Tuesday, March 19

Everton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League team news, lineups as Nathan Patterson and Ben Chilwell start tonight


Premier League: Five essential picks for your fantasy team

Follow live coverage as Everton host Chelsea on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Premier League season.

The Toffees only narrowly avoided the drop a year ago and will surely be desperate to start off the new campaign on the front foot to quiet any talk of similar worries this time around. Thomas Tuchel’s Blues enjoyed an altogether more positive season although twin defeats to Liverpool in the Carabao and FA Cup finals left them without any silverware.

Former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard’s new side have been rocked by the news that Dominic Calvert-Lewin will miss around “six weeks” due to a knee injury suffered in training. With Solomon Rondon also out due to a suspension from last season, it means Demarai Gray will lead the line. Raheem Sterling and Kalidou Koulibaly make their debuts for the visitors with Marc Cucurella also signed in time to be registered in the squad, though Tuchel has only named him on the bench as Ben Chilwell comes into the side at left wing-back.

Follow all the latest updates from Goodison Park:

1659802120

Thomas Tuchel ready for action after topsy turvy summer at Chelsea

Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea have done well in their transfer business and he’s been able to focus the team on getting immediate results once the Premier League season starts today.

“Seeing that we succeed in transfer market also calmed me down, so it was like a give and take for everybody. It is what we want because the strengths of Chelsea was that it was calm not only from inside but also from outside, and we have to do everything to reach this status again,” he said. ”We try to refocus this week completely on Everton and I feel the team focused and everybody calmed down, and I’m convinced that we are ready to compete with Everton for the win.”

Also Read  Chicago crime gun sellers got off easy years before with the ATF
1659801458

Everton vs Chelsea latest news

Full time scores coming in around the Premier League from the 3pm kick-offs now:

Earlier: Fulham 2-2 Liverpool

1659800741

Thomas Tuchel: Nobody wants to wear ‘cursed’ Chelsea number nine shirt

Thomas Tuchel has insisted Chelsea did not deliberately leave the number nine shirt free with a future new signing in mind.

Chelsea’s number nine remains vacant after Romelu Lukaku’s return to Inter Milan on loan, and Tuchel said none of the Blues’ current stars wanted to take the shirt.

The Stamford Bridge club will continue to look at adding a striker to their ranks this summer, with Barcelona’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang understood to remain in consideration.

The last six Chelsea stars to wear the nine shirts have struggled for a lasting impact in west London, leaving Tuchel to joke that the Blues’ central number still striking harbors bad luck.

“It’s cursed, it’s cursed, people tell me it’s cursed!” joked Tuchel.

1659800457

Everton vs Chelsea latest news

Big day for the goalkeeper. Might be a busy one too.

1659799950

Everton vs Chelsea team news and confirmed line-ups

Here we go then – it’s a debut for McNeil and another for Tarkowski for Everton, while the visitors bring in new faces as expected with Koulibaly and Sterling.

Everton: Pickford; Godfrey, Mina, Tarkowski; Patterson, Doucoure, Iwobi, Mykolenko; Gordon, Gray, McNeil

Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Silva, Koulibaly; James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell; Mount, Havertz, Sterling

1659799541

Barcelona set to seal deal for Chelsea full-back Marcos Alonso

Barcelona now expect to complete the signing of Chelsea left-back Marcos Alonso.

Marc Cucurella’s £62million arrival at Chelsea has paved the way for Alonso to make the move back to Spain that he has craved for some months.

Also Read  Kyrie Irving: Nets' star condemned for tweet about documentary deemed antisemitic

Alonso is understood to want to return to his native Spain to be closer to family, and his impending switch will bring down the curtain on six years in west London.

Chelsea are thought to have been understanding of Alonso’s desire to return to Spain, and have long been in dialogue with Barcelona over a deal.

1659799241

Everton set to complete signing of Lille midfielder Amadou Onana

Everton have agreed a £33.7million deal to sign Lille midfielder Amadou Onana.

It is understood the 20-year-old Belgium international is set for a medical ahead of signing a five-year contract.

He is likely to be in the stands at Goodison Park to watch Saturday’s home game against Chelsea.

Onana will provide a much-needed option in midfield, an area manager Frank Lampard is looking to strengthen further with a deal to bring former Toffees player Idrissa Gana Gueye back from Paris St Germain.

1659799001

Frank Lampard admits Everton survival among ‘most beautiful things in my life’

Frank Lampard believes Everton’s dramatic escape from relegation was among the most “beautiful things” that have ever happened to him and said he enjoyed the stress of trying to keep them up.

Everton stayed up in their final home game of last season when, after being 2-0 down at half-time against Crystal Palace, they recovered to win 3-2, leading to scenes after the final whistle when Lampard was bouncing up and down on the roof of an executive box.

On Saturday he faces his former club Chelsea for the second time since his sacking in January 2021 and said he did plenty of soul-searching in a year out of the game before he was appointed at Goodison Park.

Also Read  Supreme Court to decide if web designer can decline same-sex weddings

Lampard steered Chelsea to fourth place and the FA Cup final in his only full season in charge and blamed himself for some things and reflected with satisfaction on others as he admitted he put himself under pressure to succeed at Stamford Bridge.

1659798653

Thomas Tuchel responds to Gary Neville’s criticism of Chelsea’s ‘panicky’ transfer window

Thomas Tuchel has defended Chelsea owner Todd Boehly after Gary Neville accused him of being “panicky” in the summer transfer window.

The Blues have been big players in the market so far with the American, who has taken on the role of sporting director at the club, keen to reshape the playing squad at Stamford Bridge.

Marc Cucurella has become the latest new face through the door, joining from Brighton in a deal understood to be worth £62million.

He follows the likes of Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Carney Chukwuemeka in making the move to west London in what has been a busy offseason.

Sky Sports pundit Neville has been critical of some of the decisions being made recently claiming that Boehly was “wandering around a little bit” and being “a bit panicky”.

1659798332

Everton vs Chelsea latest news

About half an hour to team news. Sterling and Koulibaly will be the pair most likely to get an immediate debut perhaps, but Thomas Tuchel certainly has plenty of options to choose from. Midfield will be an interesting selection though and the Blues are definitely trying to strengthen there before the window shuts.

Will they land Frenkie de Jong in the end?


www.independent.co.uk

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *