A look at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 17/03/2019 shows us that Everton have won 3 of these & Chelsea 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 15 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from The Toffees and 8 for The Blues. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

We think that The Toffees may well line up in a 4-3-3 formation and select Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, Yerry Mina, Michael Keane, Vitalii Mykolenko, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Allan, Alex Iwobi, Anthony Gordon, Richarlison and Demarai Gray.

Due to a mostly available group, there is only the one fitness issue for the Chelsea gaffer Thomas Tuchel to be concerned about. Ben Chilwell (Fitness) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that The Blues seem likely to elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation, going with Edouard Mendy, Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Antonio Ruediger, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, N'Golo Kante, Marcos Alonso, Hakim Ziyech, Mason Mount and Christian Pulisic.

We feel that Everton might well have a job on their hands to get anything against this Chelsea outfit who we reckon will manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’ve gone for a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for Chelsea at the end of this one.

It should be a good one.