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Leighton Baines is set to make his 350th appearance for Everton, who have no new injury concerns.
Enner Valencia returns after being ineligible to face West Ham but Aaron Lennon, Seamus Coleman and Ramiro Funes Mori all remain sidelined.
Chelsea have a fully-fit squad available as they look to go seven points clear of Tottenham.
Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Pedro are expected to lead Chelsea’s challenge at Goodison Park.
Head-to-head
- Chelsea have lost six of their last 10 away matches against Everton in all competitions, including defeats at Goodison Park in both the league and FA Cup last season.
- However, Everton have only beaten Chelsea in five of their 32 Premier League meetings over the last 16 years (D10, L17).
Everton
- Everton have lost just once at Goodison Park all season, winning 12 of their 17 league fixtures.
- The Toffee’s 41 goals at home in the league is more than they have managed in any of their last 26 top-flight campaigns.
- A win would give Everton a Premier League club record of 43 points at home this season.
- Romelu Lukaku is the first Everton player to score in nine successive home fixtures since Dixie Dean in 1934. He has 14 goals in that period.
- However, Lukaku has failed to score in all five of his previous outings against former club Chelsea in the Premier League.
Chelsea
- Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat at Manchester United on 16 April was only their second away league loss in 14 matches (W10, D2).
- The Blues have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 league games, their worst run since conceding in 13 straight games in 1996.
- Diego Costa has scored four goals and set up two in four Premier League appearances against Everton.
- Costa’s 19 league goals have won an unrivalled 15 points for his club.
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