Chelsea will seek to consolidate fourth place by hosting Everton on Sunday.
Frank Lampard’s Blues pushed their rivals away for several weeks in the race for a place in the Champions League.
They will face this weekend a team of Everton who has not yet left.
The Toffees are down eight points, but a win in West London would make a difference.
Chelsea vs Everton: kick-off date and time
Premier League equality will take place on Sunday 8 March and start at 2 p.m.
Everton won a great 3-1 victory over Chelsea in December with Dominic Calvert-Lewin in his pocket.
The match ended in a goalless draw last season.
The Toffees have not won at Stamford Bridge since their 1-0 league success in November 1994.
Chelsea vs Everton: TV channel and live broadcast
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Chelsea vs Everton: Team News
Chelsea have a number of issues to contend with N’Golo Kante, Calum Hudson-Odoi, Christian Pulisic and Tammy Abraham injured.
Jorginho is suspended while Andreas Christensen, Willian and Mateo Kovacic are all doubtful.
Billy Gilmour has only played nine minutes of league football this season, but could be involved after his impressive FA Cup game against Liverpool on Tuesday.
Morgan Schneiderlin and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are out for Everton when there are doubts about Lucas Digne.
Seamus Coleman was forced to leave Manchester United early last weekend but could be involved.
Chelsea vs everton: match statistics
- Chelsea have lost their last two Premier League games to Everton; the Blues have not lost three consecutive league games against the Toffees since August 1984 (five in a row).
- Everton has been a winless win in its last 24 Premier League away games against Chelsea (D11 L13) since a 1-0 win in November 1994. The Toffees have had only one longest run without a win at the away in the elite against Leeds United between 1946 and 2001 (35 games).
- Chelsea are looking to keep four consecutive clean sheets in the league against Everton for the first time since February 1935.
- Since Carlo Ancelotti’s first match at the helm of Everton the day after Christmas, only Liverpool (30) and Manchester City (19) have won more points in the Premier League than the Toffees (18). Indeed, Everton scored in his 10 league games under the Italian – the longest streak in the division.
- Only 38% of Chelsea’s Premier League goals this season have been scored at home (18/47), the lowest rate in the division. Only two teams have already scored lower at home in a completed Premier League campaign – Crystal Palace in 2018-19 (37%) and Man City in 2006-07 (34%).
- Chelsea have won only two of their eight Premier League games in 2020 (W2 D4 L2), posting the 11th best record in this calendar year.
- Everton have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 13 away games in the Premier League – only Aston Villa (21) has suffered such a current race among participants this season.
- Chelsea back Marcos Alonso has been directly involved in six goals (four goals and two assists) in just 769 minutes of Premier League action this season, averaging goals every 128 minutes; only Michy Batshuayi (113 minutes) and Tammy Abraham (122) were more frequently involved in a Chelsea goal.
- Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has never faced Chelsea, whom he led between 2009 and 2011. In away matches against teams he had previously led, the Italian won only one of his last 14 games (D5 L8), a 4-0 victory in Parma. with Napoli in February 2019.
- Richarlison has been directly involved in three goals in five Premier League games against Chelsea (2 goals, 1 assist), finding the net in his last two games against them. No Brazilian player has ever scored in three consecutive Premier League matches against Chelsea (Edu also scored two goals between 2003 and 2004).