4D Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet cosmology with Chameleon mechanism

We explore the impact of the chameleon mechanism in scalar field Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity on the dynamics of cosmological parameters. Conducting a thorough analysis of the phase space, we identify conditions under which the future attractor does not depict a singular universe. Our conclusion is that although Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet scalar field gravity offers an inflationary solution as a future attractor, it is unable to account for the late-time acceleration of the universe and it can not describe a universe similar to that provide by the $$\Lambda $$ CDM model. On the other hand, when the matter source is described by a massless scalar field, then the de Sitter universe is a future attractor. However, the hyperbolic inflationary solution provided by the two scalar fields does not exist.