LIVERPOOL. Chelsea overcomes Everton 1-0 after J. scored a penalty (45′). Chelsea was much better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Craig Pawson with the collaboration of Marc Perry and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Chelsea was in firm control of the ball 63% while Everton was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chelsea had a more offensive attitude with 85 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chelsea won the match.​

Everton shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Chelsea shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Everton received 3 yellow cards (Y. Mina, V. Mykolenko and M. Holgate). On the opposite side, Chelsea received 2 yellow cards (R. James and M. Cucurella).

Standings

After playing this contest, Everton stays with 0 points to occupy the 15th place in the table. On the other side, Chelsea has 3 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Everton will host AFC Bournemouth on the 28th of May with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Everton (2 draws).

Chelsea will host Newcastle United on the 28th of May with a 21-8 head to head statistic in favor of Chelsea (5 draws).

Everton – Formation

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

The manager Frank Lampard decided to play with the following team: Jordan Pickford (7.2), Nathan Patterson (6.3), Ben Godfrey (6.7), Yerry Mina (6.8), James Tarkowski (7.1), Vitaliy Mykolenko (7.0), Demarai Gray (6.2), Abdoulaye Doucouré (7.1), Alex Iwobi (6.5), Dwight McNeil (7.1) and Anthony Gordon (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Stanley Mills, Lewis Warrington, Allan, Michael Keane, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Asmir Begović, Dele Alli (6.6), Rúben Vinagre (6.1) and Mason Holgate (7.1).

Everton could not rely on the presence of M. Holgate (injured) and R. Vinagre (injured).

Substitutions

Everton made 3 changes: B. Godfrey for M. Holgate (18′), D. McNeil for D. Alli (61′) and Y. Mina for R. Vinagre (70′).

Best player: Jordan Pickford​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Everton was the goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford. His rating is 7.24. He performed 5 saves.

Chelsea – Formation

Chelsea started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Thomas Tuchel played with: Edouard Mendy (7.6), César Azpilicueta (7.6), Thiago Silva (7.1), Kalidou Koulibaly (7.2), Reece James (7.7), N’Golo Kanté (7.4), Jorginho (6.8), Ben Chilwell (6.7), Mason Mount (7.2), Raheem Sterling (6.6) and Kai Havertz (7.0).

They had on the bench: Marc Cucurella (6.8), Armando Broja (6.8), Trevoh Chalobah, Conor Gallagher, Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulišić (7.0), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (6.7), Kepa Arrizabalaga and Mateo Kovačić.

Chelsea could not rely on the presence of M. Cucurella (injured).

Substitutions

Chelsea made 5 changes: B. Chilwell for R. Loftus-Cheek (65′), M. Mount for C. Pulisic (65′), K. Havertz for A. Broja (75′), K. Koulibaly for M. Cucurella (75′) and Jorginho for C. Gallagher (90′).

Best player: Reece James​

The most impressive player for Chelsea was Reece James even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 62 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 17 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Everton – Chelsea – 0-1
• Tottenham Hotspur – Southampton – 4-1
• Newcastle United – Nottingham Forest – 2-0
• Leeds United – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2-1
• AFC Bournemouth – Aston Villa – 2-0
• Fulham – Liverpool – 2-2