Everton 0-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 17 April 2008

Result

Everton 0-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Thursday 17 April 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Everton 0-1 Chelsea: match report

Everton were beaten by Chelsea 0-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 17 April 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Michael Essien of Chelsea in the 41st minute.

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 5th on 61 points from 34 and Chelsea 2nd on 75 points from 34. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Everton wins, 4 draws and 6 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea
  • 41'Goal · Michael EssienChelsea · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Paulo FerreiraChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 0, draws 4, Chelsea 6.

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 line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira, John Terry, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole