Joe Thomas - Blues need to surprise Brighton
Everton need to try something different today. I’m not sure there is a side better set up to exploit the Blues’ vulnerabilities than Brighton.
They ooze with confidence and threaten from everywhere - most notably through Kaoru Mitoma, who on the left wing will be primed to hit Everton where they have struggled so much recently, the right side of defence. Nathan Patterson did well when he came on at Leicester City and I think he’s the right player to deputise for Seamus Coleman in the long term. I still have in mind his struggles against Mitoma at Goodison Park though.
