Everton vs Brentford live: Confirmed Premier League teams
Ninth-placed Everton are targeting consecutive victories when Brentford are their visitors in the Premier League on Sunday.
The Toffees ended a two-match losing run by drawing 0-0 at Burnley on December 27 and winning 2-0 at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.
Brentford are a point behind their opponents and four league matches unbeaten, following a consecutive wins with a 0-0 draw at home to Tottenham on Thursday.
101GreatGoals.com has full team news from Everton vs Brentford in the Premier League, including details on how to watch the action.
Everton starting lineup vs Brentford
On-loan Manchester City playmaker Jack Grealish returns to Everton’s starting line-up after recovering from illness, while Michael Keane is back from injury in defence.
Nathan Patterson and Merlin Rohl drop out. Defenders Seamus Coleman and Jarrad Branthwaite and midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall have hamstring injuries and midfielder Charly Alcaraz has an unspecified problem.
Senegal midfielders Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye are at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Everton starting XI: Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Garner; McNeil, Dibling, Grealish; Barry.
Everton substitutes: Travers, King, Patterson, Beto, Rohl, Aznou, Armstrong, Welch, Campbell
Brentford starting lineup vs Everton
Brentford bring in Aaron Hickey, Mathias Jensen and Mikkel Damsgaard for Rico Henry, Jordan Henderson and Keane Lewis-Potter.
Midfielders Fabio Carvalho, Antoni Milambo and Josh Dasilva have long-term knee injuries.
Nigeria midfielder Frank Onyeka and Burkina Faso forward Dango Ouattara are part of their countries’ AFCON squads.
Brentford starting XI: Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Hickey; Jensen, Janelt, Yarmoliuk; Damsgaard, Thiago, Schade.
Brentford substitutes: Valdimarsson, Henry, Van Den Berg, Pinnock, Nelson, Henderson, Lewis-Potter, Peart-Harris, Donovan
How to watch Brentford vs Everton: Live online stream, TV channel
Kick-off on Sunday is at 15:00 GMT (12:00 ET / 09:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on Sky Sports Golf.
Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.
Streaming is available on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.
Everton vs Brentford stats
- Everton boss David Moyes has lost five of his seven Premier League games against Brentford, though the exceptions have been his last two meetings with the Bees (4-2 with West Ham in February 2024, 1-1 with Everton in February 2025)
- Their average of 3.1 shots on target per game in the Premier League this season is their lowest on record in a single campaign (since 1997/98)
- After failing to score with any of his first 15 shots in the Premier League this season, Thierno Barry has now scored with two of his last three attempts for Everton
- Having lost their first two Premier League games against Brentford in 2021/22, Everton are now unbeaten in their last six against them (W3 D3)
- Since a victory against Southampton in 2017, Everton have lost their first league game in seven of the last eight calendar years (D1)
- They have alternated between victory (3) and defeat (3) in their last six Premier League home games, losing 1-0 against Arsenal last time out. They’ve not lost consecutive home games since December/January last season
- Only Arsenal’s David Raya (9) has kept more clean sheets than Everton’s Jordan Pickford (8) among goalkeepers in the Premier League this season, with each of the Toffees’ last five league victories being to nil
- Brentford’s Igor Thiago scored in each of his first three away games in all competitions this season, but has since netted just twice in his last seven appearances on the road
- They scored three goals in their first Premier League away game against Everton (a 3-2 win in May 2022), but have since failed to score in each of their subsequent three visits (D1 L2)
- Only bottom side Wolves have lost more Premier League away games than Brentford in the Premier League this season. The Bees’ seven away defeats so far is one fewer than they lost on the road in the whole of 2024/25
Premier League fixtures and results this weekend
Matches start at 15:00 GMT / 07:00 ET / 04:00 PT unless stated otherwise.
Saturday, January 3
Aston Villa 3-1 Nottingham Forest
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Burnley
Wolves 3-0 West Ham
Bournemouth 2-3 Arsenal
Sunday, January 4
Leeds vs Man United (12:30)
Everton vs Brentford
Fulham vs Liverpool
Newcastle vs Crystal Palace
Tottenham vs Sunderland
Manchester City vs Chelsea (17:30)
