Everton lost 1-0 at Leeds on Monday night
Brighton were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Fulham
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Everton play their first competitive match at the swanky Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday, with Brighton the guests on what will be a huge day for the blue half of Merseyside.
The Toffees would dearly love to mark the occasion with a win — especially after their disappointing 1-0 loss at Leeds on Monday — while Brighton will be confident that having won 3-0 on their last trip to Goodison they can also profit on their first trip to Bramley-Moore Dock.
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Team news
With Vitalii Mykolenko and Adam Aznou struggling, Everton boss David Moyes could be minus a recognised left-back. He could trust Dwight McNeil there or play the wide man as a wing-back in a tweaked formation.
Jack Grealish is hoping for a first start following his loan move from Manchester City.
Jack Hinshelwood is available for Brighton after missing their season-opening 1-1 draw with Fulham. Danny Welbeck could replace Georginio Rutter at the top of the front four.
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The stats
Everton faced 21 shots at Leeds on Monday night — only Arsenal (22 at Man United) faced more last weekend.
Danny Welbeck has been involved in 10 goals (five goals, five assists) in 18 appearances against Everton.
There were 10 yellow cards and one red in last season's two fixtures between these clubs.
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Prediction
It is a big day for Everton, though LiveScoreBet are not convinced it is going to be a happy one, offering 2/1 for the Toffees to beat 13/10 shots Brighton.
That merely reflects the fact that Everton were 13 points inferior to the Seagulls last season and did not look that great in a 1-0 loss at Leeds on Monday.
Brighton, it has to be said, were not great at home to Fulham either, and Everton will be licking their lips at the poor way in which Fabian Hurzeler's men dealt with the Cottagers' injury-time set-piece which led to their equaliser in the 1-1 draw.
This does not look an obviously easy game to call, especially this early in the season.
Brighton will knock the ball about nicely and have game-changers in the likes of Kaoru Mitoma, Yankubah Minteh and others.
Everton will be a massive threat from set–plays and an attacking threat (if picked) of Jack Grealish, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Iliman Ndiaye is actually quite exciting.
What this game should produce is cards because it always does.
Stuart Attwell is in charge, fresh back from flashing six yellows in a Conference League tie between Spartak Trnava and Uni Craiova on Thursday.
Attwell will be managing a fixture which produced two yellows and a red at Goodison last season, the lowest number of cards in any of the last six meetings between these clubs.
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