Everton vs Chelsea Predictions

• Chelsea have kept one clean sheet in their last 11 league games.
• Nine of Chelsea’s last 12 league games have all featured at least three goals.
• Nicolas Jackson has scored in three of his last four league appearances for the visitors.

Goal-hungry Blues are on the march

Chelsea are emerging as Liverpool’s chief rivals for Premier League glory this season after a couple of underwhelming campaigns and they should not lose any ground when they head to Everton on Sunday.

The Toffees produced a strong defensive performance at Arsenal last week to hold the Gunners to a goalless draw, but it is difficult to see them getting the better of Enzo Maresca’s side having scored in just one of their last six league outings.

Chelsea have been full of goals – they hit five at Southampton and four at Tottenham in their last two away league matches – while the packed squad at Stamford Bridge contains plenty of fringe players who are doing the business in the Conference League too.

A goal may be best Toffees can hope for

Despite Everton’s issues in the final third – they did thump Wolves 4-0 in their last game at Goodison – Sean Dyche’s side will be confident they can make their mark as Chelsea have found clean sheets hard to come by.

The Blues have had just one shutout in their last 11 league outings, but finding the net could be as good as it gets for the Toffees.

The visitors possess an abundance of attacking riches and it makes sense to back an away win in a match featuring at least three goals, with a 2-1 win, similar to Chelsea’s victory at Leicester last month, of potential interest to correct-score punters.

Jackson is in fine form

Chelsea’s Cole Palmer is getting plenty of plaudits and is the Blues’ top goalscorer this season with 11 in the league, but Nicolas Jackson is only two behind and heads to Everton having scored in three of his last four matches.

That run included the key second goal in last week’s 2-1 win over Brentford, a game in which he had seven goal attempts, so he is clearly in confident mood and can get to double figures before Christmas