Everton Travel To London To Face Injury-Stricken Chelsea
- Spirit of The News
- Apr 14, 2024
- 2 min read
Everton travel down south to the capital on Monday night to face a Chelsea side with a huge injury crisis.
As per their standards, it is clear that Chelsea have underperformed; evidence of this is shown by their position in the league table.
Here is what the league table is looking like in the run-in to the end of the season. Both relegation and title winners are unknown because of how tight it is at both ends.
Premier League Table
(as of 14/4/24 at 11am):
1 Man City 73
2 Arsenal 71
3 Liverpool 71
4 Aston Villa 60
5 Spurs 60
6 Newcastle 50
7 Man United 50
8 West Ham 48
9 Chelsea 44
10 Brighton 44
11 Wolves 43
12 Bournemouth 42
13 Fulham 39
14 Brentford 32
15 Crystal Palace 30
16 Everton 27
17 Forest 26
18 Luton 25
19 Burnley 20
20 Sheffield United 16
With 2 points separating the top 3, and 7 point separating 19-16, it is unpredictable what will happen at the end of the season.
Multiple key players are missing for Chelsea, and these include:
Ben Chilwell
Axel Disasi
Enzo Fernandez
Robert Sanchez
Raheem Sterling
Levi Colwill
Wesley Fofana
Reece James
Romeo Lavia
Christopher Nkunku
Lesley Ugochukuwu
More than likely none will feature, giving an advantage to Everton, where 3 points would be fantastic due to Burnley being the only team in the relegation battle to pick up a point.
13th April 2024 - Premier League Results:
Newcastle 4-0 Spurs
Brentford 2-0 Sheffield United
Man City 5-1 Luton
Forest 2-2 Wolves
Burnley 1-1 Brighton
Bournemouth 2-2 Man United
14th April 2024 - Premier League Fixtures:
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace
West Ham vs Fulham
Arsenal vs Aston Villa
15th April 2024 - Premier League Fixture:
Chelsea vs Everton
For Everton, their two games in hand are against Chelsea and Liverpool, a couple of tough fixtures.
In Sean Dyche’s press conference in the lead up to the game, it was revealed that Belgian midfielder Amadou Onana is fit again, as well as other midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye, after his wife gave birth on Saturday, causing him to be out for the 1-0 victory over Burnley on the weekend.
However, both Englishmen, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and James Garner, had to stop training on Thursday due to a knock, but Dyche said that it was nothing serious.
Lewis Dobbin is still not ready, and Dele is still recovering from a groin injury.
Everton’s fixtures remaining are arguably the easiest out of the other sides at the bottom end of the table, meaning it is in Everton’s hands to decide their fate.
Everton Remaining Fixtures:
Chelsea (a) - Mon 15 April 2024 @ 20:00
Nottingham Forest (h) - Sat 20 April 2024 @ 15:00
Brentford (h) - Sat 27 April 2024 @ 15:00
Luton (a) - Fri 8 May 2024 @ 20:00
Sheffield United (h) - Sat 11 May 2024 @ 15:00
Arsenal (a) - Sun 19 May 2024 @ 16:00
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