Brighton & Hove Albion welcome Everton to the American Express Stadium on Saturday afternoon, both sides desperate to reclaim their top-half status in a pivotal mid-table meeting.The Seagulls enter

Everton will look to maintain their remarkable recent record at Brighton when they face the Seagulls at the Amex on Saturday. The Toffees have won three and drawn two of their previous five trips to the south coast, which is remarkable given that the past five seasons have been among the worst in the club’s history.

It is, of course, hard to quantify how uncomfortable teams find playing at Hill Dickinson compared to Goodison, but Everton’s results there are undoubtedly poor. They are averaging 1.55 points per away game (ppg) this season compared with 1.33ppg at home. Moyes has spoken repeatedly about the need to improve that record.

Everton rallied for a point in an engaging 1-1 draw with Leeds United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday.

French striker Thierno Barry has scored his fourth goal in five games, securing a 1-1 draw for Everton against Leeds

I was in Paris to watch Newcastle for BBC Radio 5 Live on Wednesday. They made loads of changes and started badly - but they could have won it in the end. They showed a graphic on Match of the Day on Sunday which underlined how important Bruno Guimaraes is to Newcastle - because basically they don't win when he is not playing.