Everton vs Chelsea

Chelsea face Everton at Goodison Park in their first Premier League game of the season, a ground where the Blues have struggled in recent years.

FIFA 22 predicts that after a strong first-half showing from Everton, Chelsea could find themselves on top in the second half and earn a narrow victory. After the goal, Everton seemingly lost hope and momentum, with Chelsea now in full control. Chelsea only had one shot in the first half compared to Everton's four, with the Blues struggling at Goodison Park once again. To complete this simulation, we used FIFA 22 and updated the squads with the latest transfers. A well-worked move saw Dele Alli break into the box before laying it off to Doucoure on the edge of the box. But, after a summer transfer window that's seen the likes of Raheem Sterling, Marc Cucurella and Kalidou Koulibaly sign, Thomas Tuchel's side should be optimistic.

Can the Toffees get a new campaign off to a positive start after a difficult summer?

Until the new signings get bedded in and the Blues can get some consistency in performances they might need that extra push to keep collecting points and ensure we don’t get into another relegation battle. The Toffees will need to channel the same intensity and team spirit they did so well last season to ensure Premier League survival, with the players feeding off the fans’ energy. “As always, the last week before the season is always where you feel a new focus, new excitement, new level of focus in training. That will be a mixture of work [on the training pitch] and the players we can hopefully strengthen the squad with. This is very important to not lose focus and take the first week step by step. After that we needed to digest but last week is good, we feel ready for tomorrow. We took the possibility to prepare the whole week for Saturday, nothing else. There is still plenty of time for incoming and outgoing transfer activity, but in the meantime the new season gets underway today with high-spending Chelsea coming to visit. Indeed, if the Blues are a midtable side when the World Cup break comes around in mid-November, many of us will be thanking our lucky stars and considering the job half-completed. Chelsea had third place pretty much secured at this point and were playing out the season, but the Toffees still had everything to battle for. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the subsequent sanctions against then owner Roman Abramovich put the very future of the club at stake. Maybe it was also necessary to lose that game like we lost it against Arsenal, against a big rival in the league who is trying to take our place.

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Chelsea have hardly had the best preparations either but you can usually rely on their defence and Everton should not pose too many problems without a striker. Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly should make their debuts but although Marc Cucurella was signed in time to be registered in Chelsea’s squad, the left back is unlikely to feature. Everton have been rocked by the news that Dominic Calvert-Lewin will miss around “six weeks” due to a knee injury suffered in training.

The 2022-23 English Premier League season is officially underway as Chelsea will be taking on Everton to kick off the new campaign for both sides.

Chelsea is also without the services of defenders Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen who left on free transfers, but they brought in center back Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli to help fill the void on the backline. Even with the Roman Abramovich saga and sanctions being placed on them, they still managed to hang on for a third-place finish in EPL play and made a nice run to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. They also made it to the the EFL Cup and FA Cup finals last season, though they lost to Liverpool in a penalty shootout in both competitions. Everton is coming off an abysmal season that saw them narrowly escape relegation, finishing 16th but just four points out of the relegation zone. Chelsea will be one of the exceptions. The match gets started at 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 6 as Toffees coach Frank Lampard will welcome his former club to Goodison Park.

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Liverpool to keeping Frank Lampard and Thomas Tuchel in check at Goodison. However, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin out for six weeks, the Merseyside outfit will be desperate to bring in a striker in the remainder of the window. Everton take on Chelsea today in the opening weekend of the Premier League season and both sides will be looking to kickstart their campaign with a win.

Everton are hoping for a more comfortable campaign this time around after their relegation battle throughout the 2021-22 season.

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Chelsea this afternoon begin what they will hope is a far more productive Premier League campaign away at Everton.

Marc Cucurella could make his debut for the club in some capacity at least, though is almost certain to start on the bench. Heading into a new era, it’s difficult to judge where Tuchel’s team are. Where to watch Everton vs Chelsea

Kalidou Koulibaly and Raheem Sterling make their Chelsea debuts in the first starting 11 of the season selected by Thomas Tuchel.

Sterling is the other new boy starting and he joins Kai Havertz and Mason Mount in attack. Ben Chilwell makes his first start since late November following a long-term knee injury, while Cesar Azpilicueta also features in defence just days after signing a new two-year contract at the club. Frank Lampard includes summer signing Dwight McNeil in his team and hands a first Premier League appearance to defender Nathan Patterson, who is expected to start on the right in a wing-back system.

Everton play host to Chelsea in their 2022/23 Premier League opener on August 6 as Frank Lampard faces his former side at Goodison Park.

Godfrey plays a rank backpass and the England goalkeeper strains to stop it from going out for a corner. The Chelsea forward has a tight angle to work with and Godfrey gets back to make a last-ditch challenge, before landing in a heap with Pickford and Havertz. Unfortunately, Godfrey looks to have injured himself in the melee and Mason Holgate is getting ready to come on. I sails over the Chelsea box but Mykolenko sends in a lovely delivery from the left. Azpilicueta can't get to the loose ball and Everton are away on the break. But Havertz lurked on the left of the attack and remained on the periphery of the contest. 39th minute: Chelsea look the better side but are yet to create anything clear-cut as Pickford fists away a James cross. Injury time coming up and there's going to be a lot of it. The Colombia international was under a little bit of pressure from Sterling but it all looked quite innocuous. Chelsea are good value for a win that won't live particularly long in the memory. There were two standout moments, each to thwart the lively Gray — a first-half block to cut out a pass that looked set to put Gordon through on goal and the second a challenge to divert the winger’s shot behind. Lampard brought the already veteran Silva to Chelsea on a one-year contract in 2020. It was left to a more familiar source of Chelsea goals to find the breakthrough.

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EPL 22/23: Chelsea and Everton will begin their English Premier League campaign with a match against each other at Goodison Park on Saturday.

Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Marc Cucurella joining the club. Evertonin their respective season opener of the 2022/23 English Premier League (EPL) season at Goodison Park on Saturday (August 6). Both sides will be looking to make a winning start to their campaign with both looking for a better season than their previous campaign. EPL 22/23: Chelsea and Everton will begin their English Premier League campaign with a match against each other at Goodison Park on Saturday.The season will mark Frank Lampard's first full season in charge of Everton and the first campaign for Chelsea under new ownership after Roman Abramovich sold the club.

Kalidou Koulibaly makes his debut in defense as he joins Thiago Silva and César Azpilicueta in a very experienced back line; the wing-back positions see Reece ...

Sterling (97%), Havertz (90%), Mount (94%) Mendy (97%) Chilwell (80%), Kovačić (56%), Kanté (90%), James (98%)

Everton host Chelsea to begin this new season and looking to get off to a positive start to this campaign.

WAGNH: Well, that’s a bit tough to tell with this being the first “real” game of the season, but preseason has seen largely the same ideas, and along with it, the same problems as last season. We have great expectations of Raheem Sterling and Marc Cucurella while Kalidou Koulibaly has been a target for the better part of half a decade. While this Chelsea side is a bit different than last year - with changes made across the squad and regarding ownership - the expectations are still likely as high as ever. How is Thomas Tuchel looking to adjust this side that struggled at points down the stretch of last season even with a third-place Premier League finish? Chelsea FC may have had ownership changes, but their team will present the same challenges as ever before to Frank Lampard and company; getting off to a good start will be that much more important for this team after the relegation battle of 2021-22. With that said, what have the feelings been around west London, this team, and the supporters regarding preseason struggles, player departures, and arrivals as well as new owner Todd Boehly?

Frank Lampard has picked his first starting lineup of the season and he's gone with an interesting selection of players there.

26’ - McNeil loses the ball in his own third to Sterling and gives away a corner. 43’ - Chelsea have the ball in the net and it’s offside! The rebound comes a long way out where Gray drops his shoulder and turns his man, Gordon is in acres of space with nothing but the goal in front of him, and Gray can’t get his pass to him... James overhits this one and it goes out the other side finally. Jorginho up to take it, Mina is getting in his face, and is now booked as we have a melee in the box. 52’ - Penalty Chelsea! Chilwell turns Doucoure and is into the box, Doucoure pulls him back and the Chelsea player goes down very easily. Cleared partly, James shot from outside the box blocked for a corner from the right now. 51’ - Everton counter down the left, McNeil gets into space and tries to find Doucs in the area, corner. Ball into the box, Iwobi’s shot blocked, goalmouth melee, Doucs shot blocked, it falls to Holgate, charged down and then eventually Mendy collects. Cucurella cross met by Sterling in the box and the fullback slides over to block, the ball fizzes past Pickford’s right foot as he is wrong-footed. 81’ - Mykos is booked for bringing Havertz down on the run. 90+11’ - Freekick to the Blues, Cucurella booked on but for timewasting.

Everton vs Chelsea live stream | Frank Lampard speaks to the media after the Everton training. (Image credit: Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images).

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Chelsea kick off their 2022/23 Premier League campaign with a tough trip to Goodison Park to take on Everton this evening. Here are the confirmed line-ups:

Dwight McNeil makes his competitive bow for Everton and he supports Demarai Gray in attack for the hosts. Raheem Sterling makes his debut for Chelsea following his move from Manchester City this summer. Edouard Mendy starts between the sticks while Reece James lines-up on the right flank for the Londoners. Ben Chilwell gets the nod on the opposite flank so Marc Cucurella has to settle for a place on the bench having only completed his move to Chelsea on Friday.

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Thomas Tuchel has a lot to work out with his team while Everton can take a lot of positives from the match. It was an unfortunate first half for Everton who performed to the best of their abilities but still went into the break behind. Amadou Onana was in the crowd watching as he'll be in the Everton midfield sooner than later after they agreed to a deal with Lille but for Chelsea, even with Armando Broja on the pitch they were missing a proper nine. Gray put an excellent cross into the box for Gordon but Koulibaly steps up to clear the chance. Patterson played Dele Alli into space and he didn't know what he wanted to do with the ball. He was bright along with Kalidou Koulibaly in making their debuts Saturday but most of the team didn't shine along with them. Thomas Tuchel has a lot to work out with his team while Everton can take a lot of positives from the match. Everton were hit with another injury blow only 18 minutes into the match as Ben Godfrey left the match on a stretcher after a lengthy delay. Ben Chilwell drew a penalty before the half as Doucouré put both hands on his shirt while he was going down in the box. Nunez came to the rescue with nine minutes remaining as he teed up Mo Salah to level and keep up his incredible opening day record of scoring in all six fixtures with Liverpool. Ultimately, it was a point gained by Klopp's men as Fulham outfought them on many occasions while Marco Silva's Cottagers will be heartened by their spirited showing. A clumsy penalty conceded by Abdoulaye Doucouré was the difference in the match as Chelsea defeated Everton 1-0 on opening day. Mitrovic was losing the ball but a penalty was awarded and confirmed after a VAR review.

Live coverage of Chelsea's trip to face Everton at Goodison Park, with Kalidou Koulibaly and Raheem Sterling set for their Blues debuts.

Ben Godfrey puts in a firm tackle on Kai Havertz and the Everton star comes out hurt from it. Tuchel will be sure to demand more in the break. Think we've got a medical emergency in the Chelsea away section. There is still much work for Thomas Tuchel and his players to do in the week ahead with Tottenham to come at Stamford Bridge next Sunday. Thomas Tuchel will be hoping to overcome the Blues' awful record at Goodison Park in recent years. Richarlison was the difference between the sides on that occasion but has since left for Tottenham, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin out of the clash due to injury.

A clumsy penalty conceded by Abdoulaye Doucouré was the difference in the match as Chelsea defeated Everton 1-0 on opening day. Frank Lampard's side lined up ...

Thomas Tuchel has a lot to work out with his team while Everton can take a lot of positives from the match. It was an unfortunate first half for Everton who performed to the best of their abilities but still went into the break behind. Amadou Onana was in the crowd watching as he'll be in the Everton midfield sooner than later after they agreed to a deal with Lille but for Chelsea, even with Armando Broja on the pitch they were missing a proper nine. Gray put an excellent cross into the box for Gordon but Koulibaly steps up to clear the chance. Patterson played Dele Alli into space and he didn't know what he wanted to do with the ball. He was bright along with Kalidou Koulibaly in making their debuts Saturday but most of the team didn't shine along with them. Thomas Tuchel has a lot to work out with his team while Everton can take a lot of positives from the match. Everton were hit with another injury blow only 18 minutes into the match as Ben Godfrey left the match on a stretcher after a lengthy delay. Ben Chilwell drew a penalty before the half as Doucouré put both hands on his shirt while he was going down in the box. Nunez came to the rescue with nine minutes remaining as he teed up Mo Salah to level and keep up his incredible opening day record of scoring in all six fixtures with Liverpool. Ultimately, it was a point gained by Klopp's men as Fulham outfought them on many occasions while Marco Silva's Cottagers will be heartened by their spirited showing. A clumsy penalty conceded by Abdoulaye Doucouré was the difference in the match as Chelsea defeated Everton 1-0 on opening day. Mitrovic was losing the ball but a penalty was awarded and confirmed after a VAR review.

Jorginho scored the lone goal of Chelsea's 1-0 win over old pal Frank Lampard and Everton on Saturday at Goodison Park in both teams' season debuts.

He should’ve won a penalty and could’ve scored or assisted on a number of other occasions. But Godfrey came off very worse for wear as a stretcher was immediately requested and Mason Holgate, who played well enough, was put into the game. The introductions of Marc Cucurella, Christian Pulisic, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek opened some doors. Not much = Two touches between the 65th and 79th minutes. That was not the case in first-half stoppage time when Abdoulaye Doucoure caught hold of Ben Chilwell on Kalidou Koulibaly’s entry pass into the 18. Now he just needs someone who can run onto those key passes.

Chelsea struggled to get many meaningful chances against Everton but earned a win to kick off their Premier League season.

FW Mason Mount, 5 -- Mount struck a shot well early in the game to test Jordan Pickford in an otherwise quiet game for him. MF Jorginho, 6 -- A cool penalty saw Jorginho send Jordan Pickford the wrong way from the spot to hand Chelsea the lead. 4 -- A win for Chelsea is all that matters, but Thomas Tuchel has plenty to work on after his side's performance today. Silva's reading of the game set the standard for his team. Ten minutes of added time following a medical emergency in the stands forced Chelsea to remain resolute deep into injury time, and they were able to hold on for three vital, hard-fought points. The Toffees reacted well after the break as Demarai Gray found space inside the box before testing Edouard Mendy, and it was the home side who came close again to finding the equaliser but for some desperate defending.

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Broja came on but wasn't really used to the best of his ability and didn't really see much of the action. New signing Raheem Sterling looked dangerous when on the ball and found himself in some good positions. Chelsea took all three points on their away trip to Everton as both sides played their opening game of the season.