Chelsea will be looking to arrest their slump in form when they square off with Everton at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
After threatening to gatecrash the Premier League title race with a three-game winning run in November, the Blues have since banked just two points from their subsequent three top-flight fixtures.
Consequently, Enzo Maresca's men have fallen down the table, and now find themselves eight points behind league leaders Arsenal. A midweek trip to Atalanta failed to offer any respite, with the Blues falling to a 2-1 defeat in Bergamo.
In contrast, Everton will head to the capital in high spirits, having taken top honours from four of their last five Premier League assignments, the most recent of which was a comfortable 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
The Toffees’ impressive form has catapulted them up to seventh place in the standings, and another victory on Saturday would see them leapfrog their opponents.
How the bookies view it: Blues to get back on track
Despite failing to win any of their last four matches across all competitions, Chelsea come into this clash as firm 4/6 favourites on bet365.
Everton are as big as 9/2 with bet365 to emerge from Stamford Bridge victorious, while a share of the spoils is an unfancied 11/4 with the same firm.
Head to head: History favours the hosts
Impressively, Chelsea have avoided defeat in each of their last 29 Premier League home games against Everton, a sequence that stretches all the way back to 1994.
Each of Chelsea’s last five Premier League wins over Everton have been accompanied by a clean sheet, and a repeat here pays 15/8 with BetVictor.
Players to watch: Enzo offers value
Having averaged 1.02 shots on target per game in this season’s Premier League, Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez offers value to work Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford at least once during this contest at 10/11 with bet365.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall faces a trip back to his former stomping ground on Saturday. The tough-tackling Everton midfielder committed three fouls last time out, and he looks worth taking for two or more on Saturday at 5/6 with bet365.
Predicted line-ups
Chelsea continue to be without the services of injured quartet Dario Essugo, Levi Colwill, Liam Delap and Romeo Lavia, while Wesley Fofana is rated as doubtful after sustaining an eye injury in midweek. Meanwhile, Moises Caicedo will serve the final instalment of his three-match suspension.
Jarrad Branthwaite, Merlin Rohl and Seamus Coleman are all still sidelined for the visitors, but Idrissa Gueye is back in contention after completing his three-match ban.
Chelsea: Sanchez; Gusto, Badiashile, Chalobah, Cucurella; James, Fernandez; Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Pedro
Everton: Pickford; O'Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Garner, Alcaraz; Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish; Barry
Anything else catch the eye?
Backing both teams to score at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon looks well worthy of support at 17/20 with William Hill.
There have been goals at both ends in four of Chelsea’s previous five Premier League home games.
The case is strengthened by the fact that each team has obliged in three of Everton’s last six top-flight road fixtures.
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