Fabian Hurzeler made a fantastic start to his Brighton tenure as the Seagulls opened their Premier League campaign with a resounding 3-0 victory over 10-man Everton at Goodison Park. (More Football News)
Having endured a difficult start on Merseyside, Brighton found their groove with goals from Ka💎rou M⛦itoma, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra securing an impressive triumph.
Mitoma rounded off a fine first-half move after being picked out by debutant Yankuba Minteh, with W𓄧elbeck adding a second in the 56th minute.
Everton’s chances of a comeback were all but halted 10 minutes lat🅠er as Ashley Young was given his marching orders for a pull on goalscorer Mitoma, wit🐬h Adingra adding a third four minutes from time before Yasin Ayari saw a goal awarded on-pitch but overturned after a VAR review
T💦he result sees Brighton – at least temporarily – top the pile, wi🐼th Everton propping up the table.
Data Debrief: Hurzeler impresses on debut
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The Seagulls outperformed their expected goals (xG) by 1.44 from their 10 sh꧅ots, nine of those came ins𓃲ide the box with five on target.
Welbeck's goal and assist saw him register his 10th goal involvement against the Toffees (five goals and five assi🎃st)☂, more than he has managed against in the Premier League.
Everton, meanwhile, were dealt their biggest defeat inไ the opening game of a Premier League season since 2009-ജ10, when they lost 6-1 to Arsenal under David Moyes.
