Overview

• Jack Grealish, on loan from Manchester City, set up both goals on his first Everton start to earn player-of-the-match plaudits.
• Iliman Ndiaye scored the first goal at the new ground, adding to his feat of netting the last goal at Goodison Park in May.
• James Garner made it 2-0 with a powerful strike from outside the box after receiving a layoff from Grealish early in the second half.
• Jordan Pickford preserved the clean sheet by saving Danny Welbeck’s 77th-minute penalty, with Brighton also striking the woodwork twice.
• The 52,769-capacity venue hosted Everton’s first league home game away from Goodison since 1892, as The Friedkin Group era targets raised ambitions and experts project roughly £60m a year in extra matchday revenue, with David Moyes indicating further signings are possible before the window closes.