Preview - Everton vs Chelsea

Venue : Goodison Park
Date : 12th September
Time : 12:45 PM GMT

Defending champions Chelsea travel to Merseyside this Saturday as they look to revive themselves from the dissapointing 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace in their last fixture.

Chelsea have gotten off to a rather lacklustre start to their season having drawn their first game with Swansea followed by a humilitaing 3-0 defeat to city after which they defeated West Brom 3-2 before losing to Crystal Palace 2-1. Chelsea Boss Jose Mourinho has faced criticism due to the disappointing results, poor performances and his inability to handle the situation.



Likewise, Everton haven't enjoyed a good start to the season. They have been able to claim only five points from their first four fixtures having drawn with Watford and Tottenham, defeating Southampton and losing to City. They have retained defender John Stones who was heavily linked with Chelsea during the summer transfer window and in addition to that also signed a few players towards the end of the window who might be able to help in improving the team's performance.

Form

Everton : DWLD

Chelsea : DLWL

Team News

Aaron Lennon has permanently joined Everton and will make his debut against Chelsea as confirmed by Roberto Martinez. Ramiro Funes Mori will also be expected to start as Bryan Oveido picked up a knee injury just before the international break. Tom Cleverley picked up an ankle ligament injury during his international duty and will be sidelined for the clash against Chelsea, the former Manchester United player will be out for around a month.

Leighton Baines will remain on the bench as he continues to recover from ankle surgery.

Thibaut Courtois is most likely to be sidelined after picking up an ankle injury during training and will be replaced by Asmir Begovic. Mourinho confirmed Oscar will not be available against Everton but he will be in contention to start for Chelsea's wednesday Champions league clash. John Terry will return to the squad after suspension.

Expected Line-up

Everton : Howard, Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Funes Mori, McCarthy, Barry, Lennon, Barkley, Kone, Lukaku

Chelsea : Begovic, Ivanovic, Terry, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Fabregas, Matic, Pedro, Hazard, Oscar, Costa

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