Chelsea – Everton

The hosts will break their winless streak of four matches.

After the triumphant middle of the calendar year, when Chelsea managed to win the Conference League and Club World Cup in just a couple of months, the London club has been showing inconsistent football. Moreover, the spread of results is noted not only in the Premier League but also in the Champions League. There is no need to look far for examples. In the fifth round of the elite European tournament's group stage, the 'Blues' defeated Barcelona 3-0, but in the sixth, they lost away to the strong but much more modest Atalanta. In the championship, Chelsea may take points from their local rivals Arsenal (1-1), but just three days later they lost in Leeds 1-3. If the situation is not corrected, Enzo Maresca risks soon joining the close 'company' of coaches on the brink of dismissal. For now, the public is mainly discussing the fate of Amorim and Slot. Everton has been playing in the elite English division for over seventy years, but in recent years, it has not been reaching for the stars. This season, the Liverpool club is performing better than in previous years, when it often had to fight for survival in the Premier League. Bookmakers have deemed the home team the favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.66 for their victory. In the match against Everton, Chelsea will come out with the worst winless streak of the current season, four matches long. While the draw against Arsenal at the beginning of the streak is hard to criticize, the subsequent losses to Leeds and Atalanta, as well as the draw with Bournemouth certainly do not merit praise from the 'Blues' fans. At the same time, there are no fundamental reasons for the crisis in the London club. As a result, a victory seems imminent, and the odds for it happening on Saturday are dropping. It seems that no one in modern history knows how to manage Everton better than David Moyes. The Scot managed the team from 2001 to 2013 before leaving for a long time. It is no coincidence that with Moyes' return to the managerial post, the 'Toffees' have returned to the upper half of the league table. However, to compete with the strongest clubs in the Premier League, Everton still has a long way to go. Moreover, in London, there are risks of falling prey to a wounded beast.