Everton 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2018

Result

Everton 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 10 March 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Everton · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Everton 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Everton defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 March 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Everton's goals came from an own goal by Gaëtan Bong (60') and Cenk Tosun (76'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Everton were 11th on 34 points from 29 and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th on 34 points from 29. Everton went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 40.

Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leighton Baines of Everton (8.0), ahead of Phil Jagielka (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Everton wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 55'Yellow card · Ezequiel SchelottoBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 60'Own goal · Gaëtan BongEverton · 1-0
  • 76'Goal · Cenk TosunEverton · 2-0
  • 88'Missed penalty · Wayne RooneyEverton

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Everton 0, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Everton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Pickford, Séamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka, Michael Keane, Leighton Baines, Tom Davies, Wayne Mark Rooney, Theo Walcott, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Yannick Bolasie, Cenk Tosun

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)

Mathew Ryan, Ezequiel Schelotto, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Beram Kayal, Davy Pröpper, José Izquierdo, Pascal Groß, Glenn Murray