The last Merseyside derby of the season will take place on Wednesday when Liverpool welcome Everton to Anfield Road. This will be the first derby for manager Jurgen Klopp and a chance for Liverpool to close the gap to the top four teams, while for Everton it will only be a matter of pride. It will be the 275th clash between the two rivals, Liverpool have recorded 114 wins compared to Everton's 82. Liverpool have not been beaten by the Toffees in the last 10 league meetings, while the only league win for Everton in the last 18 matches was at Goodison Park in 2010.
Last week was intense for Liverpool as they recorded three wins out of three, including the famous and unbelievable comeback against Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League quarter-finals. The two Premier League wins left them 9 points behind fourth-placed Arsenal but with a game in hand for the Reds, so they have an outside chance of reaching the top four if they win that postponed match. They are unbeaten in their last five competitive matches, won five of their last seven league matches, so it's safe to say that confidence will be higher in the Liverpool camp. Christian Benteke, Emre Can, Martin Skrtel and Jordan Henderson are unavailable through injury.
Everton have nothing left to hope for in the Premier League this season, but they do have an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United this weekend and that match will probably be on the mind of every footballer in the squad. However, the desire to beat local rivals Liverpool should be as strong as ever, especially since the fans are beginning to complain about the team's achievements under Roberto Martinez. Everton have not won in six league matches, they lost three of those six games and only picked up three points. Seamus Coleman and Phil Jagielka are out injured, but Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley should return to the starting eleven.
Probable line-ups:
Liverpool: Mignolet - Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno - Milner, Lucas, Lallana - Firmino, Origi, Coutinho
Everton: Joel - Connolly, Stones, Funes Mori, Oviedo - Besic, McCarthy, Barkley - Deulofeu, Lukaku, Mirallas
My prediction: Liverpool to win 3-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Liverpool win - 1.67 Draw - 4.10 Everton win - 5.50
sharpe
7 years ago
This derby took place just before Everton FA Cup semifinal against Manchester United so not exactly a big game for the Everton players. That and the fact their form was very poor during that time made Liverpool win easy and convincing. Liverpool shows signs of good form in Europe and Premier League but of course it's little...
This derby took place just before Everton FA Cup semifinal against Manchester United so not exactly a big game for the Everton players. That and the fact their form was very poor during that time made Liverpool win easy and convincing. Liverpool shows signs of good form in Europe and Premier League but of course it's little to late for them to pretend for any of the important places in the standings.
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Alexa Alexa 7 years ago
Liverpool destroyed EVerton in Merseyside derby.They delivered 4 goals to the team of Roberto Martinez.Only problem for the reds in this match was injury of Divock Origi,who started to play in very good manner in last few weeks and he will be really be missed a lot in next challenges.
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mannixx
7 years ago
My predictions is over 2.5 goals and both team to score, but with Everton and Roberto Martinez you never know what you can expect , can play all out attack or all defence just loking for long balls to Lukaku and Barkley.
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