Chelsea are unbeaten in their past three games and Antonio Cone will be hoping that his team can make it four wins out of four when the Blues travel to Merseyside in order to take on Everton on Saturday.
But beating the Toffees will not be a cake walk because Everton look a totally different side under their new boss Sam Allardyce. Everton are yet to taste defeat under Allardyce and the Toffees will be hoping that they can pull one over Chelsea.
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS:
The biggest miss for Antonio Conte will most certainly be that of Alvaro Morata who remains suspended for the game after he picked up his fifth yellow card of the season during the 2-1 win against Bournemouth during the Carabao Cup clash.
Conte does have the option of Michy Batshuayi but the Italian does not seem to trust the Belgian and his abilities so it seems that Eden Hazard will be deployed as the striker with Pedro and Willian playing in the left and right flank respectively.
N’Golo Kante and Tiemoue Bakayoko will play as the central midfielder with Marcos Alonso and Victor Moses playing on the wing-back roles.
David Luiz who is being chased by a series of clubs and he himself seems to be inclined towards joining Barcelona still remains sidelined with a knee injury. So Cahill, Christensen – who is on the verge of signing a new deal, and Azpilicueta will be the defensive trio against Everton.
CHELSEA’S PREDICTED LINE-UP:
Goalkeeper: Courtois.
Defence: Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta
Midfield: Alonso, Kante, Bakayoko, Moses
Attack: Pedro, Hazard, Willian
