{"id":663926,"date":"2026-01-31T08:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663926"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:56:42","slug":"everton-vs-brighton-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/31\/everton-vs-brighton-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton vs Brighton: Team News and Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the latest team news and confirmed lineups as Everton are on the road to face Brighton at the American Express Stadium in the Premier League. Everton fight a tight battle in the table, equal on points with Brentford, Newcastle and Sunderland. With the right results, the Toffees could climb as high as 6th place. Meanwhile Brighton will want a positive result here following a poor form, after winning only one of their last five games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>Daniel Farke Praises \u2018Brilliant Character\u2019: Teases Future Involvement for Leeds<\/a><\/p>\n

Everton vs Brighton Team News and Confirmed Lineups<\/b><\/h2>\n

Everton Team News<\/b><\/h3>\n

Out: Jack Grealish (foot injury), Tim <\/span>Iroegbunam<\/span> (groin injury).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Available: Jarrad Branthwaite and Kiernan <\/span>Dewsbury-Hall have returned from injury, with Michael Keane returning after a three-match ban<\/span>. The manager had confirmed that a number of players will be back for this one after handling a mini crisis recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brighton Team News<\/b><\/h3>\n

Out: Stefanos Tzimas (knee injury), Solly March (knee injury), Adam Webster (knee injury), Mats Wieffer (foot injury).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Available: Brajan Gruda is available after recovering from a minor knock and Igor Julio is eligible to be involved after his return from West Ham United.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everton Confirmed Lineup and Substitutes<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  • Pickford<\/li>\n
  • O\u2019Brien<\/li>\n
  • Tarkowski<\/li>\n
  • Keane<\/li>\n
  • Branthwaite<\/li>\n
  • Garner<\/li>\n
  • Gana<\/li>\n
  • Armstrong<\/li>\n
  • Dewsbury-Hall<\/li>\n
  • Ndiaye<\/li>\n
  • Barry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Subs:Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Beto, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, R\u00f6hl, Iroegbunam<\/p>\n

    Brighton Confirmed Lineup and Substitutes<\/b><\/h3>\n
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    • Verbruggen<\/li>\n
    • Dunk<\/li>\n
    • van Hecke<\/li>\n
    • Georginio<\/li>\n
    • Baleba<\/li>\n
    • Welbeck<\/li>\n
    • Mitoma<\/li>\n
    • Kadioglu<\/li>\n
    • Ayari<\/li>\n
    • De Cuyper<\/li>\n
    • Gross<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Subs:Steele, Igor, Julio, Gruda, Minteh, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Veltman, Howell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Here\u2019s the latest team news and confirmed lineups as Everton are on the road to face Brighton at the American Express Stadium in the Premier League. Everton fight a tight battle in the table, equal on points with Brentford, Newcastle and Sunderland. With the right results, the Toffees could climb as high as 6th place. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5727,"featured_media":663930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1265,13,3],"tags":[31748,31726],"class_list":["post-663926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-everton","category-premier-league","tag-brighton-predicted-lineup","tag-everton-predicted-lineup"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5727"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663926"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664593,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663926\/revisions\/664593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}