This Saturday’s Premier League match sees Liverpool make the trip to face Everton at Goodison Park for the Merseyside derby. This is a big match given the history between the two sides and Liverpool’s dominant form heading into the clash.
Liverpool come into this game in flying form, top of the Premier League table with a gap of seven points to second place. Everton are coming into this game after a big win in their last, a 4-0 thrashing against Wolves. That has been their only win in the last five games however, and Wolves sit inside the relegation zone, the competition will be a lot tougher this time out on Saturday.
Formation: 4-4-1-1
Predicted Line-Up: Jordan Pickford; Vitaliy Mykolenko, Jarrad Branthwaite, James Tarkowski, Ashley Young; Dwight McNeil, Orel Mangala, Idrissa Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye; Abdoulaye Doucouré; Dominic Calvert-Lewin
The start of this season doesn’t bode well for Everton. Playing 14 games and they sit 14th place in the league table with three wins, six losses and five draws. Those results have left them with 14 points, but if Everton are able to beat Liverpool and results across the table go their way, they could only climb one place up the table, overtaking West Ham. The Toffees have relied on winger Dwight McNeil for goal contributions as he has racked up three goals and three assists in the 13 games that he’s played. Everton forwards Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Iliman Ndiaye have the next best tally with two goals, with Calvert-Lewin also registering an assist. They will be vital for Everton as they give their best efforts in beating their closest rivals in Sunday’s Merseyside derby.
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Predicted Line-Up: Caoimhín Kelleher; Andy Robertson, Virgil Van Dijk (c), Joe Gomez, Trent Alexander-Arnold; Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberch; Luis Díaz, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah; Darwin Núñez
Liverpool have had an excellent start to the season, finding themselves as league leaders so early on in the campaign. After 14 games they sit in first place with 11 wins, one loss and two draws. Those matches have left them with 35 points, holding an impressive seven point gap to second and third placed Arsenal and Chelsea. In the goals for The Reds has been the unstoppable force of Mohamed Salah, having a Balon D’Or worthy season. The Egyptian has found the back of the net 13 times this season, the highest tally out of all the players in the Premier League. It hasn’t just been the spectacular goal output for Salah like it usually is, but Salah has been a provider for eight assists to his teammates. He has been directly involved in 21 out of the 29 goals that Liverpool have scored this season, making him irreplaceable. He will most probably be the star of the show once more on Saturday.
There have been 203 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.
Liverpool come into this match holding an advantage over Everton. They have come out victors on 88 occasions, leaving Everton with 49 wins and the remaining 66 fixtures ending in a draw.
The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Liverpool. This Sunday will be new Liverpool manager Arne Slot’s first Merseyside derby. He will be desperate to keep the strong run of form he has Liverpool playing, and those recent games imply he could do so.
24th April 2024 – Everton 2-0 Liverpool – Premier League
21st October 2023 – Liverpool 2-0 Everton – Premier League
13th February 2023 – Liverpool 2-0 Everton – Premier League
3rd September 2022 – Everton 0-0 Liverpool – Premier League
24th April 2022 – Liverpool 2-0 Everton – Premier League
Liverpool are flying in the Premier League standings at the moment, and it doesn't seem like they can be beaten. Impressive performances from Mo Salah and the rest of the Liverpool players make it difficult not to root against them.
For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Liverpool To Win as our best value tip for this game.
Odds of 4/9 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £14.44 in this match.
(odds subject to change)
Everton 0-2 Liverpool
Four out of the last five matches in this fixture have ended 2-0 come the full time whistle. We can see that happening again with Liverpool adding another clean sheet to their remarkable seven in 14 tally.
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