Chelsea vs Everton LIVE: Blues try to maintain unbeaten record to inflict more misery on Toffees – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

By premiernews On Apr 13, 2024

Chelsea will look to maintain their faint hopes of securing European football when they host favorites Everton this weekend.

The Blues continued their wildly inconsistent form by claiming a dramatic victory over manchester united tying to the bottom of the club Sheffield United last time.

Chelsea can still finish a difficult campaign on topCredit: Getty

Oli McBurnie's equalizer in the 93rd minute remains Mauricio PochettinoThe team is in ninth place, five points behind Man United in sixth with a game in hand.

Although derogatory, the tie was extended ChelseaThe Premier League's unbeaten record is seven games.

In fact, the club's only defeat in any competition since the end of January was a 1-0 loss to Liverpool in it Carabao Cup final.

Everton achieved a morale-boosting 1-0 victory over Burnley last Saturday to break their long wait for three points.

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Former Everton striker Kevin Campbell told talkSPORT his concerns about the effect the club's latest points deduction will have on the team.

The Toffees have had two points stripped for another breach of Premier League sustainability and profit rules.

It adds to its previous six point deductionwhich the Toffees appealed from 10, to further fuel a miserable campaign for Dyche, whose team is now just two points clear of the relegation zone.

The Merseysiders now return to their ghost ground, Stamford Bridge, desperate to end their terror form at SW6.

Everton are winless in their last 28 away league games against Chelsea; Only Leeds (35 between 1946 and 2001) have had a longer streak without winning away from home in their history in the top flight.

Everton and Forest have been dragged back into the relegation fight as a result of the punishment

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 28 Premier League home games against Everton (15 wins, 13 draws) since a 1-0 defeat in November 1994. It is their longest unbeaten home run against a team in their history in the highest category.
Only Burnley and Sheffield United (12 each) have failed to score in more different Premier League games than Everton this season (11), while only the Blades (30) have scored fewer goals than the Toffees (32). After a streak of three consecutive wins in which they scored more than 2 goals in December, Everton have only scored more than once in one of their last 14 Premier League games (2-2 against Spurs).
Chelsea have conceded 52 goals in the Premier League this season, only conceding more in 2015-16 (53), 2019-20 (54) and 1996-97 (55) in 38-match seasons in the competition. Their 25 goals conceded at home this season are the second most in a single campaign after 2015-16 (30).

Chelsea-Everton: team news

The hosts look forward to welcoming you again. Ben Chilwellbut Raheem Sterling, Axel Disasi and Enzo Fernández are new doubts.

Chelsea is left without Robert Sánchez, Lesley Ugochukwu, Levi Colwill, Christopher Nkunku, James Reece, Romeo Laviaand Wesley Fofana.

For Everton, Dominic Calvert-Lewin He missed first-team training on Thursday and now faces a race against time to get fit.

James Garner and Arnaut Danjuma They are also getting closer to the comeback, like the midfield duo Amadou Onana and Idrissa Gueye.

Dele Ali remains absent for a long time.

Everton's relegation woes were compounded by continued points deductionsCredit: Getty

Following their 2-0 win at Goodison Park in December, Everton are looking to complete their first league double over Chelsea since 1978-79.
Everton are winless in their last 28 away league games against Chelsea; Only Leeds (35 between 1946 and 2001) have had a longer streak without winning away from home in their history in the top flight.
Chelsea have scored and conceded at least twice in each of their last seven games in all competitions. In the history of English football, no top-flight team had ever done so in eight consecutive games before.

Chelsea-Everton: What was said?

Chelsea's £105m signing Enzo Fernandez says he is still adjusting to life in England 14 months after arriving.

He said Chelsea official website: “I'm trying to get there, to the version of me that you saw in the World Cup. I want to feel like Enzo, who was playing in the World Cup. I want to go back there.

“I feel good, I'm getting better every day, but I still don't feel like I'm 100 percent. I'm still adjusting and I still don't feel completely myself, but I'm trying to get there as quickly as possible.” possible and working hard every day to achieve it.

“It won't be easy because the World Cup is over and I'm still growing as a player and developing my skills, but I'm looking for that Enzo. I want to feel completely myself again.”

Pochettino has yet to turn Chelsea into a consistent winnerCredit: Getty

Everton's 1-0 win against Burnley last time out ended a 13-game winless streak in the Premier League. Each of their last five league wins has been goalless, and the Toffees have failed to win any of their last 12 when they conceded at least once (D4 L8).
After a run of 18 Premier League games without scoring, Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored in his last two appearances, and these goals gave Everton three points. He last scored in three consecutive league games in August 2021.
Cole Palmer has been involved in 25 goals in his last 22 Premier League games, scoring 16 and assisting nine. One more assist would make him the first Chelsea player to record double figures in goals and assists in his first Premier League season with the club.

Chelsea-Everton: How to continue

This Premier League clash will take place on Monday, April 15.

Kick-off at Stamford Bridge is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

talkSPORT will have EXCLUSIVE live coverage from west London, presented by Adrian Durham.

The comments come from Sam Matterface and former England midfielder Danny Murphy.

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