The doom and gloom at Goodison Park has been lifted in recent weeks as Everton have five wins in their last seven games, but their hot streak may be ended by Brighton on Saturday.
The Seagulls arrive in mixed form with just one win in their last seven across all competitions.
They are also winless in four in the league – but they have faced three teams in the top five during that run.
Everton have no fresh injury concerns and Abdoulaye Doucoure should come back into the starting side after coming off the bench in the midweek cup win over Burnley.
Albion have a few injury issues but no new worries and boss Roberto De Zerbi may make a few changes to his team.
with Tariq Lamptey, Pervis Estupinan, Joel Veltman, Billy Gilmour and Ansu Fati all pushing for recalls.