Chelsea v Everton Betting Odds, Preview and Predictions

Chelsea v Everton Betting Preview
A final day match between two clubs who will be losing their respective managers at the end of the season. Chelsea will be brimming with confidence at home after winning the Europa League final in the week, and they are the ones with everything to play for. A win secures third place in the league for them, whereas Everton have to settle for nothing less and nothing more than sixth in the league. Will it be Rafa Benitez or David Moyes who signs off from their current employment with a win?

Chelsea v Everton Betting Odds at online bookmaker BetFred
Chelsea 8/13, Draw 14/5, Everton 9/2

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Chelsea v Everton Recommended Bet:
The Blues could end up in total tie with Arsenal, by finishing the season with exactly the same records. That will happen if Chelsea draw their match and Arsenal land a certain one goal win depending on however many the Blues net. If that happens, then Chelsea and Arsenal will have a one match play off to settle third place and a place in the group stage of the Champions League. Chelsea can avoid all of that hassle though by winning the match which will see them finish in third. A draw for Chelsea and a win for Arsenal by a two goal margin or greater would see the Gunners leapfrog the Blues. So one last effort from Rafa Benitez’s men is needed and they should be full of fire after beating Benfica to the punch in the Europa League final. Their European ventures aside, the Blues have been in good Premier League form as well so they are favourites to take the win they may need.

Chelsea are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League matches, winning five of those. Their form against the other top six sides this season has been great, taking the most points off fellow top six sides than any of the others. The weight of Chelsea’s season can clearly be seen by this being their 69th match, whereas this will be just Everton’s 45th. Chelsea have lost just twice this season in posting a W11 D5 L2 record and they have scored at a rate of 2.17 goals per game and have conceded at a rate of 0.8 per game at home this term. This should set them up well for a win. Just 50% of their home games though have gone over 2.5 goals this season. Everton of course will pose their threats and they have won their last five matches on the final day of the day of the season (one of them a win over Chelsea back in 2010/11).

Everton’s form at Stamford Bridge hasn’t been great through, winning just one of their last twenty Premier League visits there. Steven Pienaar could be worth watching as First Goalscorer, as he has scored in the opening five minutes in the last two matches against the Blues in the Premier League. A reason why Everton have fallen outside of the European places is they they have taken just four points from eleven away matches against the current top five in the Premier League this season. In total in London, Everton have won just three of twenty matches in the capital since the start of the 2009/10 season. Everton are on a three match unbeaten streak at the moment, and have lost just one of their last ten in the top flight. Away from home, the Toffees haven’t recorded a win in their last seven though. In fact Everton have only recorded four away wins all season in a W4 D9 L5 record this term. They have scored and conceded 21 goals on their travels this season.

Six of the last 12 Premier League meetings between the two have ended in a draw, and they have split wins between them in the other six matches. So this could well be a tight match and three of the last four matches between them at the Bridge in all competitions have ended in a draw. Could be worth looking at a draw for value at 14/5 with online bookmaker BetFred.

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Chelsea WWDWW, Everton WDLWDW

Stat Attack
Six of the last twelve meetings have ended in a draw
Everton have won just one of their last 20 EPL matches at Stamford Bridge
The Toffees have won their last five final day fixtures in a row
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last seven EPL matches