Frank Lampard takes centre stage at Goodison Park on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Premier League season as Chelsea head to Everton.
Everton’s 1-0 home win against Thomas Tuchel’s side proved crucial in their battle against relegation in the final weeks of last season.
However, after losing key player Richarlison to Tottenham last month, Lampard looks set for another tough campaign on Merseyside, with Chelsea aiming for a Premier League title challenge.
The Toffees have won their past four home games against Chelsea in the league and Lampard faces a challenge to maintain that streak of victories.
The Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates and commentary.
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Everton vs. Chelsea live score
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Everton vs. Chelsea live updates and highlights from Premier League clash
26th minute: Lovely skill from Sterling, who turns on Mounts shorts corner and dribbles past a helpless Patterson. His dinked cross is headed behind by Holgate at the near post, because that appears to be exclusively Holgate’s job since coming on.
24th minute: Gray wins Everton’s first corner. I sails over the Chelsea box but Mykolenko sends in a lovely delivery from the left. Tarkwoski rises to meet it and Mendy makes a sharp save, pushing over his crossbar.
22nd minute: There’s a new directive for referees to allow more contact in challenges this season and that might have helped Everton out there, after Doucoure grabs at Sterling in the penalty area, Mina shoves him in the back and a melee ensues. Despite his protests to the referee, Sterling is waved away.
21st minute: Teasing ball from Gray but Gordon shows himself not to be specialist as he ducks under the attempted header. Koulibaly clears.
19th minute: Holgate right into the action. The restart commences a flurry of Chelsea corners, the third of which is worked short to Mount. Pickford gets down to save his drive and Holgate slides in to make a vital challenge on Sterling. The substitute then heads the next one behind before Patterson clears to end the spell of pressure.
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— Everton (@Everton) August 6, 2022
15th minute: Godfrey is still on the pitch receiving treatment and this looks like a really bad one for the centre-back. A raucous early atmosphere has understandably being punctured.
10th minute: One of those variety show Jordan Pickford moments, but this isn’t really his fault. Godfrey plays a rank backpass and the England goalkeeper strains to stop it from going out for a corner. He manages that (according to the linesman, anyway, because that looked like a corner to me) but diverts the ball to Havertz’s feet. The Chelsea forward has a tight angle to work with and Godfrey gets back to make a last-ditch challenge, before landing in a heap with Pickford and Havertz. Unfortunately, Godfrey looks to have injured himself in the melee and Mason Holgate is getting ready to come on.
7th minute: It reaches Havertz but Pickford gathers with the minimum of fuss.
6th minute: Tarkowski was involved in a probing spell of possession just then but he clumsily fouls Sterling and James will like the angle on this free-kick.
2nd minute: McNeil, operating from the right, swings his first teasing ball into the box, Doucoure gets forward to join the attack — as he will need to with Everton light up front — and he heads wide under pressure. It was barely half a chance but nicely worked by the hosts.
5 mins to KO: The teams are in that famously tight tunnel and Goodison Park is bouncing. Z-Cars and here we go.
25 mins to KO: Timo Werner is reportedly on his way out of Chelsea, meaning we could be seeing plenty more of Armando Broja. The Albania international is on the Blues’ bench after a productive season on loan at Southampton and Romelu Lukaku’s return to Inter could mean a few opportunities ahead.
40 mins to KO: On paper, this looks like a tall order for Everton and they’ll need Goodison Park rocking like it was during the final weeks of their survival bid. Without a replacement for Richarlison and with Rondon and Calvert-Lewin sidelined through suspension and injury respectively, Anthony Gordon will do his best impression of a centre-forward. Maybe McNeil’s set-piece delivery will be their best route to a goal.
1 hour to KO: Here are your lineups. Koulibaly, Sterling, Tarkowski and McNeil all make full debuts for their respective clubs. Cucurella is on the Chelsea bench, while Everton wingback Nathan Patterson makes his first Premier League appearance having signed from Rangers in January.
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— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 6, 2022
Our first XI of the season 🔵#EVECHE pic.twitter.com/GPBxd6XMxz
— Everton (@Everton) August 6, 2022
1 hour 20 mins to KO: Everton also experienced a pre-season walloping in the United States but, while Chelsea were beaten 4-0 by Arsenal, the Toffees lost by the same scoreline to Minnesota United. An ungenerous appraisal could say it’s handy that James Tarkowski and Dwight McNeil are already used to relegation battles, but the two former Burnley favourites look like shrewd additions. Whether Everton’s transfer market activity is enough to offset the loss of Richarlison to Tottenham is another matter and Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s injury woes have reappeared at an unfortunate time.
All set for today’s season opener ☀️#EVECHE pic.twitter.com/79O5hFF6hg
— Everton (@Everton) August 6, 2022
1 hour 40 mins to KO: It really feels like anyone’s guess over what sort of Chelsea we might see this afternoon. For a team with ambitions of competing on all fronts, that in itself isn’t ideal. Tuchel himself said this week that he didn’t feel Chelsea were ready for the new season after some poor friendly outings. However, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella all feel like stellar signings, even if they haven’t come cheap as new owner Todd Boehly has proved to be something of a rogue element in the transfer market so far.
2 Hrs to KO: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Everton’s Premier League opener at home to Chelsea. Frank Lampard facing his former club, where there’s been plenty of pre-season turbulence, means this one feels like it might just be the pick of the opening weekend.
Everton vs. Chelsea lineups
Lampard is battling against a string of injury problems, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin joining a growing absentee list.
Skipper Seamus Coleman is out due to a groin injury and Salomon Rondon is suspended. That means an opportunity for Nathan Patterson at right wing-back, while Anthony Gordon has been asked to do a job at centre-forward. Debutant Tarkowski will be joined by Yerry Mina at the back after the Colombia international passed a late fitness test.
Everton lineup (3-4-3): Pickford (GK) — Godfrey, Tarkowksi, Mina — Patterson, Doucoure, Iwobi, Mykolenko — Gray, Gordon, McNeil.
Everton subs (9): Begovic (GK), Holgate, Keane, Vinagre, Allan, Alli, Gbamin, Warrington, Mills.
Summer signings Kalidou Koulibaly and Raheem Sterling make their competitive debuts for Chelsea, with fellow big-money arrival Marc Cucurela on the bench. Armando Broja has been preferred to Timo Werner among the replacements.
Chelsea lineup (3-4-3): Mendy (GK) — Azpilicueta, Silva, Koulibaly — James, Jorginho, Kante, Chilwell — Mount, Havertz, Sterling.
Chelsea subs (9): Kepa (GK), Chalobah, Cucurella, Gallagher, Kovacic, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Ziyech, Broja
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What time is Everton vs. Chelsea?
Everton play host to Chelsea at Goodison Park in Liverpool, UK. It kicks off at 5:30 p.m. BST on Saturday, August 6.
| UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
| Date | Sat, August 6 | Sat, August 6 | Sat, August 6 | Sun, August 7 |
| Time | 17:30 BST | 12:30 ET | 12:30 ET | 02:30 AET |
How to watch Everton vs. Chelsea
| UK | USA | Canada | Australia | |
| TV channel | Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Premier League | USA Network, NBC Universo | — | — |
| Streaming | NOW TV/Sky Go | fuboTV | fuboTV | Optus Sport |
UK: The Everton-Chelsea match will be televised and streamed by Sky Sports in the UK.
USA: The match will be carried by USA Network (English) and Universo (Spanish), with both those channels streaming on fuboTV.
Canada: Every Premier League game streams live and on demand exclusively via fuboTV.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream matches live and on demand on Optus Sport.
