Goodison Park is not our happy place normally, but Chelsea do come in on the back of a 17-match unbeaten run and with growing confidence for achieving something significant this season. That makes this match a very important litmus test.

Accordingly, Frank Lampard has selected the strongest lineup he could have, given our injuries in attack.

Here we go!

Everton starting lineup (4-4-2?):
Pickford | Holgate, Keane, Mena, Godfrey | Iwobi, Allan, Sigurdsson, Doucouré | Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin

Substitutes from: Olsen, Kenny, Tosun, Bernard, Gomes, Gordon, Davies

Chelsea starting lineup (4-3-3):
Mendy | James, Thiago Silva (c), Zouma, Chilwell | Kovacic, Kanté, Havertz | Mount, Giroud, Werner

Substitutes from: Kepa, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta, Gilmour, Jorginho, Anjorin, Abraham

Date / Time: Saturday, December 12, 2020, 20.00 GMT; 3pm EST; 1:30am IST (next day)
Venue: Goodison Park, Liverpool, England
Referee: Jonathan Moss (on pitch); Andre Marriner (VAR)

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