Everton vs Chelsea prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2023-12-09 14:00.
[p]Everton continued to show their fighting spirit on Thursday night as they dispatched Newcastle United in style with a dominant 3-0 win at Goodison Park. The victory saw the determined Toffees – who were handed a ten-point deduction last month – climb out of the bottom three and now they have the opportunity to potentially win three successive Premier League (PL) games for the first time since March 2021 here against Chelsea. [/p]
[p]The Merseyside club have enjoyed their recent home clashes against their west London opponents, highlighted by their impressive record of four wins from the last five home H2H meetings (L1). But Everton will come into the contest with one day’s less rest than the visitors, which could hinder what is already a pretty uninspiring record of just two wins across their last eight PL games played on a Sunday (D1, L5). [/p]
[p]Chelsea’s form across their past four competitive games (W1, D1, L2) highlights why it’s hard to predict what will be seen from Mauricio Pochettino’s side in this clash. Their attack does at least continue to deliver goals, but it’s their performances without the ball that is proving the Blues’ biggest undoing right now. They’ve scored in all but one of their last nine matches, but have also kept just one clean sheet in that time, while the 194 shots they’ve faced is their most after 15 games in a season since Opta started recording the stat in 2003/04! [/p]
[p]This contest will be the second in a matter of days up in the north west for Chelsea after they were beaten 2-1 by Manchester at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. That proved to be a 17th PL defeat of this calendar year – more than they did across 2021 and 2022 combined (16) – and you’d have to go back to 1993 (20) for the last time they suffered more, highlighting the huge task that still lies ahead for Pochettino. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Dwight McNeil has put Everton 1-0 ahead in the second half in each of his last two appearances while Cole Palmer’s strike on Wednesday was one of the few bright sparks for Chelsea. He’s now scored five goals and assisted two more in eight PL starts for the club. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: Pochettino is unbeaten in his last 12 league games against Everton (W7, D5).[/p]