Everton’s unbeaten home start meets Chelsea’s uneven away record
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Everton’s unbeaten home record provides the key contrast with Chelsea’s 1-win, 2-loss away record, while both teams enter level on 10 points.
Before kickoff
Home solidity against an uneven away record
Everton and Chelsea meet in Premier League regular-season round 7 with both teams on 10 points from 6 games. Everton are ranked #5, while Chelsea are ranked #6; both trail league leaders Manchester City by 8 points. The table is provisional before Saturday’s match.
The clearest contrast comes from the venue-specific records. Everton have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 0 of their home games this season, scoring 5 goals and conceding 2 across those matches. They have also kept 2 home clean sheets. Chelsea’s away record is 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses, with 4 goals scored, 7 conceded and 0 clean sheets in their away games.
Two different teams?
Home and away form for Everton
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Everton’s home record and Chelsea’s away record this league season Season data from the article’s source snapshot; this chart is not a statistic for this match alone.
Form and team news to weigh
Everton’s most recent 6 league results read Win, Draw, Draw, Draw, Win, Draw. Chelsea’s most recent 6 are Win, Win, Loss, Draw, Loss, Win. That sample shows Everton avoiding defeat throughout the listed sequence, while Chelsea’s results have varied; neither sequence alone establishes what will happen here.
Everton list V. Mykolenko as questionable with an injury. Chelsea list J. Gittens as missing the fixture with an ankle injury and E. Emegha as questionable with a muscle injury. The match is at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 11:30 UTC, with Paul Tierney as referee.
At kickoff, can Everton’s home defence maintain its record against a Chelsea side that has conceded 7 goals in its away games this season?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Manchester City | WWWWW | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 18 | |
| 2 | Arsenal | WLWWW | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| 3 | Brighton | WWWDL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Brentford | DWDDD | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | |
| 5 | Everton | DWDDD | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | |
| 6 | Chelsea | WLDLW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | |
| 7 | Leeds | LDWDD | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | |
| 8 | Hull City | DLDDW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | |
| 9 | Liverpool | LWDWD | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | Ipswich | WLWLL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
| 11 | Newcastle | LWLDW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 | |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | WDLWL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | |
| 13 | Manchester United | DDLDW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | |
| 14 | Coventry | WWLLL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | LLWDD | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | |
| 16 | Aston Villa | DWLDL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | |
| 17 | Sunderland | LLLDW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth | LLDDD | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | |
| 19 | Tottenham | DLDDL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| 20 | Fulham | LDDLL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |