Everton vs Chelsea: an unbeaten start meets a team that hits back
Everton are unbeaten after six games, Chelsea sit one place behind on the same points, and Saturday's Hill Dickinson meeting has a clear shape.
Everton host Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday (11:30 UTC) with the two sides level on 10 points after six Premier League games. Everton are fifth and still unbeaten, with two wins and four draws; Chelsea are sixth with three wins and two defeats, according to Goal's preview.
Two different routes to ten points
Everton's season has been built on narrow margins. Their recent form reads draw, win, draw, draw, draw, and Goal notes wins by a single goal over Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers alongside a 2-2 draw with Manchester United. Their latest result was another 2-2, away at Hull City. Four draws in six is a record that says hard to beat, but also that points keep slipping away.
Chelsea's record is more volatile. Their last five league results run win, loss, draw, loss, win, and Goal's preview points to a 5-1 win over Bournemouth and a 3-0 defeat at Brentford among their recent games. Goal also lists a 6-3 Carabao Cup win over Leeds United. That mix of heavy scoring and heavy defeats is the central question for a side managed by Xabi Alonso.
What the history says
Torch's data shows the last ten meetings split three home wins, four away wins and three draws, so there is no strong home edge in this fixture. The most recent meeting, on 21 March 2026, was a 3-0 Everton win at home.
Team news
Per Yahoo Sports' Friday preview, David Moyes said Vitalii Mykolenko has a chance of playing after an injury picked up during the international break, Christian Norgaard is improving but not ready to start, and Jarrad Branthwaite, who had a problem against Hull, is being managed without a confirmed status. For Chelsea, Yahoo reports that Reece James has had knee surgery and is out until 2027, Jamie Gittens and Emmanuel Emegha are unavailable, and Alonso reports no new injury concerns. Lineups are due about an hour before kick-off and may change.
What to watch
The contest is Chelsea's attack against Everton's back line. Goal names Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers and Joao Pedro as Chelsea's key attackers, and Jarrad Branthwaite and James Tarkowski as the centre of Everton's defence, with Jack Grealish and Thierno Barry central to how Everton counter. If Branthwaite is not fully fit, the balance of that matchup shifts. With the sides level on points, a win would put either one clear of the other in the early-season table.