Season › 2011-12 › News Chelsea vs Everton Lyndon Lloyd , 13 October, 8comments | Jump to most recent Match Preview Everton's Premier League programme resumes following the break for internationals in the midsts of a challenging part of their fixture calendar. In the wake of consuective defeats to Manchester City and Liverpool, the Blues play twice in West London in the space of a week, first against Chelsea and then against Fulham, before home games loom against Chelsea (again, this time in the Cup) and Manchester United. Much is being made in the build up for this weekend's trip to Stamford Bridge of Everton's recent record against Chelsea on the Londoners' home turf but if David Moyes's men have found out anything in the last three weeks, it's that records mean nothing in the face of questionable tactics or disgraceful refereeing. The hoodoo Everton had over Manchester City was comfortably buried by Roberto Mancini once he was finally able to overcome Moyes's park-the-bus strategy at the Etihad Stadium and an impressive run on which the Blues avoided back-to-back League defeats was destroyed by Martin Atkinson in the Merseyside derby at the beginning of the month. As he prepares to face a Chelsea team that has scored nine goals in its last two Premier League outings, Moyes shouldn't rely too heavily on the fact that Everton are unbeaten in this fixture over the last five seasons but he will take heart from the fact that a battling, never-say-die attitude has earned a succession of draws and a dramatic FA Cup win on penalties on this ground in recent years. Article continues below video content It should be noted, though, that on most of those occasions, he sent his team out with a good deal more attacking intent than was on display at City and it's probably going to take a similarly adventurous approach to get anything from this one. That will hopefully mean a second successive start leading the line for Louis Saha rather than a reversion to Tim Cahill up top. In the more difficult circumstances of the derby, Saha wasn't able to open his account for the campaign but he scored twice against Chelsea in 2009/10 — the second goal, of course, coming after 25 seconds of the FA Cup Final — and the recent history of goals from Everton strikers in this fixture bodes well for him. Jack Rodwell looks like he will be fit but the fitness of Leon Osman permitting Moyes may well opt for an unchanged line-up from the team that started the derby, though Royston Drenthe or Diniyar Bilyaletdinov could step in should the midfielder not be passed fit due to an injury picked up in the derby. Chelsea, meanwhile, will give a late fitness test to John Terry who pulled out of training with a back injury on Friday. » Read more Live MatchDay Forum Reader Comments (8) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads