LONDON. Chelsea and Everton draw 1-1. M. Mount scored the first goal (70′) for Chelsea. J. Branthwaite made it even (74′). Chelsea was vastly better in terms of ball possession (80%)​

The match was played at the Stamford Bridge stadium in London on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver who had the assistance of Simon Bennett and Daniel Cook. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 80% while Everton was struggling with a 20% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Chelsea to win the match​.

Chelsea shot 23 times, 9 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Everton shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Chelsea received 2 yellow cards (R. Loftus-Cheek and Jorginho). Regarding the opposition, Everton received 3 yellow cards (M. Holgate, A. Gomes and L. Dobbin).

Standings

After playing this match, Chelsea will have 37 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Everton will have 19 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Chelsea will play away with Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 19th of December with a 8-3 head to head in favor of Chelsea (2 draws).

Everton will play away agasint Burnley on the 26th of December with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Everton (1 draw).

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Thomas Tuchel decided to play with the following team: Edouard Mendy (6.7), César Azpilicueta (6.4), Thiago Silva (7.5), Antonio Rüdiger (7.0), Reece James (7.9), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (7.2), Jorginho (6.9), Marcos Alonso (7.0), Mason Mount (7.8), Hakim Ziyech (7.2) and Christian Pulišić (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Christensen, Marcus Bettinelli, Trevoh Chalobah (6.6), Saúl Ñíguez (6.3), Malang Sarr, Ross Barkley (6.8), Kepa Arrizabalaga and N’Golo Kanté.

Substitutions

Chelsea made 3 changes: R. Loftus-Cheek for R. Barkley (65′), M. Alonso for S. Niguez (65′) and C. Azpilicueta for T. Chalobah (79′).

Best player: Reece James​

The most impressive player for Chelsea was Reece James.

His rating is (7.9) with 58 passes (89% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 16. He performed 5 crosses.

Everton – Formation

Everton started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Rafael Benítez Maudes played with: Jordan Pickford (8.9), Jonjoe Kenny (6.8), Mason Holgate (6.3), Michael Keane (7.4), Jarrad Branthwaite (7.3), Ben Godfrey (6.1), Alex Iwobi (6.2), Abdoulaye Doucouré (7.1), André Gomes (5.8), Anthony Gordon (7.6) and Ellis Simms (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tyler Onyango, Lewis Dobbin (6.3), Allan, Asmir Begović, Jean-Philippe Gbamin (6.4), Séamus Coleman and Andy Lonergan.

Substitutions

Everton made 3 changes: E. Simms for L. Dobbin (62′), A. Gomes for J. Gbamin (71′) and A. Gordon for T. Onyango (90′).

Best player: Jordan Pickford​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Everton was the goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford. His rating is 8.90. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Chelsea – Everton – 1-1
• Liverpool – Newcastle United – 3-1