Everton vs Brighton

3 October 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Dominic Calvert-Lewin 16’
Yerry Mina 45+2’
James Rodríguez 52’, 70’

Neal Maupay 41’
Yves Bissouma 90+2’

Match summary

Everton saw off Brighton 4-2. Everton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dominic Calvert-Lewin put Everton ahead with a header in the 16th minute, set up by Gylfi Sigurdsson, Neal Maupay equalised in the 41st minute, and Yerry Mina put Everton back in front with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by James Rodríguez. In the second half, James Rodríguez made it 3-1 in the 52nd minute, set up by Alex Iwobi, Rodríguez made it 4-1 in the 70th minute, set up by Abdoulaye Doucouré, and Yves Bissouma pulled one back to make it 4-2 in stoppage time, set up by Solly March.

The chances backed that up: Everton created 2.34 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Brighton's 1.20 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 11

6 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 10

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.34 xG 1.17

2.34 Non-penalty xG 1.17

10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Everton Brighton

Kick-off

Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Assist: Gylfi Sigurdsson

1-0

16’

41’

Neal Maupay

1-1

Yerry Mina
Assist: James Rodríguez

2-1

45+2’

Half-time2-1

James Rodríguez
Assist: Alex Iwobi

3-1

52’

James Rodríguez
Assist: Abdoulaye Doucouré

4-1

70’

90+2’

Yves Bissouma
Assist: Solly March

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brighton

Steven Alzate

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Everton 2.34 xGBrighton 1.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Everton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jordan Pickford	GK	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Seamus Coleman	DEF	60			1	0.02	0.00	0
Yerry Mina	DEF	90	1		1	0.55	0.00	0
Michael Keane	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.75	3
Gylfi Sigurdsson	MID	90		1	1	0.05	0.43	2
Tom Davies	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Rodríguez	FWD	80	2	1	4	1.20	0.57	2
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	FWD	90	1		3	0.49	0.00	0
Richarlison	FWD	24			1	0.02	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	Sub	66		1	0	0.00	0.49	1
Fabian Delph	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theo Walcott	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mat Ryan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Adam Webster	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	MID	48			0	0.00	0.06	1
Solly March	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.11	2
Yves Bissouma	MID	90	1		2	0.03	0.00	0
Steven Alzate	MID	84			0	0.00	0.01	1
Leandro Trossard	MID	90			4	0.20	0.11	1
Neal Maupay	MID	90	1		3	0.88	0.00	0
Aaron Connolly	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Lallana	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.02	1
Pascal Groß	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 54% Avg odds 1.79

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.76

Brighton win 21% Avg odds 4.61

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Everton W L W W W

Brighton D W L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Everton 1-0 Brighton, 11 Jan 20 Next meeting: Brighton 0-0 Everton, 12 Apr 21 All Everton vs Brighton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.