Key events<\/p>\n
59 min: The xG at the moment: 0.32 to 1.03. So the scoreline is about right.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min: Rogers slides in Palmer down the inside-left channel. Palmer floats a chip over Pickford \u2026 and over the bar. That would have been a frisky one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min: Nothing comes of the resulting corner. Chelsea<\/a> have enjoyed 71 percent of possession in this second half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min: Maitland-Niles, a look of hot displeasure flashed towards the bench from narrowed eyes, makes way for George. Rohl will drop back to right-back \u2026 and his first act is to block Rogers\u2019 shot from ten yards. Neto with some great work down the right to set Rogers up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min: Palmer cuts in from the right and shoots. Dewsbury-Hall blocks and the ball spins back to Pickford. Everton<\/a> need to clear their heads and quick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 min: Acheampong advances down the right and sends a dangerous cross into the mixer. Harrison is forced to divert behind for a corner. Nothing comes of the set piece, but this is all Chelsea<\/a>. David Moyes is preparing a change.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51 min: Chelsea<\/a> stroke it around. Well, that\u2019s not going to help the mood at the HDS, is it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: That\u2019s silenced a good proportion of the HDS. Chelsea<\/a> fans the only ones to be heard at the moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47 min: Pickford stands with hands on hips. He\u2019s fuming. That was a brilliantly incisive move by Chelsea<\/a>, though once again Maitland-Niles hasn\u2019t covered himself in glory. Hato slipped past him way too easily.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.41 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Everton 0-1 Chelsea (Neto 46)<\/p>\n A mere 44 seconds into the second half, Chelsea<\/a> take the lead! Rogers powers his way down the left, holding off Maitland-Niles before releasing Hato on the overlap with a saucy back-heel. Hato enters the box, easily zipping past Maitland-Niles, chasing back, and crosses low for Neto, who takes a touch and slots into the bottom right!<\/p>\n Pedro Neto breaks the deadlock in the first move of the second half. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.42 EDT<\/p>\n Chelsea get the second half started. No changes. Meanwhile here\u2019s Gary Naylor from his seat at the Hill Dickinson: \u201cI\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll mark 24 years with \u2018Remember the name! Thierno Barry!\u2019 but we\u2019ve a London club in the October sunshine again. Everton have never had so many technically impressive players – but Chelsea<\/a> have more. Final score: 1-1.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n (The Rooney\/Barry dynamic similarly applies to Tyldesley\/Matterface)Share<\/a><\/p>\n Half-time postbag, courtesy of both of our readers. \u201cChelsea, with their ultra talented attacking front line, wants to play the beautiful game. Everton says no, how about a beer League shin kicking affair\u201d \u2013 Mary Waltz (an Evertonian, please remember)<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t really expect much dynamism when the toffees are playing the pensioners\u201d \u2013 Richard Hirst<\/p>\n Share<\/a>HALF TIME: Everton 0-0 Chelsea<\/p>\n A huge load of nothing until Armstrong put in an old-school reducer midway through the half \u2026 since when it\u2019s been super-feisty. A few challenges on the edge of legality. And Caicedo nearly scored one of the all-time great volleys. Great fun, with the usual think-of-the-kids caveat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +2: One corner from the left leads to another, and Pedro\u2019s flick-on nearly squeaks into the bottom right. Armstrong clears off the line!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +1: A bit of space for Neto, cutting in from the right and looping a shot towards the top right. Pickford tips over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: There will be three additional minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Rogers was a little bit higher than Garner \u2013 he\u2019s off the ground, and catches his opponent\u2019s shin – and Garner comes off worst. Happily no serious injury. But Garner\u2019s not happy, and the crowd are now beyond livid. This is fun.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.19 EDT<\/p>\n 43 min: Garner and Rogers compete for a 50-50 in the middle of the park. Both slightly out of control. Oof! Both stay down. Quite a few unhappy players surround the referee.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min: That was one hell of a shot by Caicedo. Blimey.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min: Palmer wins a corner off Armstrong down the left. Henderson sends it long for Caicedo, to the right of the D, just inside the box. He\u2019s facing away from goal, but nevertheless connects with the volley so sweetly. It cannons off the junction of right-hand post and crossbar, nearly rendering the frame of the goal as splinters. Dust. What a strike! So close to the goal of the season.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39 min: Barry hurt himself in taking that shot, and requires a spot of treatment. Looks like he\u2019ll be fine, but he\u2019ll need to spend some time on the touchline before getting involved again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: It\u2019s Mykolenko\u2019s turn to chop, seeing off Acheampong down the left and rolling into the middle for Barry, who threads a shot towards the bottom left. But there\u2019s no juice behind it, and it tinkles through to Martinez.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: \u2026 so yeah, this game needed a spark, and it got one all right, courtesy of Armstrong. Now everyone\u2019s on the edge, and you wouldn\u2019t put too much money on this ending with the full complement of 22 men.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33 min: Acheampong goes into the book for hanging a leg across Grealish. The free kick leads to a brouhaha, Tarkowski needlessly barging Caicedo to the floor. Henderson takes offence. The pair take a hold of each other\u2019s shirt. Rogers gets involved. And then Tarkowski and Rogers go into the book.<\/p>\n Now now lads! Updated at\u00a008.14 EDT<\/p>\n 31 min: Pedro and Tarkowski come together in the Everton<\/a> box. Pedro spins his man; Tarkowski holds his arm. Pedro goes over and wants a penalty. He\u2019s not getting one, though VAR takes a look \u2026 and you\u2019ve seen them given.<\/p>\n Jo\u00e3o Pedro of Chelsea goes down in there penalty area under a challenge from James Tarkowski. Photograph: Paul Currie\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.10 EDT<\/p>\n 30 min: The free kick\u2019s worked right to left, Grealish slamming a shot straight into the turf. The ball balloons up then looks like dipping just under the bar. Martinez is forced to tip over, but nothing comes from the corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29 min: Tarkowski bursts past Rogers with an elegant chop down the right. Palmer barrels in and puts a stop to his gallop by knocking him over. Palmer is fuming, but lucky not to be booked. Then from the resulting free kick \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27 min: The corner is worked back to Grealish down the left. He curls in for Barry, a perfect cross that should result in a goal. But from six yards, Barry slaps his header straight at Martinez, who makes up for his egregious error by snaffling the ball on his line.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26 min: Rohl shoots from distance. Martinez saves, then holds onto the ball for an age. The referee awards a corner by way of punishment, and Neto is booked for his incredulous reaction. And from the corner \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25 min: That tackle\u2019s got the crowd\u2019s dander up. In the stand, Peter Reid looks on with pride. What a player he was.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23 min: Spark! Armstrong slides in hard on Acheampong. The challenge is a bit high, and earns a yellow card. Tarkowski is livid, and gets right up in the referee\u2019s grille, but it was a clear yellow. Mistimed rather than malicious, and though VAR has a look with a view to upgrading the punishment, it\u2019s decided that a booking is fair enough.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21 min: Neto finds a pocket of space down the inside-right channel. He cuts back for Henderson, who attempts to pass into the bottom right from the edge of the box. Blocked. A goal at the Hill Dickinson from a former Liverpool captain would certainly have qualified as spark.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20 min: Chelsea<\/a> probe the Everton box in the horseshoe style. But there\u2019s no way into the middle. This match needs a spark.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 19 min: Chelsea<\/a> with the patient passing. There isn\u2019t an awful lot going on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17 min: \u2026 no, it\u2019s a complete non-event. Dewsbury-Hall\u2019s delivery easily cleared, Grealish\u2019s ball back into the mixer sailing harmlessly out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 16 min: Maitland-Niles feeds Rohl on the underlap down the right. Rohl earns Everton\u2019s first corner of the afternoon. From which \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15 min: \u2026 so having just said that, Palmer gets Chelsea\u2019s first shot on target. It\u2019s from long range, bouncing harmlessly towards the bottom right. Too easy for Pickford.<\/p>\n Cole Palmer with an effort for the Blues. Photograph: Peter Powell\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.53 EDT<\/p>\n 14 min: Chelsea<\/a> have started so many of their other games this season quickly, so Everton will be pleased with this start. The visitors have shown next to nothing in attack, though they have enjoyed 69 percent of possession.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 13 min: Dewsbury-Hall shields the ball from Caicedo out on the left flank and draws a foul. Garner takes the free kick, and clumsily hoicks it straight out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 11 min: Acheampong takes his sweet time over a throw, and earns a lecture from referee Paul Tierney. Breaking news, right here.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9 min: This match is currently being played at a non-beneficial 100 mph. \u201cWill Merlin be a magician for Everton<\/a>?\u201d asks Richard Hirst. \u201cSorry.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7 min: Pedro has taken a whack in the face and is wandering around with a mouthful of gauze. It\u2019s been a slightly strange start to the game. Hopefully some football will break out soon.<\/p>\n Photograph: Peter Powell\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.46 EDT<\/p>\n 5 min: This won\u2019t come as a surprise, but Henderson\u2019s every touch is met with a wall of pantomime booing. A local matter.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min: Grealish makes his presence felt down the left, and a throw is won. Mykolenko launches it long. Acheampong heads clear. Then as Everton try to pin Chelsea<\/a> back, Grealish and Caicedo get involved in a lightly physical back-and-forth, then yap at each other in the excitable style. The referee comes across to get them to pipe down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 min: You\u2019ll have noticed there was no pre-match postbag. No emails, you see. Which makes this existential howl from Evertonian Mary Waltz that\u2019s just dropped so very apposite: \u201cWhy does no one seem to want us? Everton<\/a> seems to be the unwanted step child, trying so hard but rejected by their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Everton kick off, and launch it long. Martinez claims the punt.<\/p>\n Have it! Photograph: Peter Powell\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.36 EDT<\/p>\n Before the kick-off, everyone takes the knee. It\u2019s the first of two weeks of the Premier League\u2019s No Room For Racism<\/a> campaign. Challenge it, report it, change it.<\/p>\n The players take the knee before the kick-off. Photograph: Alex Livesey\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.38 EDT<\/p>\n It\u2019s time for the theme to Z Cars \u2026 and here come the teams. Everton in their royal blue, Chelsea<\/a> in a new white third strip with red pinstripe and retro lion-crawling-all-over-CFC badge. A nod to the early 1990s Commodore era. We\u2019ll be off in a minute or two!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n David Moyes talks to TNT. \u201cIf we took a few more chances and we hadn\u2019t conceded last week, we\u2019d have a few more points \u2026 but it happens in football \u2026 we\u2019ve also come back in games when we\u2019ve been getting beat \u2026 sometimes you think you should have more but when you look back on it maybe other times you could be a bit fortunate to get some points \u2026 [Vitalii Mykolenko] is the only natural left-back we have in the building at the moment, so great to have him back \u2026 [Merlin Rohl] \u2026 gives me a little more speed and dynamism \u2026 we\u2019re up against a really good Chelsea<\/a> team, especially in the front line so we might have to use Merlin in different roles as well\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Xabi Alonso speaks to TNT Sports. \u201cWe needed a win [against Bournemouth] but this was last week \u2026 one is not enough \u2026 we need to keep going, doing the right things, repeating and always improving game by game \u2026 [Reece James\u2019 injury] makes it more limited but we have enough options \u2026 Romeo [Lavia] \u2026 [Valentin] Barco \u2026 they have played and now we have Mo [Caciedo] back and [Jordan Henderson] so we have more options \u2026 but for sure it\u2019s a blow \u2026 we will need another big one in this stadium against Everton<\/a> \u2026 tough opponent \u2026 they are in a good run so we are expecting a tough challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Everton are currently in a good humour as well. Should they win this afternoon \u2013 and given how they\u2019ve triumphed in this fixture in six of its last nine stagings, losing just the once, that\u2019s very much a live prospect \u2013 they\u2019ll move into fourth spot in the Premier League<\/a>, for a couple of hours at least. Chelsea can do likewise.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Fun: Chelsea<\/a> have it. But for how long?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Everton make two changes in the wake of their 2-2 draw at Hull City. Merlin R\u00f6hl and Vitalii Mykolenko replace Micheal Keane and Brennan Johnson, the latter dropping to the bench.<\/p>\n Chelsea meanwhile make one change to the starting XI sent out to thrash Bournemouth 5-1 last weekend. Jorrel Hato comes into the defence at the expense of Pep Chavarr\u00eda.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>The teams<\/p>\n Everton: Pickford, Maitland-Niles, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Garner, Armstrong, Rohl, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Barry. Chelsea: Martinez, Acheampong, Lacroix, Colwill, Pedro Neto, Henderson, Caicedo, Hato, Palmer, Rogers, Joao Pedro. Referee: Paul Tierney Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.29 EDT<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n
Photograph: Mike Egerton\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n
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Subs: Travers, O\u2019Brien, George, Dibling, Johnson, Norgaard, Alcaraz, Hackney, Graham.<\/p>\n
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Subs: Penders, Palestra, Fofana, Barco, Welbeck, Quenda, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao, Lavia.<\/p>\n
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VAR: Nicholas Hopton<\/p>\n