CHELSEA v Everton: Preview

Date: Saturday twenty sixth
April 2025

Venue: Stamford Bridge

Kick-off: 12:30 BST

In the present day’s early kick-off sees us play host to an
improved Everton facet again underneath Moyes’ administration.

Chelsea are unbeaten of their earlier 29
dwelling league conferences with Everton and Moyes is with out a win in 19 Premier
League visits – though he hasn’t had the pleasure of assembly the present
Chelsea supervisor.

We come into in the present day’s sport off the again of
a late win towards Fulham final weekend. Our late exhibiting introduced a few
targets which had been each good and in addition each very welcome however let’s not skirt over
the sport itself, as a result of we had been fairly terrible once more for many of it. We wanted
to get our act collectively some time in the past to face any probability of a high 5 end
as a result of our run-in presents little hope of us getting again into it now.

Everton took some extent
off us within the reverse fixture, with a far too acquainted draw towards them and we
might need battered them at Stamford Bridge final season, however Maresca couldn’t beat
an egg. Nonetheless, the excellent news is Maresca has a touchline ban for this one, it’s
only a disgrace it’s just for one sport.

MANAGER’S VIEWS

Going into
in the present day’s sport, Enzo Maresca says “To say that this season has been already a
good season in comparison with the final two doesn’t imply we’re not attempting to complete
high 5. It’s our goal. Since March, we begin to say our goal is
Champions League. The staff has all the time been there, so why not? Now we’re behind
however we’re going to attempt to end in the fitting approach. When it comes to outcomes, we
have the duty to convey this membership to the place it belongs. The outcomes have
been there. However the good factor is me as a supervisor, the membership, all of us have
ambition of the place we wish to go and we’re in the fitting path. Hopefully we
could be there very quickly.

I believe
the followers thought Chelsea had been again a while in the past and now in all probability as a result of we
will not be successful the identical quantity of video games as the start, they’re exhibiting
they aren’t blissful. We have to settle for now they aren’t blissful. The gamers are
working onerous on daily basis to convey this membership to the place it must be. The journey
is simply beginning.

I used to be at
West Ham earlier than [Moyes] joined so I had the prospect to talk to him a couple of instances.
He’s one other supervisor in England that may be thought of a legend for the nice
issues he has executed in soccer.”

Everton
supervisor, David Moyes, in the meantime, says “The gamers have executed such
job, they received the job executed early, and we’ve received ourselves in a fairly sturdy
place. The [past] video games had been powerful however we anticipated them to be powerful and the
outcomes have given us a sense of consolation to not have that stress of
relegation.

We’ve
received a very powerful sport towards Chelsea. Their dwelling report is sweet and we don’t
have report of going to Stamford Bridge over time both, however the
approach we have now carried out ourselves towards Man Metropolis, Liverpool, and Arsenal, I’m
going there with actual confidence and the assumption that we are able to go and attempt to make
one thing occur once more.”

SQUAD NEWS

For Chelsea, Marc Guiu (hamstring), Omari Kellyman
(hamstring) and Wesley Fofana (hamstring) are injured, and are joined by Malo
Gusto (muscular). Mykhaylo Mudryk (suspended) additionally stays out.

For Everton, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and James
Tarkowski (hamstring) are injured, while Armando Broja is ineligible to play
towards us.

TEAMS

Chelsea (Doable Line-Up): Sanchez; James, Chabah, Colwill, Cucurella; Enzo, Caicedo; George, Palmer, Web; Jackson

EVERTON (Doable
line-up): Pickford;
Patterson, O’Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Gueye, Garner, Doucoure,
Ndiaye; Beto

LAST SEASON

Chelsea 6-0 Everton (fifteenth
April 2024)

CURRENT FORM (PL)

Chelsea: WLWDDW

Everton: DDldwl

OTHER STUFF

Chelsea are unbeaten of their final 29 Premier League dwelling video games
towards Everton (pre-Maresca).Everton’s 6-0 defeat final season is their largest margin of defeat
on this fixture since 1948.Chelsea are unbeaten of their final 4 Premier League video games.Everton have misplaced two of their final 4 video games.Everton have solely received considered one of their final eight league video games.Everton have drawn a league-high 14 video games this season.Solely the underside three golf equipment have received fewer than Everton’s eight video games
on this marketing campaign.

PREDICTION

Sportsmole: Chelsea 1-0 Everton