Chelsea look to end winless run against in-form Everton

Chelsea welcomes Everton to Stamford Bridge for round 16 of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign on Saturday afternoon.

Enzo Maresca’s side fell to a disappointing 2-1 defeat at Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday night, denting their hopes of qualifying automatically for the last 16 of the competition.

The Blues were held 0-0 at Bournemouth last weekend and are winless in three Premier League games.

Everton continued their brilliant form as they defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium last time out.

Match preview

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last 30 Premier League home games against Everton (W17 D13). It’s their longest unbeaten home run against an opponent in their league history, while only at Leeds have Everton had a longer run without a win (36 from 1953 to 2001).

Everton have failed to score in 27 different Premier League games against Chelsea, including each of the last three in a row. Only against Manchester United and Liverpool (28 each) have they drawn a blank more often.

The West Londoners are winless in their last three Premier League matches (D2 L1), having won five of their previous six games (L1). The Blues’ only longer winless run under Maresca came in December and January last season (five games).

Everton have won four of their last five Premier League matches, keeping a clean sheet in each victory.

Chelsea have dropped more points from winning positions in Premier League home games than any other side this season (8), drawing 1-1 with Arsenal, having scored first last time out.

The Toffees have won their last two away Premier League matches, last having a longer away winning run between October and December in 2023 (four). Their last two away wins have both been 1-0. They haven’t won three on the trot without conceding since December 2008.

Moyes is winless in all 20 of his Premier League away games against Chelsea (D7 L13), only facing Liverpool on the road more often without a win (21).

Former Blue Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is Everton’s joint leading Premier League scorer this season with four goals; he has netted three goals in his last four games, as many as he’d scored in his previous 62 combined for Leicester, Chelsea and the Toffees.

Team news

Chelsea

Moises Caicedo will serve his third and final game of his three-match suspension this weekend.

Liam Delap, Levi Colwill, Dario Essugo and Romeo Lavia are sidelined with injuries.

Everton

Midfield duo Idrissa Gueye and Tim Iroegbunam are available after serving their respective suspensions.

Seamus Coleman, Jarrad Branthwaite and Merlin Rohl are unavailable for the trip to the capital due to injuries.

Predicted line-ups

Chelsea: Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Enzo Fernández, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, Estevao, João Pedro.

Everton: Jordan Pickford, Jake O’Brien, Michael Keane, James Tarkowski, Vitalii Mykolenko, James Garner, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Iliman Ndiaye, Charly Alcaraz, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry.