Premier League: Everton vs Chelsea

Season ›2026-27› News Michael Kenrick 17/10/2026 Everton host Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday for the early kickoff, with David Moyes's side still unbeaten in the Premier League this season. The match is live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK at 12:30 pm BST.

Despite a stunning victory in this fixture last season, which abruptly heralded the end of Everton's campaign to qualify for Europe as Moyes failed to use his full squad to relieve the supposedly tiring players in subsequent games, the challenge seems more daunting with Chelsea's front players this season a real threat so far. Team News To counter that threat, David Moyes has gone with an even more with his more defensive line-up, than last week, leaving George, Dibbling, Johnson and Hackney on the bench as Merlin Rohl starts in midfield.

Mykolenko is fit again and at left-back while Maitland-Niles stays at right-back despite his errors that led to two goals conceded last week. Michael Keane is not in the squad.

Everton: Pickford; Maitland-Niles, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Armstrong, Garner, Dewsbury-Hall; Rohl, Grealish, Barry Subs: Travers, O'Brien, Norgaard, Hackney, Johnson, George, Dibling, Alcaraz, Graham. Chelsea: Martínez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Neto, Caicedo, Henderson, Hato, Palmer, Rogers, Pedro Subs: Penders, Fofana, Palestra, Lavia, Barco, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estêvão, Quenda, Welbeck.