari, Carl Rushworth, Mark O’Mahony.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Jason Steele; Jack Hinshelwood, Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke, Joel Veltman; Mats Wieffer, James Milner; Kaoru Mitoma, Joao Pedro, Yankuba Minteh; Danny Welbeck.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
EVERTON SUBS: Mason Holgate, Iliman Ndiaye, Joao Virginia, Beto, Jake O’Brien, Neal Maupay, Jesper Lindstrom, Jenson Metcalfe, Harrison Armstrong.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
EVERTON (4-4-1-1): Jordan Pickford; Vitalii Mykolenko, Michael Keane, James Tarkowski, Ashley Young; Dwight McNeil, Idrissa Gueye, Tim Iroegbunam, Jack Harrison; Abdoulaye Doucoure; Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
This will be Fabian Hurzeler’s first game as Brighton manager. Born in February 1993, he will be the first permanent manager to take charge of a Premier League game who was born after the competition started, while at 31 years and 173 days, he’ll be the second-youngest to ever take charge of a Premier League match (Ryan Mason, 29y 312d). The Seagulls lost their first match in three of their first four Premier League campaigns but have begun their last three seasons with victory. Brighton are looking to win their opening league game in four consecutive seasons for the first time ever.
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Everton are preparing for their final opening Premier League fixture at Goodison Park, with the Toffees set to move a new stadium ahead of the 2025/2026 campaign. Sean Dyche’s side have won five of their last eight Premier League games (D1 L2), having been winless in their previous 13 (D6 L7). Indeed, since the first victory in that run on 6th April, only four teams have won more Premier League points than the Toffees (16). Everton have lost their opening Premier League match in each of the last two seasons, losing 1-0 at home both times to Chelsea in 2022-23 and Fulham in 2023-24. They haven’t begun a campaign with defeat in three seasons in a row since between 2008-09 and 2011-12 (four consecutively).
Everton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
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