Chelsea may have a difficult test in an away game against Everton, a team that is slowly moving away from the relegation zone by losing one of its five best suits. Sen Dyche’s defense has picked up pace, allowing just four goals during that span with four clean sheets, but with Chelsea’s attack coming to town, that’s where things get interesting.
The Blues have exploded under Enzo Maresca, leading the best scoring attack possible in the Premier League with 37 goals scored to his name. But even the defense has become subdued, which has the Blues in the thick of things as the festive duration progresses.
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- Hour: Sunday December 22 | Past: 9 a.m. Eastern Time
- Location: Goodison Ground – Liverpool, England
- TV: United States | They are living the flow: Fubo TV (Aims to be independent)
- Odd: Everton +425; Draw +300; Chelsea -165
Arguments
Everton: It’s another adjustment where the Toffees want to take advantage of their defensive power, but have the advantage of being at home and not being able to absorb the momentum. Although you are indisposed at the lower reaches of the table, the ability to hold on defensively is important and few teams are better at achieving such effects than Everton.
Everton predicted the XI: Jordan Pickford, Ashley Younger, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko, Iliman Ndiaye, Orel Mangala, Idrissa Gueye, Jack Harrison, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Chelsea: Playing in the opening match, the Blues have the chance to take the lead in the league by beating all the momentum of Liverpool, who will take the lead next in a complicated away game. Marc Cucurella will miss the adjustment due to suspense age. Reece James is still out with a surprising departure from Maresca without his main full-backs, but intensity has been a major strength as whoever Chelsea plug in has been able to get it done. It is an advantage to participate in the Europa Convention League, where Maresca can see the most unwell players on the pecking field, something that most coaches can only do as a coach or in cup suits.
Chelsea predicted XI: Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo, Axel Disasi, Enzo Fernández, Jedon Sancho, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, Nicolas Jackson
Prediction
No matter how good a defense looks, you won’t be able to stop Chelsea from scoring and Everton are about to find the quickest way. Through Cole Palmer, anything else is imaginable. Choose: Everton 0. Chelsea 2
