Everton v Chelsea – Preview, Prediction, TV Listings, Betting Odds – EPL – 11 February 2012
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last five league matches as they travel to face 11th place Everton in the English Premier League. The match will take place at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England on Saturday, February 11, 2012. Kickoff is scheduled for 10:00 EST (USA Eastern), 15:00 GMT (UK time), and 16:00 CET (Central Europe).
Everton v Chelsea TV Listings
The match will be televised on Fox Soccer Channel (USA), Rogers Sportsnet (Canada), LIG TV (Turkey), C+ (Finland/France), Digi Sport (Romania/Hungary), Setanta Sports (Ireland), Sport 1 (Israel/Russia), Sport TV1 (Portugal), SportKlub (Croatia/Serbia), SuperSport (Africa), TV2 Sport PL (Denmark), Viasat (Sweden), and Abu Dhabi Sports (Middle East).
Everton v Chelsea Preview
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas
‘At the moment it has been very good, very positive. There is greater empathy and motivation for next year’s project. That was what was transmitted to me.’
‘There is greater empathy and motivation for next year’s project. That was what was transmitted to me.
‘In the past years there was a pattern of managers shifting and in the end you have to agree that from 2004 Chelsea has been massively successful, the best period of Chelsea’s history and hopefully we can progress that within this three-year range with me here.
‘When we set out with this team we believed in being ready for four trophies. We had a transfer window open and didn’t do any market activity apart from Gary [Cahill] and are confident still in trying to reach the objectives we have for this season with this team and then move on to next year.’
‘He knows a lot, Roman is a very informed person, on European and English football,’ said the 34-year-old. ‘It is good to have an opinion, even regarding what we think about next year and what players might be of interest to us.
‘We have to find the right targets. Getting Oriol Romeu at five million Euros was fantastic, and you couldn’t say he is not up to Premier League standard, so it is possible but normally you prefer to take top talent that takes less time to adapt and can play straight away.
‘[He asks about] the running of training and what we are doing on the exercises. When I was here [before] he was almost a “salute” relationship and nothing else – now it is more active and I think very positive.
‘He is a good person to share knowledge with, he asks questions and I try to give answers on what I do. It is like a normal club president and manager relationship, nothing different from that.’
Everton manager David Moyes
“You always want to play well and win the games, that doesn’t change and it would be nice to do it again. We’ve tended to be better in the second half of the season for whatever reason that is, but let’s hope this is a bit of a run we’re on and we can keep it going.
“Chelsea are a really tough team to beat and they’ve got good players, so it’ll be a really tough game for us. But we’ve always felt that we could compete against the better teams so we want to try and show that.
“I know we lost down there [in October] and we lost in extra time of the League Cup, but I think over the piece we’ve done okay against Chelsea.”
“Over the years, we’ve always sort of embraced these games because we’ve always been seen as the underdogs a little and we’ve always tried to come out with a bit of bulldog spirit and show people what we’re all about.
“We’ve always tried to put on a show if we can and try and do something for the supporters, especially when we’ve come up against sides that have built their teams costing many millions and with some great players.
“But when you cross the white line, nobody’s talking about that – they’re only thinking about the players who are out there.”
“I think it’s always hard when you take over a big club with big expectations. And that’s what Chelsea have. And I think they’ve got a really good team Chelsea.
“They look as if they’re trying to change some bits of the way they play and I think they’re trying to change some players around, so that takes time. It’s always difficult because people want instant results all the time and it doesn’t always happen in football, it doesn’t always work that way.”
“It’s always good when John Terry’s not in the side because he’s an excellent player and he’s a great captain.”
Team EPL Stats
| Everton | Chelsea | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches Played | 24 | 24 |
| Table Position | 11 | 4 |
| Points | 30 | 43 |
| Goal Difference | -3 | 15 |
| Goals for * | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Goals against * | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Last 5 | D-W-D-D-L | D-D-D-W-W |
| Last 5 home | W-D-L-W-D | D-W-L-D-W |
| Last 5 away | D-D-L-W-D | D-D-W-D-D |
| * Goals per match – home matches for home club and away matches for away club | ||
| Everton | Chelsea | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | Leon Osman 3 | Frank Lampard 9 |
| Assists | Royston Drenthe 5 | Juan Mata 8 |
| Yellows | Marouane Fellaini 5 | John Terry 7 |
| Reds | Jack Rodwell 1 | Ashley Cole 1 |
Upcoming EPL Fixtures
| Everton | Chelsea | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/11 | Chelsea | 2/11 | @Everton |
| 3/3 | @Queens Park Rangers | 2/25 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 3/10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3/3 | @West Bromwich Albion |
| 3/17 | Arsenal | 3/10 | Stoke City |
| 3/24 | @Swansea City | 3/19 | @Manchester City |
Everton v Chelsea Prediction
1-1 Draw
Everton v Chelsea Betting Odds
Everton win – 9/4
Draw – 23/10
Chelsea win – 5/4
