Everton host Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday lunchtime, with the two sides level on 10 points in fifth and sixth.
Everton have won two and drawn four of their six league games and have conceded only five goals. Chelsea have scored 15 goals but conceded 13, and have gone 22 Premier League matches without a clean sheet. Everton won this fixture 3-0 in March, the second of six straight defeats that ultimately cost Liam Rosenior his job at Chelsea. Chelsea have lost six of their last nine visits to the blue half of Merseyside.
Everton vs Chelsea – Match preview and team news
- Date: Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: Hill Dickinson Stadium
- Last meeting: Everton 3-0 Chelsea, Premier League, 21 March 2026
Team news
Everton
Vitaliy Mykolenko (leg) missed the 2-2 draw at Hull and has a chance of facing Chelsea, Moyes said. Jarrad Branthwaite (dead leg), who completed the Hull game at left-back after a problem early on, is also being monitored. Christian Norgaard (groin) could be used as a substitute for his debut but is not ready to start. Tyrique George, a former Chelsea player, is competing with Jack Grealish on the left.
Chelsea
Reece James is out after what the club called successful minor knee surgery, and is expected to be absent until after the November international break. Emmanuel Emegha is ruled out after feeling “a little thing” in training, Alonso said, and Jamie Gittens (ankle) is also unavailable. Josh Acheampong is expected to continue in a back three alongside Maxence Lacroix and Levi Colwill.
Form
Everton
Everton are unbeaten in the league (W2 D4) but were frustrated at Hull, drawing 2-2 after leading 2-1. They kept clean sheets in two of their three home league games before that. Thierno Barry has three league goals, two of them at Hill Dickinson, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored and set up a goal at Hull.
Chelsea
Chelsea ended a three-match winless run by beating Bournemouth 5-1 on 10 October, with Joao Pedro and Jordan Henderson each scoring twice and Morgan Rogers adding a fourth league goal of his own. Moises Caicedo returned from a calf injury in that game. They lost 3-0 at Brentford before the international break. Joao Pedro has five league goals and three assists.
Predicted lineups
Everton predicted XI: Pickford; Maitland-Niles, Tarkowski, Keane, Branthwaite; Garner, Armstrong; Johnson, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Barry
Chelsea predicted XI: Martinez; Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill; Neto, Caicedo, Henderson, Chavarria; Palmer, Rogers; Joao Pedro
How to watch Everton vs Chelsea?
The match will be broadcast live in the United Kingdom on TNT Sports 1.
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