Johnson out again for Toffees

Andrew Johnson will almost certainly miss the final game of Everton’s Barclays Premiership season at Chelsea.

Andrew Johnson will almost certainly miss the final game of Everton’s Barclays Premiership season at Chelsea.

Although he will have a late fitness test, with the UEFA Cup qualification virtually certain, his weakened ankle is unlikely to be risked at Stamford Bridge.

David Moyes is expected to name an unchanged team against the deposed champions, with teenage strikers James Vaughan and Victor Anichebe up front.

Provisional squad: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Stubbs, Lescott, Arteta, Carsley, Osman, Fernandes, Vaughan, Anichebe, Turner, Naysmith, Beattie, McFadden, Hibbert, Van der Meyde, De Franca, Vidarsson, Valente.

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