Resuming their Premium League journey Chelsea will take on Everton on Saturday at Goodison Park, Liverpool.
Match Facts:
The game between Everton and Chelsea gets underway at 12:45 pm from Goodison Park on Saturday, Sept. 12. The game will be supervised by Andre Marriner. UK viewers can catch the live coverage of the match on BT Sports; whereas the Indian and the USA football enthusiasts should stick to Star Sports 4 / HD 4 and NBC Universe to watch the game live.
Team News:
Everton:
The Toffees seem to be extremely depleted at the left-back for Saturday’s clash since many of their left-backs are sitting away due to injuries. Cleverley, Baines, Hibbert, Pienaar will be the definite truants whereas Bryan Oviedo be accessed in the late hours.
Midfielder Tom Cleverley is also likely to miss the game because of an ankle injury.
Clearing the fitness trial defender Brendan Galloway will be a part of the squad today, and Aaron Lennon will also present his first show for Martinez’s side.
Chelsea
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who is set to undergo a knee surgery, will miss the show; Asmir Begovic will be there to take the charge of the goal. Oscar also needs a few more days to recover from his knee injury.
Captain John Terry is back to join the squad as he completes his one-match suspension and defender Papy Djilobodji will also make debut for the Blues today.
Probable Line-ups
Everton: Funes Mori, Browning, McGeady, Osman, Lennon, Robles, Oviedo, Naismith, Besic, Deulofeu, Gibson
Chelsea: Blackman, Beeney, Aina, Djilobodji, Mikel, Ramires, Rahman, Zouma, Loftus-Cheek, Falcao, Kenedy, Traoré, Rémy
