Everton beat Chelsea for third win in row

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Abdoulaye Doucoure scored his sixth goal of the season for Everton

Everton claimed three consecutive Premier League victories for the first time since 2021 as they saw off Chelsea at Goodison Park.

Abdoulaye Doucoure and substitute Lewis Dobbin both fired home first-time efforts in the second half as Sean Dyche's side moved four points clear of the relegation zone.

It was a tight and tense first half with Jordan Pickford making decent saves to deny Enzo Fernandez's rasping shot and Cole Palmer's dipping drive from range.

Jack Harrison's acrobatic volley which flew narrowly wide was Everton's most presentable opportunity in the opening period and Dwight McNeil forced visiting goalkeeper Robert Sanchez into an excellent stop at the start of the second half.

Chelsea's attacks were breaking down in the final third and they were punished on the break as Doucoure smashed in and Dobbin smacked home in stoppage time for the in-form Toffees.

The loss is Chelsea's seventh in the league under Mauricio Pochettino this season, dropping them one place to 11th, as they were leapfrogged by neighbours Fulham's thrashing of West Ham.

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Everton

Squad number1Player namePickford

Squad number18Player nameYoung

Squad number6Player nameTarkowski

Squad number32Player nameBranthwaite

Squad number19Player nameMykolenko

Squad number11Player nameHarrison

Squad number27Player nameGueye

Squad number37Player nameGarner

Squad number7Player nameMcNeil

Squad number16Player nameDoucouré

Squad number9Player nameCalvert-Lewin

Squad number2Player namePatterson

Squad number8Player nameOnana

Squad number14Player nameBeto

Squad number61Player nameDobbin

Chelsea

Squad number1Player nameSánchez

Squad number24Player nameJames

Squad number2Player nameDisasi

Squad number5Player nameBadiashile

Squad number3Player nameCucurella

Squad number8Player nameFernández

Squad number25Player nameCaicedo

Squad number20Player namePalmer

Squad number23Player nameGallagher

Squad number10Player nameMudryk

Squad number19Player nameBroja

Squad number7Player nameSterling

Squad number15Player nameJackson

Squad number26Player nameColwill

Squad number28Player namePetrovic

Squad number29Player nameMaatsen

Line-ups

Everton

Formation 4-4-1-1

1Pickford18YoungSubstituted forPattersonat 41'minutes6Tarkowski32BranthwaiteBooked at 59mins19Mykolenko11HarrisonSubstituted forDobbinat 86'minutes27GueyeBooked at 15minsSubstituted forOnanaat 45'minutes37Garner7McNeil16Doucouré9Calvert-LewinSubstituted forGomes Betuncalat 67'minutes

Substitutes

2Patterson8Onana10Danjuma12Neves Virgínia14Gomes Betuncal22Godfrey28Ramalho Chermiti58Hunt61Dobbin

Chelsea

Formation 4-2-3-1

1SánchezSubstituted forPetrovicat 84'minutes24JamesSubstituted forColwillat 27'minutes2Disasi5Badiashile3CucurellaSubstituted forMaatsenat 84'minutes8FernándezSubstituted forSterlingat 66'minutes25Caicedo20PalmerBooked at 20mins23Gallagher10MudrykBooked at 73mins19BrojaSubstituted forJacksonat 67'minutes

Substitutes

6Thiago Silva7Sterling15Jackson26Colwill28Petrovic29Maatsen42Gilchrist52Matos54Castledine

Referee:Michael Oliver

Attendance:39,280

Live Text

Match ends, Everton 2, Chelsea 0.

Second Half ends, Everton 2, Chelsea 0.

Goal! Everton 2, Chelsea 0. Lewis Dobbin (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.

Corner, Everton. Conceded by Axel Disasi.

Foul by Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea).

Lewis Dobbin (Everton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Attempt blocked. Conor Gallagher (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Nathan Patterson.

Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Amadou Onana (Everton).

Substitution, Everton. Lewis Dobbin replaces Jack Harrison.

Foul by Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea).

Amadou Onana (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution, Chelsea. Ian Maatsen replaces Marc Cucurella.

Substitution, Chelsea. Djordje Petrovic replaces Robert Sánchez because of an injury.

Foul by Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea).

Jordan Pickford (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Nathan Patterson.

Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by James Tarkowski.

Attempt blocked. Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Levi Colwill.

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