Everton vs Chelsea. Prediction (4.80) and bets on the English Premier League match

Current form

Everton, despite not the most spectacular game, demonstrates good results. In the last ten matches, the Toffees suffered only two defeats in the Premier League, and both failures occurred in away matches - with Manchester United (0:4) and Southampton (0:1). They manage to achieve success largely due to a reliable defense. The team regularly has problems with scoring goals, in fact, there was a breakthrough only in one single game with Wolverhampton (4:0). In other cases, most often Sean Dyche charges close in at their goal, block all approaches to the penalty area, and try to play on the counterattack themselves.

Given their style of play, it is no coincidence that https://www.evertonfc.com/home target=_blank rel=noopener>Everton are among the leaders in the Premier League in terms of the number of draws – the team has drawn with their opponents six times. As a result, in 15 rounds, the Toffees have scored 15 points and are in 16th place in the table. The gap from the relegation zone is three points.

Recently it became officially known that the company of the American Dan Friedkin Friedkin Group acquired 99.5% of the club shares and became the owner. It should be noted that this businessman owns the Italian "Roma".

Disqualifications and injuries

Broja (loan agreement), Garner, Irogbounam and Shermiti (injuries) will be out today, while McNeil is questionable.

Interesting trends for betting

• Three of Everton last five matches have seen a 0-0 first-half score
• In six consecutive matches involving Everton, both teams have failed to score
• No more than two goals have been scored in seven of the Toffees' last nine Premier League games

Estimated line-up: Pickford – Young, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko – Mangala, Gueye – Harrison, Doucouré, Ndiaye – Calvert-Lewin.

Current form

Chelsea last lost on October 30, when they lost to Newcastle (0:2) in the League Cup. Since then, taking into account all tournaments, the "aristocrats" have had an unbeaten streak of 11 matches, in which they have won nine. Right now, the Londoners are on a winning streak of eight matches.

Stable play and loss of points by their rivals have led to Chelsea not only securing second place in the Premier League, but also moving within two points of Liverpool, although the Merseysiders have a game in hand. In the previous round, the Pensioners beat Brentford (2:1) at Stamford Bridge, with the opponent only getting one goal back at the very end.

Undoubtedly, the recent successes are largely due to the work of Enzo Maresca. The coach has gradually determined the main line-up of players, in fact, he uses two different line-ups in the Conference League and the Premier League. This week, Chelsea easily defeated Shamrock Rovers (5:1) in the European Cup and finished the league stage in first place with the maximum 18 points, with the 1/8 finals ahead.

Disqualifications and injuries

Cucurella is out due to disqualification. Mudryk is suspended pending a doping investigation. James, Kellyman and Fofana are out due to injury.

Interesting trends for betting

• Chelsea have won in the first half in four of their last five matches
• The aristocrats' unbeaten run in the Premier League stands at eight matches
• Both teams have scored in 10 of Chelsea last 11 Premier League games

Probable line-up: Sanchez - Caicedo, Adarabioyo, Colville, Gusto - Lavia, Fernandez - Neto, Palmer, Sancho - Jackson.