Everton 2-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2006

Result

Everton 2-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2006, 13:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Everton 2-3 Chelsea: match report

Everton were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 December 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Everton's goals came from Mikel Arteta (38', penalty) and Joseph Yobo (63'). Chelsea scored through an own goal by Tim Howard (49'), Frank Lampard (80') and Didier Drogba (87').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Everton were 10th on 24 points from 17 and Chelsea 2nd on 39 points from 17. Everton went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Everton wins, 3 draws and 7 for Chelsea.

Going into the match Everton's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Chelsea's W-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Penalty goal · Mikel ArtetaEverton · 1-0
  • 49'Own goal · Tim HowardChelsea · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea
  • 63'Goal · Joseph YoboEverton · 2-1
  • 80'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Phil NevilleEverton
  • 87'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 0, draws 3, Chelsea 7.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley

Chelsea expected line-up

John Terry, William Gallas, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Eiður Guðjohnsen