Everton 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2012

Result

Everton 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Everton 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Everton were beaten by Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Steven Pienaar opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Everton's goal came from Steven Pienaar (2'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (42') and Frank Lampard (72').

Discipline: Everton received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 6th on 33 points from 19 and Chelsea 4th on 35 points from 18. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 74.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Everton wins, 5 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Everton's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Chelsea's W-W-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Steven PienaarEverton · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Gary CahillChelsea
  • 64'Yellow card · Steven PienaarEverton
  • 70'Yellow card · David LuizChelsea
  • 72'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Sylvain DistinEverton
  • 86'Yellow card · Ashley ColeChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 3, draws 5, Chelsea 2.

Team news

Everton line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Johnny Heitinga, Sylvain Distin, Leighton Baines, Steven Naismith, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Nikica Jelavić, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Victor Anichebe

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, César Azpilicueta, Branislav Ivanović, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, F. Lampard, David Luiz, Ramires, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres