Premier League: Everton vs FC Chelsea – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Premier League round 31 match between Everton and FC Chelsea and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Everton enjoy home advantage, when visitors FC Chelsea swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Team form: Everton vs FC Chelsea

Everton Form

Everton are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Newcastle by 2-3, before beating Burnley by 2-0. The winning streak came to an end against Arsenal, who ran out 2-0 winners. Everton just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

FC Chelsea Form

FC Chelsea lost their previous three matches by 5-2 against Paris Saint-Germain, 0-1 against Newcastle and 0-3 against Paris Saint-Germain. FC Chelsea won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 13 while also conceding eight times.

Betting facts for Everton and FC Chelsea

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Everton and FC Chelsea played across all tournaments.

Players on top: Everton vs FC Chelsea

It’s been a great season for Joao Pedro so far with 14 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target five times in his last six games, and no doubt The Blues want him to continue this productive spell against Evertonon Saturday.

Betting markets: Everton vs FC Chelsea

Full-time result

Everton claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing five. FC Chelsea won seven of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost three of the games in this run. FC Chelsea conceded a goal in their previous 8 matches. FC Chelsea have not lost to Everton in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Everton scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. FC Chelsea scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 7 consecutive away games FC Chelsea played. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Everton managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, FC Chelsea kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Everton, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches FC Chelsea played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.1 goals themselves during this run. FC Chelsea conceded a goal in their last 8 matches.