In the first of back-to-back trips to Merseyside in the Women’s Super League, the Blues are on the road to face Everton this weekend. Here is all the information you need to know…
We return from the international break, during which a number of our players impressed while representing their respective countries, looking to extend our winning run in the league this season to five games from five.
When and where
We play Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday 3 November with kick-off scheduled for 6.45pm.
How to follow
As always, you can follow via the match centre on the official Chelsea website and official app, and through Chelsea Women’s social media channels with match commentary posted on X and regular updates available on Facebook and Instagram.
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports for those watching in the UK.
The form
Sonia Bompastor’s side make the trip to face the Toffees with a 100 per cent record in the WSL this season, having won each of our four games thus far.
In September, we recorded a 1-0 win against Aston Villa at Kingsmeadow and beat Crystal Palace 7-0 in an emphatic display at Selhurst Park.
Back-to-back London derbies in October saw the Blues defeat Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium, before a 5-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Kingsmeadow extended our winning run ahead of the international break.
We currently sit second in the WSL table with 12 points, one behind Manchester City who have played a game more.
Chelsea are also unbeaten in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, having won our two Group B matches against Real Madrid at home and FC Twente away.
This weekend’s opponents currently sit 11th in the league standings with two points. They have drawn two games – against Arsenal and West Ham - and lost three so far this campaign.
In the League Cup, Everton drew 1-1 with Championship side Newcastle United in normal time, before picking up the bonus point following a win on penalties.
Recent head-to-head
The Blues beat Everton on three occasions last season, twice in the WSL and in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
In the WSL, Chelsea won both home and away with a scoreline of 3-0. The first encounter at Walton Hall Park saw Jessie Fleming, Sam Kerr and Aggie Beever-Jones on the score sheet, meanwhile, in the reverse fixture at Kingsmeadow, a brace from Guro Reiten and an Erin Cuthbert strike helped us to the three points.
When the two sides met in the last eight of the FA Cup, Catarina Macario proved to be the match-winner as she netted the only goal of the match just three minutes after coming off the bench.