Everton vs Chelsea

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Arguably the biggest fixture on the opening weekend, Frank Lampard's Everton will welcome Chelsea to Goodison Park in the late start of the Premier League on Saturday.
Everton will be looking to improve on what was a hugely difficult 2021-22 campaign in the coming season, with the team finishing 16th in the Premier League table, just four points above the relegation zone, as they faced the prospect of dropping into the second tier of English football.

The Toffees remain one of six English clubs to have never been relegated from the Premier League, but they had been picked out as possible European challengers last term, and the only real positive was that they managed to finish above the bottom three, with Frank Lampard helping to secure survival after being appointed in January.

View moreChelsea, meanwhile, managed to finish third in the Premier League last season despite the off-the-field issues regarding their ownership, so they will again play in the Champions League this term.

The Blues have managed to boost their squad with four players this summer, bringing in Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Carney Chukwuemeka and Gabriel Slonina, but they are still short of a centre-forward following Romelu Lukaku's return to Inter Milan on loan.

Chelsea will welcome Tottenham Hotspur in their second match of the season next weekend, so there is pressure on the team to start the campaign with a positive result, but it remains to be seen whether the capital outfit are entirely ready for the return of competitive action.

Everton start the season without their star forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin who will be out for the next six weeks due to injury while his fellow forward Salomon Rondon will also be unavailable due to suspension.

Timo Werner is also a fitness doubt for Chelsea, with his future in London also up in the air.

Both teams to score is a reasonable prediction for this match, and it is tipped at 1.94 odds.