Mansion Sports – The 2025/2026 Premier League season presents another highly anticipated match, with Chelsea set to host Everton in matchweek 16.

This fixture is scheduled to take place at Stamford Bridge on Friday, 12 December 2025 at 15:00 local time.

This encounter offers Chelsea an opportunity to end their disappointing run of performances, while Everton arrive with strong momentum to extend their positive form.

The two teams last met in April, when Chelsea secured a narrow 1-0 home victory thanks to a goal from Nicolas Jackson.

Before this match begins, here is Mansion Sports’ prediction for the Chelsea vs Everton lineup in December 2025.

Team Conditions Ahead of the Match

Chelsea

Since their convincing 3-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League and earning an important point in the 1-1 away draw against Arsenal in the Premier League at the end of November, Chelsea’s form has declined with three winless matches at the start of December.

Chelsea’s hopes of securing automatic qualification for the Champions League round of 16 were halted when Atalanta BC came from behind to win 2-1 in Bergamo.

This result leaves Enzo Maresca’s side in 11th place in the 36-team group stage standings, two points behind the top eight with two matches remaining.

Previously, Chelsea suffered a 1-3 defeat to Leeds United and a 0-0 draw with Bournemouth in successive Premier League matches, results that dropped them to fifth place in the standings and left them eight points behind Arsenal at the top, although only one point away from the top four.

Maresca’s team head into the Stamford Bridge clash against Everton with the record of having dropped more points from winning positions in home Premier League matches than any other team this season (eight), one more than their total last season (seven).

However, Chelsea can remain optimistic. They are unbeaten in their last 30 home meetings against Everton (17 wins, 13 draws), marking their longest unbeaten record against a single opponent in their league history. Everton have only recorded a longer unbeaten run away to Leeds (36 matches from 1953 to 2001).

Everton

Since David Moyes returned to manage Everton on 15 January this year, only Arsenal, Manchester City (both with 13 wins) and Chelsea (11 wins) have recorded more Premier League wins without conceding than Everton (10 wins).

Everton enter this match with confidence after winning four of their last five league matches without conceding, most recently defeating Nottingham Forest 3-0 at Hill Dickinson Stadium last weekend.

This result places them seventh in the standings, just two points behind the top four and 11 points clear of the relegation zone.

Only on four previous occasions have Everton collected 24 points from their first 15 Premier League matches, and in three of those seasons they finished in the top seven.

This performance has raised hopes that Moyes can guide Everton back into European competition for the first time in nearly a decade.

Everton will travel to Stamford Bridge looking to secure a third consecutive away win without conceding, having defeated Manchester United and Bournemouth 1-0 in their last two away matches.

However, Everton have not won at Chelsea’s home ground since November 1994, while Moyes has yet to record a win in 20 Premier League away matches at Stamford Bridge (seven draws, 13 losses). Only against Liverpool has he failed to win more often (21 matches).

Chelsea vs Everton Predicted Lineup – December 2025

Chelsea (4-5-1)

Chelsea will be without Moises Caicedo, who is serving the third match of his three-game suspension, while Liam Delap (shoulder), Levi Colwill (knee), Romeo Lavia and Dario Essugo (both thigh) and Mykhaylo Mudryk (doping suspension) remain unavailable.

Wesley Fofana sustained an eye injury due to a strange accident during the defeat to Atalanta, but Maresca hopes he will be available, possibly alongside Trevoh Chalobah at centre-back.

Captain Reece James may start on the bench after playing a full match in midweek, while playmaker Cole Palmer is set to return as the attacking midfielder, and Estevao and Alejandro Garnacho will push to enter the starting XI replacing Jamie Gittens and Pedro Neto.

Everton (4-2-3-1)

Seamus Coleman, Jarrad Branthwaite (both hamstring) and Merlin Rohl (hernia) are sidelined due to injury, while Thierno Barry is expected to be fit after a minor shoulder issue.

Midfield duo Idrissa Gueye and Tim Iroegbunam are available again after serving suspensions. Gueye is expected to start as the defensive midfielder alongside James Garner, while Iroegbunam will likely be on the bench.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Everton’s top scorer in the Premier League this season with four goals, may be deployed as the attacking midfielder behind the striker, replacing Carlos Alcaraz.

This match promises an intriguing tactical battle between Chelsea and Everton. With formations, player conditions, and historical statistics taken into consideration, this fixture could become one of the most exciting matches in the Premier League this season.

Which team will seize the momentum and claim victory? All will be revealed when the referee blows the opening whistle at Stamford Bridge.