Everton vs Brighton predicted by pundits as trio pick one player to be the difference-maker
Everton welcome Brighton to Goodison Park this weekend, hoping to extend their current run of good form by drawing upon the club's best performance of the 2022/23 campaign.
As it turned out, the Seagulls played a major role in the Blues' Premier League survival. When meeting in this exact fixture in what was first match of the current calendar year, the gulf was massive and Brighton stormed to a 4-1 rout. This ultimately played a part in the sacking of Frank Lampard three weeks later.
Again when they met at the AMEX Stadium four months later the gulf was the same, though this time with the Blues under Sean Dyche, it was a very different outcome. Five shots on target, five goals, and three points were taken back up north as Roberto De Zerbi was left stunned.
Flash forward to the present day and whilst this weekend's visitors are ahead in the standings, there has been a complete shift of confidence in the respective camps.
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Everton have won five of their last seven, most recently to progress to the Carabao Cup quarter finals, whereas Brighton are winless in domestic competitions since September 24.
Taking all of this into account, a number of pundits have attempted to place their predictions ahead of the weekend's Premier League action.
First up, Chris Sutton admitted to BBC Sport he 'may not have a clue how this one will go', but went with a 2-1 scoreline in favour of the Blues and placed his confidence in Dominic Calvert-Lewin to deliver the telling blow.
The former striker wrote: "If you want a blueprint for beating Brighton, it is the way
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