Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion: Key stats and talking points

A grand total of 99 days after Everton's tearful goodbye to Goodison Park, the Toffees play their first competitive fixture at Hill Dickinson Stadium with Brighton & Hove Albion the visitors.

David Moyes' side will want to hit the ground running in their new surroundings, with Monday night's 1-0 defeat at Leeds taking some shine off fan excitement around a fresh start in their new ground. Indeed, Moyes warned fans in his pre-match news conference that after "a difficult window" the club could be in for "a difficult season".

Moyes will hope the stadium move can quickly coincide with an upturn in the Blues home form. Of the teams to have featured in each of the past three Premier League seasons, Everton's 19 victories from 57 home games is the fewest, while their five wins at Goodison last term was only better than the three relegated sides.

Brighton, meanwhile, found it was a new season but the same old frailties on the opening day, letting a one-goal lead slip at home to Fulham when substitute Rodrigo Muniz scored a 96th-minute equaliser to deny them victory.

The Seagulls are unbeaten in their past four visits to Everton (W3, D1) and will be hoping to replicate their performance from the opening day of last season when goals from Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra gifted Fabian Hurzeler a 3-0 victory in his first game in charge.

Welbeck didn't start against Fulham but will undoubtedly be keen to face the Toffees, against whom he has five goals and five assists in his last 18 appearances as well as scoring in his past two starts away at the Merseyside club.