Everton vs Chelsea Prediction & Preview - Premier League

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Everton vs Chelsea prediction and preview: Premier League, 17 October, 12:30 BST at Hill Dickinson Stadium, with form, team news and a score call.

Everton and Chelsea meet in the Premier League at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool on Saturday 17 October 2026, kick-off 12:30 BST. Both sides arrive on 10 points from their last six matches, and they got there in opposite ways: Everton have not been beaten once in that run, Chelsea have won three and lost two. Our Everton vs Chelsea prediction is below, with the team news from both camps.

Everton are unbeaten and drawing far too often

Everton have won two, drawn four and lost none of their last six, scoring 7 and conceding 5. Four draws in six tells you most of it. The defence is why David Moyes' side are still unbeaten; seven goals is why that run has produced two wins.

Their most recent match was a 2-2 draw away to Hull City, 6 days before this one. Before that came back-to-back 1-0 home wins, over Ipswich Town in the league and Wolverhampton in the EFL Cup, and a 0-0 away at Tottenham Hotspur. They also drew 2-2 at home with Manchester United and 1-1 away to Bournemouth.

Vitalii Mykolenko is rated a doubt, having been sent back from international duty with a knock, though the problem was not thought to be serious The Sports Bank.

Chelsea score freely and concede almost as freely

Chelsea have scored 18 and conceded 14 in their last six. That is the shape of their season so far. They put five past Bournemouth at home 7 days before this fixture, winning 5-1 in a game where Jordan Henderson scored twice and made another The Chelsea Chronicle. There was also a 6-3 EFL Cup win over Leeds United and a 4-3 win against Brighton & Hove Albion.

The caveat is where those points came from. Xabi Alonso's team played two away league matches in that run and lost both, 1-2 at Arsenal and 0-3 at Brentford. They were held 2-2 at home by Hull City too.

Reece James is a doubt after missing training with a knee problem, which also kept him out of the Bournemouth win, and Alonso said the club would wait on tests before judging it. Jamie Gittens is out with an ankle injury and Emmanuel Emegha is unavailable The Sports Bank.

The last time these two met, Everton won 3-0

Everton beat Chelsea 3-0 at home on 21 March 2026, 210 days before this fixture. Three goals in one afternoon is close to half of what Everton have managed across their last six matches, which says plenty about how far from normal that result was for them.

Everton vs Chelsea prediction

Our Everton vs Chelsea prediction is a 1-1 draw in the Premier League at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday 17 October 2026. Everton have drawn four of their last six and have not conceded more than two in any of them, which is a hard profile to beat even for a team scoring as often as Chelsea are. Chelsea's away league form in that same run is two matches, two defeats. Everton have the control, Chelsea have the forwards, and that usually lands somewhere in the middle.

Our prediction: Everton 1-1 Chelsea

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