In Saturday's early kickoff, Chelsea will host Everton at Stamford Bridge in an attempt to solidify their place in the competition for the Premier League's top five.
Even though Chelsea's under-fire manager Enzo Maresca saved the team from loss last week with two late goals away to Fulham, the pressure on the manager has not decreased, and he will be suspended from the touchline this weekend.
Tyrique George and Pedro Neto scored late goals to defeat the Cottagers 2-1 last weekend, giving Maresca credit for preserving their Champions League aspirations after they were reprimanded by Chelsea supporters during their West London derby against Fulham.
That extended Chelsea's unbeaten league run to four games, needing to come back from losing positions at half time in both of their last two games to salvage four points.
Maresca will have been happy to see his friend Pep Guardiola do Chelsea a favour on Tuesday night as well, as his Manchester City side beat Aston Villa at the Etihad, meaning the Blues remain in sixth, just two points off the top five.
They will need all the help they can get though, as Chelsea have arguably the toughest run remaining of any club chasing the Champions League, with Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest all still to come.
One eye could also be on their Conference League semi-final with Djurgarden on Thursday, as Chelsea seek to end their four-year wait for silverware, but with that competition only granting them a Europa League place next season, the Premier League will still be at the top of their priorities.
Thankfully for the home support, they next face a club with an utterly dismal record at the Bridge, as Chelsea are unbeaten in their previous 29 home league encounters with Everton, dating back to 1994 - the longest unbeaten home run against a single opponent in the club's history.
Chelsea extended that impressive streak with a 6-0 thrashing of Everton in this fixture last season, inflicting the Toffees' heaviest defeat for 20 years.
In one of Sean Dyche's final few games in the Everton dugout though, they held Chelsea to a 0-0 draw just before Christmas, preventing Maresca's men from briefly going top of the Premier League, which now seems a very long time ago.
David Moyes is now at the helm, and has overseen a remarkable transformation that quickly eradicated fears of relegation in Everton's final season at Goodison Park.
A nine-game unbeaten run has now been followed up by a run of four games which have yielded just four points, but facing three of the league's top four in that time was a daunting challenge regardless of the team's form.
Man City were the most recent team to bid Goodison farewell last weekend, and they did so by beating Everton 2-0 thanks to late goals from Nico O'Reilly and Mateo Kovacic, meaning the Toffees lost their final nine games against the Citizens at their soon-to-be-demolished home.
Everton has only won once in eight games, a late triumph against Nottingham Forest two weeks ago. However, they have only lost to City and Liverpool during that time, so it is not surprising that they have drew more games (14) than any other Premier League team.
Since Moyes took charge, Everton has amassed 21 points, which is seven more than the lowest three combined over the same time span (14). Only the bottom three have won less games than Everton's eight total.
Everton is still in 13th place going into the weekend, leading the group of teams that are barely above the drop zone but far above the bottom three, after to losses to Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.
