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Thursday, 17 April 2008 - (Friday
Morning)
Channel
27: 3:00 AM
(Live)
Everton midfield duo Mikel Arteta and Leon
Osman are struggling to be fit for the visit of Chelsea to Goodison
Park.
Arteta (stomach muscle) and Osman (hamstring) have had treatment
this week but are unlikely to be ready.
Chelsea are expected to make the trip north without midfielder
Frank Lampard and striker Didier Drogba.
Lampard missed Monday's game against Wigan because his mother is
in hospital with pneumonia, while Drogba has not trained because of
a knee injury.
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• Everton boss David Moyes:
"In a strange way maybe the pressure has relented a bit. "I think
Manchester United will now win the Premier League and it's very
difficult for us to make fourth position so maybe the game is gone
as far as what both teams can do above us. "But Chelsea won't want
to be caught by anyone from behind them and we have a job to at
least hang on to fifth."
• Chelsea boss Avram Grant:
"I will not give up until it is over and we will keep fighting - in
football anything can happen. "But first we need to win, it's an
important game and then we'll think about other things. "It's very
difficult to play at Goodison Park, they are a good team and it's
never easy to play them."
This is the fourth time these sides are meeting this season.
Chelsea have won nine and drawn five of the last 14 Premier League
matches against Everton, including four wins in the last five
visits to Goodison.
The last two league meetings, home and away, have been 1-1
draws. The Toffees have not beaten the Londoners in six home league
games, since 25 November 2000.
at Everton only
League (inc PL): Everton 33 wins, Chelsea 14, Draws 21
Prem: Everton 3 wins, Chelsea 6, Draws 6
Everton 2-3 Chelsea
16 December 2006 - Ref: Mark Halsey
Everton scorers: Arteta 38 pen, Yobo 64
Chelsea scorers: Howard 49 og, Lampard 81, Drogba 87
Chelsea 1-1 Everton
11 November 2007 - Ref: Alan Wiley
Chelsea scorer: Drogba 70
Everton scorer: Cahill 90
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