Everton vs Chelsea Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd December 2024

Everton enjoy home advantage, when visitors Chelsea swing by this coming Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

One spot behind the leader of the table, The Blues have claimed 34 points after 16 rounds, while Everton have amassed 15 points and are now ranked as number 16 in the Premier League standings.

Everton are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Chelsea but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Everton are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded seven goals. They managed six clean sheets in these matches.

Chelsea are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the Premier League, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.2 times on average per match, for a total of 22 goals. They also let in 12 goals, leaving an average of 1.2 per match. They fought their way to one clean sheets.

Everton took a hit when Chelsea handed them a 6-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-0 win.

Everton vs Chelsea Prediction

Everton Form

Everton collected one of each from their previous three matches, as they were defeated 4-0 against Manchester United. They retaliated in a 4-0 win against Wolverhampton, before drawing 0-0 with Arsenal. Everton claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Premier League. They also drew three and lost one, scored nine goals and conceded five.

Chelsea Form

Chelsea are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. FC Astana got left behind in a 1-3 win, before Brentford got hammered in a 2-1 victory. Shamrock Rovers was the most recent victim in a 5-1 win for Chelsea. Chelsea won four times in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew once and lost once. They conceded eight goals while scoring 16 themselves.

Everton don't score many goals but, they are equally tough to crack down. This makes for a low scoring match, when Chelsea come visiting on Sunday.

Everton fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target two times in these matches, but also let in three goals. Chelsea won three of their previous four outings against teams from the bottom six and claimed ten points. They scored 14 and conceded five goals. Everton claimed three wins, six draws as well as six defeats in the Premier League this season. Chelsea enjoy a record of ten wins, four draws and two defeats in the Premier League.

Everton vs Chelsea Squads

Everton Squad

The 53-year-old coach of the home team, Sean Dyche, will select the lineup against Chelsea from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Asmir Begovic (0/0), Joao Virginia (0/0), Jordan Pickford (0/15), Ashley Young (1/13), Jake O'Brien (0/2), James Tarkowski (0/15), Jarrad Branthwaite (0/8), Michael Keane (2/9), Nathan Patterson (0/1), Seamus Coleman (0/1), Vitalii Mykolenko (0/13), Abdoulaye Doucoure (0/13), Amadou Onana (2/11), Harrison Armstrong (0/2), Idrissa Gana Gueye (0/14), Jack Harrison (0/14), James Garner (0/4), Jesper Lindstroem (0/11), Orel Mangala (1/12), Tim Iroegbunam (0/6), Armando Broja (0/2), Beto (1/9), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (2/15), Dwight McNeil (3/13), Iliman Ndiaye (2/15), Youssef Chermiti (0/0).

Chelsea Squad

Below is the full team squad of Chelsea. The manager Maresca will pick his starting XI against Everton from these players:

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/15), Axel Disasi (1/3), Ben Chilwell (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/4), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/0), Levi Colwill (0/15), Malo Gusto (0/13), Marc Cucurella (1/15), Reece James (0/4), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/6), Wesley Fofana (0/12), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Cesare Casadei (0/0), Cole Palmer (11/16), Enzo Fernandez (3/15), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (0/5), Moises Caicedo (1/16), Noni Madueke (5/15), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Renato Veiga (0/7), Romeo Lavia (0/9), Tyrique George (0/0), Christopher Nkunku (2/15), Jadon Sancho (2/10), Joao Felix (1/9), Marc Guiu (0/1), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/7), Nicolas Jackson (9/15), Pedro Neto (1/13).

Everton vs Chelsea Team News

Everton could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Chelsea. Iliman Ndiaye, Asmir Begovic and Dominic Calvert-Lewin can't be called up by the Everton-manager, with both serving a ban.

Chelsea just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Everton at the Goodison Park. Marc Cucurella is ineligible for selection in the Chelsea squad, as he is suspended.

Everton vs Chelsea Lineups

Everton vs Chelsea H2H

Everton were defeated by 6-0 in their last encounter with Chelsea, but did win the reverse match 2-0, though. Everton won four matches and Chelsea won four Matches of the latest ten encounters. Chelsea came out 6-0 winners in the most recent meeting, though, and the bookies best betting odds on another away win at full-time are at 8/13.

Everton vs Chelsea Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Chelsea come visiting Everton. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet seven times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 21/20 with the bookies.

Everton vs Chelsea Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Cole Palmer who managed to score an impressive 11 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target four times in his last six outings. Chelsea are looking to him against Everton, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Everton claimed three wins, drew five and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Chelsea won seven, drew one and lost two of their last 10 games away. Everton have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at Goodison Park. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just two wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between Everton and Chelsea as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Everton scored an average of one goal a game, with Chelsea averaging 1.7 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Everton, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Chelsea. They performed an average of 3.5 goals in these.