Two goals and an assist from Beto helped Everton to a comfortable home win on Saturday. Re-live this Premier League game with the best facts and Opta data in our Everton vs Chelsea stats page.
Everton gave their hopes of European qualification a real boost on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
A brace from Beto was followed by Iliman Ndiaye also finding the net, with the Everton striker assisting that third goal as well.
Chelsea struggled to keep up with Everton’s high tempo after Liam Rosenior’s men were humbled by Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, and despite recording more shots in this game (12-10), they never looked like taking anything back to London with them.
David Moyes’ side are now seventh in the Premier League, two points behind Chelsea and just three points behind rivals Liverpool in fifth, which will likely be enough for Champions League qualification again this season.
Everton were certainly the more experienced of the two teams, with the average age of the Toffees’ starting XI (29.1) four-and-a-half years older than Chelsea’s (24.6), and that seemed to tell on a buoyant evening on Merseyside.
Robert Sánchez was selected in goal for Chelsea and in just the 10th minute, almost made his manager regret that decision as he dallied on the ball and was tackled by Beto, but fortunately for the visitors, they were able to scramble the ball away before the Lisbon-born striker could take advantage.
It was a strong start from the hosts, but just as Chelsea looked like they were getting back into the game, Everton struck in the 33rd minute. James Garner – given his first senior England call-up this week – played a perfectly-weighted pass to Beto, who dinked the ball over the diving Sánchez with the outside of his boot and into the net.
Just a couple of minutes later, Chelsea should have been level. Jordan Pickford made a mess of dealing with a corner but made amends with superb stop to deny Enzo Fernández’s shot from the loose ball.
Rosenior’s men struggled to create much in the early stages of the second half too, and it took until the hour mark for them to properly test Pickford again, with Fernández once more taking a shot towards the England goalkeeper’s left, but he got across to save again.
Just moments later, though, it was 2-0. Everton countered through an interception and strong run from Idrissa Gueye, who fed Beto and his shot was too powerful for Sánchez, squirming through his legs and trickling over the line.
Beto became the first Everton player to score more than once in a Premier League game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, after three visiting players had done so.
It was another direct attack that trebled Everton’s advantage, with a goal-kick from Pickford flicked on by Beto to Ndiaye, who cut inside Moisés Caicedo and placed his effort high into the top corner to Sánchez’s left.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall could have made it four against his former club when he raced down the left on the counter, but his eventual shot was straight at Sánchez.
There was little response from Chelsea, though, who have failed to score in three successive games in all competitions for the first time since September 2023.
Dewsbury-Hall exclusively revealed to Opta Analyst recently his belief that Everton are primed for European football, and they can absolutely dream of that next season after their latest win.
As for Chelsea, Rosenior needs to stop the rot that has seen them lose their last four games in all competitions.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Everton vs Chelsea stats from their Premier League meeting at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday.
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