Chelsea vs Everton – Team News: Injury prone star returns to team | OneFootball

Chelsea face Everton at Stamford Bridge in just over an hour, and the teams are in!

Every game is a must win now, and Enzo Maresca has tweaked his lineup once again to try and get past what is likely to be a very deep and determined Everton.

Robert Sanchez plays in goal, with our favoured Levi Colwill – Trevoh Chalobah combination ahead of him.

Marc Cucurella is at left back, as you’d expect, but at right back it gets interesting. As we saw earlier in the season, the return of Romeo Lavia to fitness has allowed Maresca to switch Moises Caicedo to right back, with Reece James on the bench.

That then leaves Lavia playing alongside Enzo Fernandez in the middle of the pitch, with Cole Palmer just ahead of them in the ten.

Pedro Neto and Noni Madueke play out wide, backing up Nicolas Jackson who leads the line.

Here are the full team line-ups for Chelsea vs Everton (kick off at 12:30 GMT)

CHELSEA:

Chelsea’s team to face Everton,

This setup worked well earlier in the season and we were expecting Enzo Maresca to go back to it when he had the chance. Caicedo will move into midfield when Chelsea have the ball, leaving the other 3 defenders deeper. That protects us when we turn the ball over, and also allows Enzo Fernandez to raid further forward.

It brought him lots of goals earlier in the season – let’s hope we get similar results today.

It’s a huge day for all the attackers, who need to step up and earn 3 huge points at home. Palmer and Jackson’s goalless run is rolling on, while Neto will want to build on a superb winning goal last week and start trying to be a little more consistent.

Everton will be ready – it’s up to us to try and break them down.