Match Preview
Everton are back to home comforts this weekend as they host Chelsea in Saturday afternoon’s early fixture. It’ll be fifth place taking on sixth place with both teams on ten points and the Toffees ahead on goal difference.
The Blues have had a relatively easy start to the season and have stayed unbeaten through that sequence, though they will be ruing not being even further up the table after a disappointing defensive showing saw them draw away at Hull City last weekend.
Chelsea for their part have been mercurial, dominant at home but shaky on the road. The attacking trio of Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Joao Pedro have looked unstoppable and the Toffees will have to ensure they break up any sort of coordination between them.
Key defender Jarrad Branthwaite picked up a dead leg early in the game at Hull lined up on the left side of defence and will be a late fitness test. Vitaliy Mykolenko missed that game after picking up an injury with Ukraine during the extended international break but has resumed training. Summer signing Christian Nørgaard has resumed training but David Moyes seemed skeptical about his chances of starting.
Opponents Chelsea are mostly at full strength, but have lost captain Reece James who underwent minor surgery after picking up a knee inquiry in training. Their only other absentee is Jamie Gittens.
Match Details
Competition: Premier League Matchweek 7
Date and start time: Saturday, October 19th at 4:30 a.m. PT / 7:30 a.m ET / 12:30 p.m. BST
Stadium: Hill Dickinson Stadium, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 52,769
Weather: 54°F/12°C, partly sunny, 0% chance of precipitation, 6 mph winds
How to Watch/Listen
TV: USA Network, UNIVERSO – United States; TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate, HBO Max – United Kingdom; Fubo– Canada, beIN Sports HD 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 & 2
Radio: evertontv, SiriusXM FC
Live stream: Fubo, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo, UNIVERSO NOW, discovery+, discovery+ App, fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports Network 2 Canada, ESPN Play Sur, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, DStv Now, RUSH, Disney+ Hotstar, JioHotstar
Gamethread: There will be a live blog for this game with a match recap following soon after.
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Information from LiveSoccerTV.com
Last Meeting
The Blues had romped to a 3-0 win over Chelsea for the London side’s first visit to Hill Dickinson with Beto grabbing a brace and Iliman Ndiaye the other.