Chelsea (5th place, 25 points) faces Everton (7th place, 24 points) this Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, starting at 3 p.m. GMT, at Stamford Bridge, as part of the 16th round of the Premier League.

On a bad run of four matches without a victory, the Blues want to reconnect with victory against a team that has won four of its last five matches.

Enzo Maresca must do without Delap, Colwill, Lavia, Essugo, and Fofana. Often a victim of physical setbacks, Palmer is doubtful for this match. Mudryk and Caicedo are suspended.

On the opposite side, Coleman, Roh, and Branthwaite are injured while Gueye is suspended. Iroegbunam, meanwhile, returns after serving his suspension.

The probable lineups: Chelsea vs. Everton

Chelsea: Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Josh Acheampong, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Alejandro Garnacho, João Pedro.

Everton: Jordan Pickford, Jake O’Brien, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, Vitaliy Mykolenko, James Garner, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Iliman Ndiaye, Carlos Alcaraz, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry.

This match is crucial to recover the confidence of the team and the fans after the 2-1 defeat against Atalanta of Italy on Dec. 9 in the most important competition in the world, the UEFA Champions League.

And, in the local competition, the Premier League, the last match was away against Bournemouth, where the score was a 0-0 draw.

Meanwhile, in the following matches, they will visit Cardiff City Stadium on Dec. 16 to face Cardiff City in the EFL Cup quarterfinals.

And four days later, on Dec. 20, they will be visitors again at St. James' Park stadium to face Newcastle United. That team is currently in 12th place with 22 points.

Undoubtedly, the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 champion team, managed by the Italian Enzo Maresca, is going through a difficult time after a good November and will seek to close the year in a good way in these last matches of 2025, closing at home in its mythical venue: Stamford Bridge.

Meanwhile, in the UEFA Champions League, the team finished in 13th position with a total of 10 points, securing its qualification for the playoffs to seek advancement to the knockout stage of the competition.

The draw will take place on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, and they will find out who they will face in February.

All fans of the Blues will be attentive to such an important duel and will seek to end the bad streak the team is presenting to begin to change, and for the blue squad to stabilize both spirits and numbers.