Everton will look to bounce back from their disappointing 1-0 home defeat against Burnley last time out when they face newly-promoted Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.

Despite being one of the Premier League's big spenders during the summer, the Toffees have won just two of their opening seven top flight fixtures – suffering heavy defeats against Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United – this season.

Having also taken just one point from six available in the Europa League group stages, the pressure is beginning to build on manager Ronald Koeman, who will be cursing the fact the club didn't bring in a direct Romelu Lukaku replacement during the transfer window, and he could be in huge trouble if his side slip up again on the south coast.

Meanwhile, the Seagulls are currently above their Merseyside opponents on goal difference, although they were also beaten a fortnight ago with a 2-0 reverse against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Nevertheless they will be confident of picking up a positive result back on their own patch.

Here are three reasons Everton's miserable run will continue with defeat at the Amex, leaving Toffees fans frustrated once again...

Strongest team/system

Koeman still doesn’t seem to know his best team or formation, and that is a huge problem as we head into October.

The fact that he is having to use Oumar Niasse – who had previously been frozen out – up top certainly isn't ideal, while he is still yet to find a system that can incorporate both Wayne Rooney and Gylfi Sigurdsson into the starting XI.

The latter once again proved during the international break, after scoring one and assisting another in Iceland's 2-0 win against Kosovo, that he should be playing in the number 10 role rather than out wide on the left.

With Ashley Williams and Michael Keane not in particularly good form at the back, Koeman has a number of big selection problems to deal with ahead of the clash at the Amex Stadium.

Koeman's negative demeanour

Everton supporters would like to have confidence in Ronald Koeman that he is able to turn around their fortunes following a disappointing start to the season, but you certainly don't get that feeling when you see him speaking in pre and post-match press conferences at the moment.

He looks like a defeated man right now and if he isn't giving off those positive and optimistic vibes to the fans, then you would imagine it is the same situation for the players behind closed doors. They are hardly trying their best for him if the performances in recent weeks are anything to go by.

Brighton's home record

While Chris Hughton's men have struggled on the road so far this season – taking one point from their four Premier League away matches – they have been much stronger at the Amex Stadium.

The Seagulls were unfortunate to lose 2-0 against Manchester City on the opening day despite the huge gulf in class between the two squads, while they have bounced back from that defeat with wins against West Bromwich Albion and fellow newly-promoted club Newcastle United on the south coast.

Brighton will come into the clash organised defensively and with a determination to win again at home, and that could be too much for their lacklustre visitors.

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