Everton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Everton face Chelsea today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Everton vs Chelsea
THE BALL SOMEHOW STAYS OUT! INCREDIBLE! Beto wrestles the ball from Colwill in midfield, allowing Mangala to find Lindstrom inside the Chelsea penalty area. The winger drives towards the penalty area and puts a low cross into the six-yard box for Beto, but Sanchez gets a hand to it. It squirms out to the oncoming Ndiaye but Adarabioyo holds his ground and makes a key block, clattering into the forward in the process!
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Substitution Dominic Nathaniel Calvert-Lewin Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal
Everton vs Chelsea
Harrison manages to wriggle free of both Sancho and Gusto before playing a right-footed cross into the six-yard box, where a leaping Sanchez pushes it to the far side of the penalty area. Ndiaye has the chance to hit an acute-angle shot towards the open goal but he opts to pull the ball back for a team-mate instead - allowing Fernandez to intervene.
Everton vs Chelsea
Only Liverpool (seven) have had more clean sheets in the Premier League this season than Everton (six). However, the Toffees have also failed to score in the most different games this term (eight), while no team has scored in more games than Chelsea (15).
Everton vs Chelsea
While Everton haven’t generated many chances in the opening hour, they have been efficient, putting all three of their shots on target. It’s only amounted to an xG of 0.08, though Harrison could have done better with his left-footed chance at the 50th minute, while Chelsea are at 0.74 after 11 shots - five of which have tested Pickford.
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Palmer lays the free-kick off for Fernandez, whose first-time hit deflects off the head of Doucoure in the wall and behind for a corner.
Everton vs Chelsea
Palmer is sent to the ground just a step outside the 18-yard box in a central position by a combination of Mykolenko and Doucoure, giving Chelsea another free-kick in a dangerous area. They’ll be hoping to test Pickford this time, having had just one shot on target so far in the half.
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