Brighton and Hove Albion v Everton, 31 January 2026

Score1-1
RefereeChris Kavanagh
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAmerican Express Stadium
Attendance31,419

View Brighton and Hove Albion v Everton head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 18 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 5 Drawn: 5 Everton won: 8 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 22 Everton scored: 29 . Everton now remained unbeaten in their last six visits to Brighton and Hove Albion (all Premier League, won three).

1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

1 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Pascal Gross 73 G

Goals:

Beto 90+7 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Jan Paul Van Hecke
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Midfielder Carlos Baleba
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Georginio Rutter
Forward Danny Welbeck

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Jarrad Branthwaite Defender
Michael Keane Defender
Jake O'Brien Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
James Garner Defender/Midfielder
Harrison Armstrong Midfielder
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Midfielder
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Iliman N'Diaye Midfielder/Forward
Thierno Barry Forward

Substitutions:

Yankuba Minteh for Georginio Rutter 60
Charalampos Kostoulas for Danny Welbeck 70
Joël Veltman for Maxim De Cuyper 70
James Milner for Pascal Gross 90+6

Substitutions:

Carlos Alcaraz for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 79
Tyler Dibling for Harrison Armstrong 80
Tim Iroegbunam for Idrissa Gueye 80
Beto for Thierno Barry 89
Nathan Patterson for Jarrad Branthwaite 89

Cards:

Pascal Gross 53 Y

Cards:

Jarrad Branthwaite 57 Y
Tim Iroegbunam 90+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Igor Julio
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder/Forward Brajan Gruda
Midfielder/Forward Harry Howell
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mark Travers
Defender Nathan Patterson
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Midfielder Carlos Alcaraz
Midfielder Tim Iroegbunam
Midfielder/Forward Tyler Dibling
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Midfielder/Forward Merlin Röhl
Forward Beto

Comments:

League position: 13th . Brighton and Hove Albion had now drawn six of their last 11 games in the Premier League (won one). . The Seagulls had now won 15 and lost ten of their last 38 games in the Premier League. . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 30 of their last 36 games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 8th . Everton failed in their attempt to win three consecutive away games in the Premier League without conceding for the first time since December 2008 (three). . The Toffees failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2021. . Beto became the first player to score for Everton on their birthday since Steven Naismith against Chelsea in the Premier League on 14 September 2013. [c/o EFC Statto]

1 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Pascal Gross 73 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Jan Paul Van Hecke
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Midfielder Carlos Baleba
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Georginio Rutter
Forward Danny Welbeck

Substitutions:

Yankuba Minteh for Georginio Rutter 60
Charalampos Kostoulas for Danny Welbeck 70
Joël Veltman for Maxim De Cuyper 70
James Milner for Pascal Gross 90+6

Cards:

Pascal Gross 53 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Igor Julio
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder/Forward Brajan Gruda
Midfielder/Forward Harry Howell
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas

Comments:

League position: 13th . Brighton and Hove Albion had now drawn six of their last 11 games in the Premier League (won one). . The Seagulls had now won 15 and lost ten of their last 38 games in the Premier League. . They had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 30 of their last 36 games in the Premier League.

1 Everton

Manager: David Moyes

Goals:

Beto 90+7 G

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Jarrad Branthwaite Defender
Michael Keane Defender
Jake O'Brien Defender
James Tarkowski Defender
James Garner Defender/Midfielder
Harrison Armstrong Midfielder
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Midfielder
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder
Iliman N'Diaye Midfielder/Forward
Thierno Barry Forward

Substitutions:

Carlos Alcaraz for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 79
Tyler Dibling for Harrison Armstrong 80
Tim Iroegbunam for Idrissa Gueye 80
Beto for Thierno Barry 89
Nathan Patterson for Jarrad Branthwaite 89

Cards:

Jarrad Branthwaite 57 Y
Tim Iroegbunam 90+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mark Travers
Defender Nathan Patterson
Defender/Midfielder Séamus Coleman
Midfielder Carlos Alcaraz
Midfielder Tim Iroegbunam
Midfielder/Forward Tyler Dibling
Midfielder/Forward Dwight McNeil
Midfielder/Forward Merlin Röhl
Forward Beto

Comments:

League position: 8th . Everton failed in their attempt to win three consecutive away games in the Premier League without conceding for the first time since December 2008 (three). . The Toffees failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since May 2021. . Beto became the first player to score for Everton on their birthday since Steven Naismith against Chelsea in the Premier League on 14 September 2013. [c/o EFC Statto]