Everton vs Chelsea

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Chelsea kick off their 2022/23 Premier League campaign with a tough trip to Goodison Park to take on Everton this evening. Here are the confirmed line-ups:

Dwight McNeil makes his competitive bow for Everton and he supports Demarai Gray in attack for the hosts. Raheem Sterling makes his debut for Chelsea following his move from Manchester City this summer. Edouard Mendy starts between the sticks while Reece James lines-up on the right flank for the Londoners. Ben Chilwell gets the nod on the opposite flank so Marc Cucurella has to settle for a place on the bench having only completed his move to Chelsea on Friday.

Saturday has kicked off with a bang as Fulham showed that an away trip to a newly promoted side is no easy task even for a team like Liverpool. An early goal ...

Thomas Tuchel has a lot to work out with his team while Everton can take a lot of positives from the match. It was an unfortunate first half for Everton who performed to the best of their abilities but still went into the break behind. Amadou Onana was in the crowd watching as he'll be in the Everton midfield sooner than later after they agreed to a deal with Lille but for Chelsea, even with Armando Broja on the pitch they were missing a proper nine. Gray put an excellent cross into the box for Gordon but Koulibaly steps up to clear the chance. Patterson played Dele Alli into space and he didn't know what he wanted to do with the ball. He was bright along with Kalidou Koulibaly in making their debuts Saturday but most of the team didn't shine along with them. Thomas Tuchel has a lot to work out with his team while Everton can take a lot of positives from the match. Everton were hit with another injury blow only 18 minutes into the match as Ben Godfrey left the match on a stretcher after a lengthy delay. Ben Chilwell drew a penalty before the half as Doucouré put both hands on his shirt while he was going down in the box. Nunez came to the rescue with nine minutes remaining as he teed up Mo Salah to level and keep up his incredible opening day record of scoring in all six fixtures with Liverpool. Ultimately, it was a point gained by Klopp's men as Fulham outfought them on many occasions while Marco Silva's Cottagers will be heartened by their spirited showing. A clumsy penalty conceded by Abdoulaye Doucouré was the difference in the match as Chelsea defeated Everton 1-0 on opening day. Mitrovic was losing the ball but a penalty was awarded and confirmed after a VAR review.

Live coverage of Chelsea's trip to face Everton at Goodison Park, with Kalidou Koulibaly and Raheem Sterling set for their Blues debuts.

Ben Godfrey puts in a firm tackle on Kai Havertz and the Everton star comes out hurt from it. Tuchel will be sure to demand more in the break. Think we've got a medical emergency in the Chelsea away section. There is still much work for Thomas Tuchel and his players to do in the week ahead with Tottenham to come at Stamford Bridge next Sunday. Thomas Tuchel will be hoping to overcome the Blues' awful record at Goodison Park in recent years. Richarlison was the difference between the sides on that occasion but has since left for Tottenham, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin out of the clash due to injury.

Chelsea took all three points on their away trip to Everton as both sides played their opening game of the season. The only goal of the match came from ...

Broja came on but wasn't really used to the best of his ability and didn't really see much of the action. New signing Raheem Sterling looked dangerous when on the ball and found himself in some good positions. Chelsea took all three points on their away trip to Everton as both sides played their opening game of the season.

Jorginho converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time to give Chelsea a 1-0 win at Everton. The hosts lost Ben Godfrey to a serious-looking injury early ...

Godfrey plays a rank backpass and the England goalkeeper strains to stop it from going out for a corner. The Chelsea forward has a tight angle to work with and Godfrey gets back to make a last-ditch challenge, before landing in a heap with Pickford and Havertz. Unfortunately, Godfrey looks to have injured himself in the melee and Mason Holgate is getting ready to come on. I sails over the Chelsea box but Mykolenko sends in a lovely delivery from the left. Azpilicueta can't get to the loose ball and Everton are away on the break. But Havertz lurked on the left of the attack and remained on the periphery of the contest. 39th minute: Chelsea look the better side but are yet to create anything clear-cut as Pickford fists away a James cross. Injury time coming up and there's going to be a lot of it. The Colombia international was under a little bit of pressure from Sterling but it all looked quite innocuous. Chelsea are good value for a win that won't live particularly long in the memory. There were two standout moments, each to thwart the lively Gray — a first-half block to cut out a pass that looked set to put Gordon through on goal and the second a challenge to divert the winger’s shot behind. Lampard brought the already veteran Silva to Chelsea on a one-year contract in 2020. It was left to a more familiar source of Chelsea goals to find the breakthrough.