Everton 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 January 2022

Result

Everton 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 2 January 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Everton · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Everton 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Everton lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 January 2022. The half-time score was 0-2.

Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Everton's goals came from Anthony Gordon (53') and Anthony Gordon (76'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Alexis Mac Allister (3'), Dan Burn (21') and Alexis Mac Allister (71').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Everton were 15th on 19 points from 17 and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th on 24 points from 18. Everton went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th with 51.

Everton lined up in a 5-4-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Mac Allister of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.7), ahead of Anthony Gordon (8.4).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Alexis Mac AllisterBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 9'Yellow card · Jonjoe KennyEverton
  • 21'Goal · Dan BurnBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-2
  • 25'Missed penalty · Dominic Calvert-LewinEverton
  • 53'Goal · Anthony GordonEverton · 1-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 71'Goal · Alexis Mac AllisterBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-3
  • 76'Goal · Anthony GordonEverton · 2-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Everton 5, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 2.

Team news

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Everton line-up (5-4-1)

Jordan Pickford, Jonjoe Kenny, Ben Godfrey, Michael Keane, Mason Holgate, Séamus Coleman, Anthony Gordon, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Allan, Demarai Gray, Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Adam Webster, Dan Burn, Marc Cucurella, E. Mwepu, Adam Lallana, Yves Bissouma, Alexis Mac Allister, Neal Maupay, Leandro Trossard