Everton vs Chelsea: Writer Prediction League

Going into last week’s match against Newcastle United, it felt like Everton might finally be back on track. A straightforward victory over Cardiff City and well-fought draw against title-chasing Liverpool showed that there finally might be more progress under Marco Silva.

The first half against Newcastle seemed to indicate that the Toffees might have finally figured it out — then the second half came along and obliterated any and all such hopes.

So now, we’re back to where things have been most of the season. There’s a moderately successful, high-performing team somewhere in this group, but they just can’t seem to find themselves with any real regularity.

And now, Everton faces a genuine challenge this weekend with Chelsea coming to Goodison Park. It looked like the Londoners’ season might fall apart after the bizarre ending to the Carabao Cup final, but since that match, Maurizio Sarri’s side has been in decent form, comfortably advancing to the Europa League quarterfinals and sitting just three points out of fourth place, with a game in hand on the rest of the challengers.

Can the Toffees really hope to grab a result here? Before we answer that question, let’s look briefly back at our predictions from the Newcastle fiasco.

None of us had a Newcastle victory, nor Bernard as Everton’s man of the match. The lone point goes to Rachel, who correctly had Dominic Calvert-Lewin opening the scoring.

That’s a continuation of a hot streak from Rachel, which is the main change in our prediction league table.

With that point, Rachel moves into sole possession of third place, while Calvin still holds a big lead over the rest of the pack.

There’s a pretty wide spread of predictions in the Chelsea match this week, which could open the door for some movement in the table. Let’s take a look at the predictions.

There’s a little more confidence in Everton than I might have expected, with two writers predicting Everton victories and another six predicting draws.

Idrissia Gueye is the most common pick for Everton man of the match, while Gonzalo Higuain is the most popular choice to open the scoring.