Buy Everton vs Chelsea tickets for the 2026/27 Season and you are buying into only the second league visit Chelsea have ever made to Everton's new home. Kickoff is Saturday 17 October 2026 at 12:30 BST at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, live on television in the UK. The fixture was pulled forward from its original slot for broadcast, which matters enormously if you were planning to travel.
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That 12:30 start is the single most important detail on this page. A lunchtime Saturday kickoff in north Liverpool means early trains, an early ferry or an overnight stay. It rules out a same-day return from most of the south. Anyone building a trip around Everton home matches at the Hill Dickinson Stadium should lock the travel to the confirmed time rather than the one they first saw.
The ground itself is still new enough that most visiting supporters have not been. Everton left Goodison Park after 133 years and moved to the waterfront at Bramley-Moore Dock for the 2025/26 season, into a 52,888-seat stadium built around a single-tier home end. Chelsea have played there exactly once. This will be the second time.
On paper a 52,888-seat stadium sounds generous next to Goodison. In practice the constraint at Everton is not the size of the building, it is the gate in front of it. Everton allocate home tickets through a ballot rather than a general sale. Entry to the meaningful ballot windows requires a paid Forever Blue membership. There is a free digital tier, but the first ballot belongs to Forever Blue+ members and the second to standard Forever Blue members. By the time either closes for a fixture of this profile there is nothing behind it.
The season ticket base compounds it. Everton carried 32,347 season ticket holders into the previous campaign and renewed at just over 97% for 2026/27, which left roughly 970 seats returning to circulation across the entire waiting list. That is not a pool that produces spare tickets for a Saturday lunchtime against Chelsea. Supporters chasing Chelsea away tickets face the same wall from the other side, since the visiting allocation at this ground is a corner block rather than a full end, spoken for through Chelsea's own loyalty points long before general release.
Television adds a layer that a 3pm Saturday does not. A televised lunchtime fixture is the one visiting supporters from outside the north west can actually reach without missing a full working day, which broadens the market rather than narrowing it. It also lifts interest among neutrals in Liverpool for the weekend, in a city that fills up regardless of who is playing.
Then there is the novelty premium. A stadium in its second season, on a dock on the Mersey, with a 13,000-seat single-tier stand behind one goal, is a destination in its own right for groundhoppers and travelling fans who want to see it. That demand did not exist at Goodison in the same way, because everybody had already been.
Not through the club, in any practical sense. Everton's home sale runs on a ballot. That ballot is a members-only mechanism. A free Forever Blue Digital account gets you very little for a fixture like this. Paid Forever Blue membership buys you an entry into the second ballot window, which for a televised game against Chelsea is a lottery ticket rather than a purchase. Forever Blue+ gets you into the first window, which is better odds and still not a guarantee.
The club also runs a season ticket resale platform, where holders who cannot attend return their seat for other members to buy. It works. It is a good system. It is also closed to anyone outside the membership. For a supporter in London, Dubai or anywhere else who wants to see this specific match on this specific date, none of those routes is available without first buying a membership that only improves the odds.
A verified marketplace is the route that does not require any of that. Season ticket holders who cannot make a 12:30 Saturday list their seats. Hospitality holders release unused places. The inventory sits open for comparison from the moment listings go live. You see the stand, the block, the price and the delivery method before you commit, with no ballot, no membership tier and no waiting to find out whether you were successful. For a fixture where the club's own process is a draw rather than a sale, that difference is the entire value.
One practical note. Everton run digital ticketing as standard at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, with identification requested at the turnstiles, so the question is never whether you hold a paper ticket. It is whether the transfer completed cleanly before you travelled. A verified marketplace handles that transfer as part of the sale.
Five things set the price of a seat here. Stand and tier lead, because the new ground has a genuinely wide spread from the single-tier home end to the premium central rows on the main side. Opponent follows. Everton price by category, with the largest visiting clubs at the top of the scale. Fixture timing matters, with a televised weekend slot pricing above a midweek game. Competition context plays a part, since neither club has European football this season to spread supporter budgets across. Hospitality tier sets the ceiling, which at this stadium is high.
Everton's own matchday pricing runs from single figures for junior tickets in the lowest categories up to the mid-hundreds for premium seats against the largest visitors. Chelsea sit in the top category. The ranges below reflect what the resale market typically produces for a fixture of this profile in the stadium's second season.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Stand upper and corners | £135 – £195 | Buyers prioritising cost over position | The lowest-priced way in. Behind the goal at height, with the far penalty area a long way off. |
| South Stand, the home end | £195 – £270 | Atmosphere above everything | The 13,000-seat single tier. Steep, loud and rarely still. Expect to be standing for most of it. |
| East or West Stand standard | £270 – £370 | The all-round view | Side-on with the whole pitch in front of you. The tier most visiting buyers should target. |
| West Stand central | £370 – £530+ | The clearest read of the game | Halfway line on the main side. Limited rows, heavy season ticket occupancy, so listings thin early. |
| Hospitality and VIP | £560 – £1,150+ | Guests, clients and a first visit to the ground | Lounge, box and premium club products on the main side. A large operation by Premier League standards. |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
For context on why holders are reluctant to release, an Everton season ticket spreads across nineteen league fixtures at a cost per game far below any single-match figure above. The renewal rate above 97% tells you how the support values it. A holder giving up their seat for the Chelsea game is giving up one of the handful their friends would actually want.
This is a purpose-built football ground rather than a converted bowl, so the geometry is unusually good throughout. The four stands are close to the pitch on all sides, the roof covers the seating, with no running track or corner gaps to spoil sightlines. What varies is atmosphere and elevation rather than whether you can see. Study the Hill Dickinson Stadium seating plan before filtering listings, then compare availability across every fixture at the ground through the Hill Dickinson Stadium tickets listings.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Stand central | Reading the game properly | High | Halfway line on the main side, with the dugouts below. Cleanest view in the ground. |
| East Stand central | The value pick for visitors | Upper mid | Side-on from the opposite touchline. Comparable sightlines for meaningfully less money. |
| South Stand lower | Noise, colour and constant singing | Mid | The single-tier home end. The steepest rake in the ground and the reason it sounds the way it does. |
| South Stand upper rows | Atmosphere with a wider view | Mid | High in the same stand, so you keep the noise while seeing more of the pitch shape. |
| North Stand upper | Lowest entry price | Low to mid | Opposite the home end at height. Acceptable when the alternative is missing the game. |
| North Stand lower corner, visiting supporters | Chelsea-supporting travellers | Mid | The away allocation sits in this corner, facing the home end across the pitch. Visiting colours belong inside that block only. |
If you are neutral or undecided, the East Stand towards the halfway line is the sensible answer. You get a clean side-on view of both penalty areas, full cover, plus a price below the equivalent seat opposite. Buyers travelling with children or older relatives should favour the same stand nearer the corners, where the walk in from the dock side is shortest and the exit at full time is calmer. Anyone tempted by the South Stand should understand what they are buying: it is the loudest part of the ground by design, with a severe gradient.
The new stadium was built with a far larger premium offer than Goodison ever had, spread across lounges, boxes and members' clubs on the main side. That has changed what hospitality means at Everton. Where the old ground had a modest operation, this one competes with the newer London stadiums, which means more inventory and more of it reaching resale when corporate holders cannot use a lunchtime kickoff.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Private box, main side | Companies hosting groups | Enclosed space with dedicated service and a private area either side of the game |
| Members' club or lounge place | Client entertaining in pairs and fours | Shared lounge with catering before and after, then a padded central seat. The most common premium listing on resale |
| Premium central seat | Couples marking a first visit to the ground | Halfway-line position with wider seating, without committing to a full package |
| Group hospitality arrangement | Parties of six or more | The most dependable route to seats together, since ballot and resale seats surface individually |
Two things are worth knowing before buying premium here. Access windows generally open two to three hours before kickoff, which for a 12:30 start means arriving mid-morning, so plan breakfast rather than lunch. Second, hospitality solves the group problem. Everton's ballot and members' resale both release seats individually, so a party of four buying in the general bowl will very often be split across blocks.
The stadium's location works in hospitality's favour too. Bramley-Moore Dock has very little around it, so an indoor space with food and drink before the game is more useful here than at a ground surrounded by pubs.
Everton run digital ticketing as standard at the new stadium, with identification requested at entry. For a buyer travelling to a 12:30 kickoff, the delivery method matters more than the format.
| Delivery Type | What to Confirm |
|---|---|
| Mobile ticket transfer | That you can accept the transfer on the same phone you will carry to the ground. Screenshots do not scan, since the code refreshes. |
| Instant download | That the file opens on your device before you travel. Save it to your wallet app rather than relying on signal at the turnstiles. |
| Collection near the ground | The meeting point, the window it operates in and what identification the seller expects you to present. |
| Courier to a Liverpool address | That your hotel accepts parcels for guests, plus that the delivery window lands before matchday rather than on it. |
Whatever the method, read the listing notes in full before you buy. They tell you the stand, whether the seats are together and how the seller intends to deliver. Carry valid photo identification, since it is requested at this ground more consistently than at older grounds. Charge your phone before you leave. There is no parking at the stadium, so most people arrive on a Merseyrail service to Sandhills, Bank Hall or Moorfields, on one of the matchday shuttle buses from the city centre, or on a Mersey ferry. A flat battery at a digital turnstile at the end of that journey ends the day early.
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Step1
Open the fixture listings
Land on the match page for the Merseyside fixture and set your quantity filter before anything else. Adjacency is the scarcest thing at a ballot club, so quantity narrows the field fast.
Step2
Set up your account
You can browse without one, but you will move faster at payment if you create an account first. It also stores your delivery preferences for future fixtures.
Step3
Decide on your stand
Work out whether you are buying for view, atmosphere or price. Here those three answers point at the West Stand, the South Stand and the upper North respectively.
Step4
Compare listings side by side
Two seats in the same stand can carry very different prices depending on row, delivery method and whether adjacency is guaranteed. Read all three fields rather than the headline figure alone.
Step5
Confirm which end you are in
Establish whether a listing sits in the home South Stand or the visiting corner of the North before committing, particularly if you intend to wear club colours.
Step6
Complete a secure payment
Payment runs through an encrypted gateway. You will see the full amount, including fees, before you authorise anything.
Step7
Keep your confirmation safe
Your order confirmation arrives by email within minutes. It carries the reference needed for any query about delivery, so file it rather than deleting it.
Step8
Follow your delivery
Use track order to watch progress from confirmation through to the transfer landing on your phone. Most digital tickets arrive in the final week before kickoff, which is normal rather than a cause for concern.
The 12:30 kickoff is the thing to plan around, because it removes the option most overseas and southern buyers would otherwise take. A same-day return from London is not realistic for a lunchtime start in north Liverpool, so budget for a Friday night. Liverpool John Lennon airport sits south of the city with a bus link into the centre, while Manchester airport is roughly forty minutes away by train and often better connected internationally. From the city centre the ground is reached on Merseyrail to Sandhills, Bank Hall or Moorfields, by matchday shuttle bus, by Mersey ferry, or on foot in around half an hour along the waterfront.
Choose your delivery method before booking travel rather than after. Mobile transfer is the default, so the phone receiving it needs to be with you along with a downloaded wallet pass in case signal at the turnstiles is poor. Courier to a Liverpool hotel works if your stay begins at least two days before kickoff, provided the hotel accepts parcels for guests yet to arrive. Seats together deserve early attention, since ballot and resale seats are released individually rather than in blocks. Note too that broadcast selections can still move fixtures at short notice earlier in a season, so confirm the time again before booking anything non-refundable.
Everton and Chelsea have met more than 190 times in all competitions, which puts this among the more heavily played fixtures in English football without ever being a rivalry in the derby sense. Chelsea hold the overall advantage across that history. What has never held is their record in Liverpool. Across 94 visits to Goodison Park, Chelsea won 22 and lost 45, a return that made the old ground one of the least rewarding away days in the division for them regardless of how the two clubs were faring.
The recent evidence says the address changed without the pattern changing. Across the last six league meetings with Everton at home, spanning Goodison Park and now the Hill Dickinson Stadium, Chelsea have scored a single goal. They took one win in that run, in an opening-weekend fixture in August 2022. Otherwise they have been shut out repeatedly, in a period when Everton were widely expected to be the weaker side on paper. The first visit to the new stadium in March 2026 followed the script and then some, with the hosts winning by three.
What makes this one worth attending is the collision between that record and the reality of the two squads. Chelsea arrive as the wealthier club with the deeper squad, at a ground where their recent history is genuinely poor, in front of a home end built specifically to make visiting teams uncomfortable. Everton have not lost this fixture at home in four years. October will tell whether the new stadium inherited the old one's habit.
Everton have hosted Chelsea only once in the Premier League at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, so the scope below is widened to all Premier League meetings with Everton as the home side across the last six seasons, covering both Goodison Park and the new ground. A venue column is included. Reverse fixtures at Stamford Bridge and all cup ties are excluded.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 6 |
| Everton wins | 4 |
| Chelsea wins | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Everton goals | 7 |
| Chelsea goals | 1 |
| Biggest Everton win | 3-0, 21 March 2026 |
| Biggest Chelsea win | 0-1, 6 August 2022 |
| First meeting in scope | 12 December 2020 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 21 March 2026 |
Figures compiled from the match-by-match record below, cross-referenced against ESPN match reports, Chelsea club records, Sports Mole and Premier League published results.
Premier League fixtures with Everton as the home side across the last six seasons, newest first. The venue column marks the 2025 move from Goodison Park.
| Date | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2026 | 3-0 | Hill Dickinson Stadium |
| 22 Dec 2024 | 0-0 | Goodison Park |
| 10 Dec 2023 | 2-0 | Goodison Park |
| 6 Aug 2022 | 0-1 | Goodison Park |
| 1 May 2022 | 1-0 | Goodison Park |
| 12 Dec 2020 | 1-0 | Goodison Park |
Every score above was verified against at least two independent sources, including ESPN match reports, Chelsea club records, Sports Mole and Premier League published results.
Saturday 17 October 2026 at 12:30 BST. The fixture was brought forward from its original slot for live UK television, so plan travel around the earlier start.
For the club's own ballot, yes, though even then it is a draw rather than a purchase. A verified marketplace has no membership requirement and no ballot to win.
The visiting allocation sits in the lower corner of the North Stand, diagonally opposite the home end. Visiting colours belong inside that block only.
Merseyrail to Sandhills, Bank Hall or Moorfields, a matchday shuttle bus from the city centre, a Mersey ferry, or roughly half an hour on foot along the waterfront. There is no parking at the ground.
It is harder here than at most clubs, because ballot and members' resale seats are released individually rather than in blocks. Hospitality is the most dependable route for larger parties.
Sources: Everton FC official club channels for membership tiers, ballot structure, season ticket and hospitality information; Premier League official fixture amendment announcements for the confirmed kickoff time; Chelsea FC official club records for head-to-head figures at Everton; Football Ground Guide for stadium capacity, stand layout and away supporter allocation; ESPN and Sports Mole match reports for result verification; Merseyrail and Liverpool City Council matchday travel information for transport.