Everton defender Johnny Heitinga insists they can go into their clash with Chelsea full of confidence.

Heitinga insists there is no shortage of belief in the home camp.

"We will have to wait and see (if the Man United game affects them)," he told evertontv. "But, look, they started really well against United and scored some good goals. Sure, in the end it is 3-3 but they are a big team with quality players and we will need to be at our very best to beat them.

"But we are confident at the moment, the team is confident and we are looking forward to it.

"It is up to us. I am looking forward to the game as it is a game against a big team. They have maybe not done so well in the past few weeks so maybe we can surprise them and win at Goodison.

"In the past we have beaten them so we know we can do it, but everything has to be right for that to happen. The first thing we need to do is work really hard and if we do that then the football will follow."