Everton and Chelsea have named their starting teams for Saturday’s Premier League clash at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The Toffees and Brentford are the only teams apart from leaders Manchester City to remain unbeaten after their first six matches of the top-flight season, although they have drawn four of those games to join the Bees.
Thierno Barry gave David Moyes’ side a 2-1 second-half lead at Hull City last Sunday, but the Tigers earned a 2-2 draw to leave Everton fifth on goal difference, behind Brentford.
Chelsea are sixth and have 10 points, having picked up their first win in four league games after beating Bournemouth 5-1 at home a week ago.
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Location
- Hill Dickinson Stadium
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Judge
- Paul Tierney
Everton have confirmed their starting line-up against Chelsea
Everton made two changes from the draw at Hull, bringing in defender Vitalii Mykolenko and midfielder Merlin Rohl for Michael Keane and Brennan Johnson.
Jarrad Branthwaite is ready to start after struggling at the MKM Stadium. Mykolenko returns after missing that game due to injury.
Christian Norgaard, who was transferred from Arsenal in August, can make his debut from the bench.
Everton: Jordan Pickford, Ainsley Maitland-Nails, James Tarkovsky, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitaliy Mykolenko, James Garner, Harrison Armstrong, Merlin Rohl, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry
Substitutes: Mark Travers, Jake O’Brien, Tyrique George, Tyler Dibling, Christian Norgaard, Brennan Johnson, Charly Alcaraz, Hayden Hackney, Braiden Graham
Full squad for Chelsea vs Everton
Jorrel Hato replaced Pep Chavarria in defense in one change from Chelsea’s win over Bournemouth. 16-year-old midfielder Mehdi Nicol-Jazuli made his debut in the last away game in a 3-0 defeat at Brentford on 18 September.
Emanuel Emega (hamstring) and Jamie Gittens (ankle) are out. Reece James requires knee surgery.
Chelsea: Emiliano Martínez, Josh Acheampong, Maxence Lacroix, Levi Colwill, Jorrel Hato, Moises Caicedo, Jordan Henderson, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers, Joao Pedro
Subs: Mike Penders, Wesley Fofana, Marco Palestra, Valentin Barco, Romeo Lavia, Mehdi Nicol-Jazuli, Willian Estevao, Geovani Guenda, Danny Welbeck
Where to watch Everton vs Chelsea: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off on Saturday is 12:30 BST (07:30 ET / 04:30 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate.
Streaming is available on multiple devices through the HBO Max app. Subscriptions start from £30.99 per month.
Here is the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.
Everton – Chelsea Premier League statistics, form
- Everton can claim back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since beating Chelsea under Marco Silva and Duncan Ferguson in March and December 2019 respectively.
- Only in 2006/07 did Everton have a longer unbeaten run in the competition than at the start of the campaign (first 7)
- Everton manager David Moyes has never won in 21 Premier League attempts against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but has won eight of his last 13 home games against the Blues (split between four wins against Everton and four against West Ham (D2 L3).
- After scoring once in seven Premier League games, Barry has scored in his last two games. He last scored in three consecutive league games in the Swiss Super League against Basel in August 2024.
- Chelsea have won one of their last nine Premier League away games at Everton (2D 6L), winning 1-0 in Aug 2022
- They have failed to score in seven of those games, including the last three, and lost 3-0 on their first visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium in March.
- The last time Chelsea lost their opening two Premier League matches at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light was in 1999/00 (4-1) and 2000/01 (1-0).
- The Blues have scored five goals in the first five minutes of Premier League games so far this season, most recently leading 2-0 after just three minutes against Bournemouth. Only in 1994/95 (6) and 2014/15 (6) did they score more goals in one campaign.
- Despite being the third highest scorer in the Premier League this season, no other side have conceded more goals than Chelsea (13) this term.
- Having conceded in each of their last 22 league games, Chelsea are on their second-longest ever clean sheet streak (31 games, November 1960 to August 1961).
The latest updated Premier League table
Position 1, 2, 3, 4: promotion – Champions League (League stage)
Position 5: Promotion – Europa League (League stage)
Position 18, 19, 20: Relegation – Championship
