Everton vs Chelsea preview: form, table and team news

Everton and Chelsea form in the Premier League

Everton have taken 10 points from their opening six league games and have a goal difference of plus three. Their latest five results across competitions are a 2-2 draw at Hull, a 1-0 win over Ipswich, a 1-0 League Cup win against Wolves, a goalless draw at Tottenham and a 2-2 draw with Manchester United.

Chelsea are also on 10 points, with a goal difference of plus two. Their last five results were a 5-1 league win over Bournemouth, a 0-3 defeat at Brentford, a 2-2 draw with Hull, a 6-3 League Cup win over Leeds and a 1-2 loss at Arsenal. The Bournemouth result was their most recent outing.

Everton home record and Chelsea away form

Everton have won two and drawn one of their three home league matches, and have yet to lose at home. Their season figures show an average of 1.7 goals scored and 0.7 conceded per home game. Across six league matches, they have kept three clean sheets and failed to score once.

Chelsea’s away record is one win and two defeats from three league matches. They have averaged 1.3 goals scored and 2.3 conceded per away game this season, while their overall record includes no clean sheets and one match without a goal. Those figures offer context for a game between Everton’s unbeaten home start and Chelsea’s mixed results on the road.

Head-to-head record and team news

Chelsea have won three of the last five meetings listed, with one Everton victory and one draw. The most recent was Everton’s 3-0 home win in March 2026; before that, Chelsea won 2-0 in December 2025. The previous three included Chelsea wins of 1-0 and 6-0, plus a goalless draw.

Starting line-ups have not been published and are normally released around 30 minutes before kick-off, so team news remains provisional. The data provider lists Everton’s V. Mykolenko as questionable with an injury. For Chelsea, J. Gittens is listed as missing with an ankle injury and E. Emegha as questionable with a muscle injury. Sky reported João Pedro fit and Cole Palmer recovered from the issue that had ruled him out of England duty, but no recent fixture-specific expected line-ups were found.

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