At 21:00 Beijing time on May 1, the 35th round of the Premier League ushered in a double blue battle, and Everton sat at home to meet Chelsea.
Everton v Chelsea, the game highlights are as follows:
First: two-team situation! After 34 rounds of the Premier League, Everton played 2 games less, 8 wins, 5 draws, 19 losses and 29 points to rank 18th, 5 points to leave the relegation zone; Chelsea 1 game less, 19 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses accumulated 66 points to rank third, the top four have an advantage of 8 points. In the last round of the Premier League, Everton lost 2-0 away to Liverpool, losing 7 of their last 10 league games, Lampard had no countermeasures against it; Chelsea drew 1-1 away to Manchester United, with only 1 win in the last 3 league games.
Second: Everton face a relegation life-and-death battle! In this round of the Premier League, Burnley scored 2 goals in 3 minutes, reversed Watford 2-1 away, has led Everton by as many as 5 points, toffee Sugar this round of Premier League home to Chelsea, if not scored, Everton will become the third favorite team to be relegated. So Everton vs Chelsea is a life-and-death battle for the Toffees.
Third: Lampard faces the old Lord! Chelsea star Lampard said he was not familiar with Abu, which made him controversial, and Blues fans hope that Chelsea can beat Lampard's Everton and give Abu a breath.
The two sides have met in the past 6 times, with Everton winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2, slightly gaining the upper hand. Chelsea have suffered defeats at Goodison Park in the last three seasons.
In injury suspension on both sides, Everton is full of injuries, including Townsend, Mina, Tosson, van der Beek, Davis, Patterson, Godfrey, Gomez, Lewin (suspected); Chelsea have Covasic, Chilwell, Christensen and Barkley.