Overview
- Kick-off is Saturday 13 December at 3pm UK, with no live UK TV coverage due to the Saturday blackout; Chelsea’s Matchday Live offers audio and updates, club highlights post at 7pm, Sky Sports publishes from 5:15pm, and Match of the Day airs at 10:20pm.
- Chelsea seek to halt a four-game winless run across competitions after drawing Arsenal and Bournemouth and losing to Leeds and Atalanta, a slide that has them fifth in the Premier League.
- Everton have won four of their last five, including consecutive away clean-sheet victories, and sit just behind Chelsea with the chance to move above them with a win.
- Team news includes Moises Caicedo serving the final match of a three-game ban, with Everton welcoming Idrissa Gana Gueye and Tim Iroegbunam back from suspension; Cole Palmer is expected to return after being rested against Atalanta.
- History favors the hosts: Everton have not won a league match at Stamford Bridge since 1994 and have failed to score in each of the last three meetings.