Everton vs Chelsea Preview

December 23, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Saturday’s Premier League action kicks off at Goodison Park where Everton take on Chelsea.

After their struggles during the first third of the campaign, the Toffees have strung together a six game unbeaten run with five of those matches overseen by Sam Allardyce.

Under the former England manager the side have moved from eighteenth in the table to ninth and another victory here would see them rise a further place.

Allardyce may name the same side that came from behind to beat bottom of the table Swansea City last Monday with Leighton Baines still sidelined though Yannick Bolasie could return to the squad after more than a year out.

Top scorer Wayne Rooney is widely available at 9.0 (8/1) to get the first goal of the game with Domonic Calvert-Lewin a 10.5 (19/2) chance with Unibet.

The home win is as highly priced as the 6.5 (11/2) on offer from Coral with the visitors favourites at 1.67 (4/6) with a number of firms. The draw can be backed at 3.95 (59/20) with Unibet.

After their shock loss to West Ham United earlier this month the reigning champions have won three matches on the bounce with the last of those triumphs Wednesday’s narrow win over Southampon in the quarter finals of the EFL Cup.

In the league they have won eight from ten and will, even if just for a few hours move level on points with second place Manchester United if they are victorious here.

Alvaro Morata exuberant celebration to his goal midweek saw him pick up a fifth booking of the campaign, so he will miss out here meaning Michy Batshuyai could get a rare start while David Luiz remains out.

Batshuyai is 4.6 (18/5) to open the scoring with Unibet with Eden Hazard available at the same price with the same firm.

The two sides met each other just two months ago with Chelsea winning the EFL Cup tie at Stamford Bridge by two goals to one.

You can back both teams to score this time around at 2.08 (13/12) with Unibet while the same firm offer 2.12 (19/17) for there to be over 2.5 goals in the game.

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