Everton v Chelsea

Everton defender John Stones in action away to Chelsea last season

TEAM NEWS

Everton will be without midfielder Tom Cleverley, who could miss up to eight weeks because of ankle ligament damage.

New signings Aaron Lennon, Ramiro Funes Mori and Leandro Rodriguez are available and Brendan Galloway is fit, but Bryan Oviedo is an injury doubt.

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois requires knee surgery and will be out for the foreseeable future.

Oscar misses out because of injury but captain John Terry returns to the squad following a one-match suspension.

MOTD COMMENTATOR’S NOTES

Steve Bower: "How will Chelsea respond to their defeat by Crystal Palace? Jose Mourinho has had a fortnight to reflect and will demand and expect a reaction.

"Chelsea need to rediscover their toughness and togetherness; the foundation on which last season's title success was built.

"One of many sub-plots sees Diego Costa try to add to his solitary goal against John Stones, who Chelsea hoped would be his team-mate by now.

"I watched Everton contain Manchester City for large periods at Goodison Park recently but struggle to create clear-cut opportunities. If they can do that here they could add to Chelsea's frustrations."

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WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

Everton manager Roberto Martinez on Chelsea transfer target John Stones: "John has gone from strength to strength in a period of high pressure and has used it in the right way, taking the support of everyone at the club, and has performed with incredible maturity and composure.

"The way he went away and performed for England in a very natural manner shows the calibre of player we have. Our best interest is to continue developing John to allow him to be a very important footballer for us."

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho: "In every match we've played better than the result. Even against West Bromwich where we won – the 3-2 victory looks like a very tight match but it wasn't.

"You can say the team is under-performing because some players are underperforming. Or you can say some players are under-performing and because of that the team is underperforming.

"We are strong, we are together, I believe in them, they believe in me. We are positive."

LAWRO’S PREDICTION

I suspect Jose Mourinho's side will be much better this weekend – they will definitely be fitter, which is an area he felt they were short in. Defensively, I am expecting to see a massive improvement from them.

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MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Chelsea won 6-3 at Everton in last season's corresponding fixture. Only six games in Premier League history have produced more goals.
• Everton have beaten Chelsea in four of the last six encounters played at Goodison Park. However, they are the Toffees' only victories in the last 29 league meetings (D9, L16).
• Chelsea have scored 98 league goals away at Everton.

Everton

• Everton have made an identical start to last campaign with five points from their opening four league games (W1, D2, L1).
• Roberto Martinez's side have won just two of their last eight Premier League matches (D2, L4).
• The Toffees have not scored in their last two games. They last failed to score in three successive league fixtures back in April 2006.
• Only one of Romelu Lukaku's six league goals in 2015 has been scored at Goodison Park; the ex-Chelsea forward scored a penalty in a 3-0 win against Newcastle in March.

Chelsea

• The champions have made their worst start to a season in 20 years – they had three points after four games in 1995-96 (D3, L1).
• They have only once lost consecutive league matches under Jose Mourinho. In May 2006, they were beaten 1-0 at both Blackburn and Newcastle.
• The Blues have conceded two goals or more in four straight league games for the first time since 2006.
• Chelsea have let in nine goals so far this season, the most at this stage of a season since 1971-72 when they conceded 10.
• Diego Costa has scored one goal in four league games, compared to seven goals at this stage of last season – two of which came at Goodison Park.