Chelsea and Everton are going to clash on Thursday the 16th of December at 7:45 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Stamford Bridge. The appointed referee is Michael Oliver.
Chelsea is in the 3rd position in the standings with 36 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against Leeds United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 11 times, draw 3 times, and lost twice.
Everton is in the 14th place in the standings with 18 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Chelsea
Chelsea has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (12 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Tuchel is expected to play against Everton with the following players: E. Mendy, A. Christensen, T. da Silva, A. Rüdiger, M. Alonso Mendoza, R. Loftus-Cheek, J. Frello Filho, R. James, H. Ziyech, C. Hudson-Odoi and R. Lukaku Menama.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Chelsea would be 27.64.
Thomas Tuchel will probably not be able to employ N. Kanté and M. Kovačić because of injury.
T. Chalobah and B. Chilwell will definitely miss the match.
Everton
Everton has mostly adopted the 4-4-1-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-1-1 (11 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Rafael Benítez Maudes is expected to play against Chelsea with the following players: J. Pickford, B. Godfrey, M. Holgate, M. Keane, S. Coleman, F. Delph, D. Gray, A. Doucouré, A. Tavares Gomes, A. Townsend and R. de Andrade.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Everton would be 27.55.
Rafael Benítez Maudes will probably not be able to employ Y. Mina González, T. Davies and A. Marques Loureiro because of injury.
D. Calvert-Lewin will definitely miss the match.
