Everton 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2006
Result
Everton 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2006, 13:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Everton 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Everton were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 December 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Everton's goals came from Mikel Arteta (38', penalty) and Joseph Yobo (63'). Chelsea scored through an own goal by Tim Howard (49'), Frank Lampard (80') and Didier Drogba (87').
Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Everton were 10th on 24 points from 17 and Chelsea 2nd on 39 points from 17. Everton went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Everton wins, 3 draws and 7 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Everton's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Chelsea's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 38'Penalty goal · Mikel Arteta
- 49'Own goal · Tim Howard
- 50'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 63'Goal · Joseph Yobo
- 80'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 82'Yellow card · Phil Neville
- 87'Goal · Didier Drogba
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton expected line-up
Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley
Chelsea expected line-up
Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Arjen Robben, Petr Čech, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé