FILED UNDER: Brighton vs. Everton: The Reaction | Home team is preferred to win
Three is needed for Everton. They could have used the three points in the previous games and also needed them last week. Since December’s Premier League match against Burnley, three have not been acquired from a single game; this needs to alter as soon as possible.
The unfavorable run of games Luton Town has had to play has kept the Blues in peril of relegation once more. The Toffees realize they must once more take matters into their own hands, whether or not point deduction reduction is applied.
However, Brighton under Roberto De Zerbi still plays like a genuine team, despite their occasional inconsistency. The club will want to maintain European pressure on teams like Manchester United and others on the south coast this Saturday, but Everton will undoubtedly present a challenge.
Who will prevail, then? Time will tell.
We had a conversation with Jeremy Smith, a football journalist and podcaster at French Football Weekly, who is a Brighton supporter, before Saturday’s match:
RBM: Brighton has started the season well, if erratically. How is the atmosphere in the AmEx and the south of the nation at this time?
JS: Excellent overall. A little amount of dissatisfaction stems from the inconsistent play, but that’s understandable given that we’re managing Europe for the first time in our history and the absurd amount of injuries we’ve sustained. We’re in the FA Cup, we’re seventh, we won our Europa League group, and we’re still in the tournament despite having hardly any healthy full-backs or wingers for the whole of the season. In many respects, we’re performing better than we should be.
RBM: What is this team doing well this year, and what is it struggling with?
JS: Early in the season, we were scoring very well, but recently there have been a couple of matches where we’ve missed too many chances and thrown points away. Weirdly, I think we’ve defended well this season, even though we’ve only kept a couple of clean sheets. I think what we – or de Zerbi – have done best is constantly adapt our style of play to accommodate who is fit and available. We lost our two world-class central midfielders in the summer and arguably haven’t replaced one of them; we have had to play at times with no width. Yet RDZ always seems to find a way for us to be competitive. Credit also goes to the way that we are able to bring in young, inexperienced players – even those playing out of position – and give them the support and confidence to perform brilliantly from the start.
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