The Merseyside derby of vital significance as Liverpool tries to keep the heat on Manchester City for the title while Everton are in desperation to get as far from relegation places as possible. Anfield is the destination for the big game on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp's men reassured their dominance over cross-city rivals Manchester United in the 4-0 thumping with their counterparts in the next game played a 1-1 draw with Leicester City.
LIV vs EVE Match Details
Date: Sunday, 24 April 2022
Time: 16:30 (BST)/ 21:00 (IST)
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
LIV vs EVE Match Preview
Eye-catching football and drastic defending from the opposition made Liverpool's expected win even sweeter. Manchester United were absolutely no match to the Red's scintillating attacking force as all of the front three of the night, Mane-Salah-Diaz got on the scoresheet with Diogo Jota adding him to the contributing list after his assist to the final goal completing a 4-0 score-line. Winning 11th Premier League game in a row at Anfield. The victory also meant Liverpool did the double against United this season with a combined score of 9-0. Even though it wasn't the feared side United once were, the three points gathered in the clash kept feeding the side that have not lost in the league at all this year. They are unbeaten in each league game at Anfield this season till now. The Red machine have pounded almost every opposition on their road and are braced to do the same in another derby. Jurgen Klopp wishes his team keeps on rolling like this to maintain a point gap with Man City in second for the title. An unprecedented quadruple is also on the cards as Liverpool have a home advantage for three consecutive games in all competitions. Against another rival in a difficult situation, this should be an easy task for the Reds.
A whopping 47 points separate Everton from their Merseyside rivals as the two clubs' contrasting fortunes will be highlighted further in this derby. A relief for Frank Lampard's men is that they look ahead to this derby not on a sour note after a crucial 1-1 draw with Leicester City. A late strike from Richarlison rescued the point for his side in the game that could have resulted in more if the Brazilian took his other big chances fell to him. A goal as early as the fifth minute into on Thursday by Harvey Barnes put the home side on the back foot but they were able to avoid defeat for only the second time in a row after losing six of the seven preceding games. The draw kept the team dangling over the relegation spot with a point over 18th placed Burnley. Lampard said his team will wish for a draw against their unstoppable rivals as they enter a frantic week where they face Chelsea and Leicester again. If their recent form is to say something the manager is pleased to gather four points in a bid to create some momentum ahead of these crunching ties. The Toffees have to put up a fight if they are to continue to face their rivals in this historical derby in the top flight otherwise the time for their first-ever relegation will come up pretty soon.
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LIV vs EVE Team News
Liverpool have a full squad available for the Merseyside derby aside from Roberto Firmino who is a doubt due to a foot injury that cause him to miss the win against Manchester United. Klopp said he might be involved and his situation will be accessed before Sunday.
Everton have injury woes to think about again. Frank Lampard said he is unsure about Dominick Calvert-Lewin's return after the striker got sidelined with a quadriceps muscle injury and missed the 1-1 draw against Leicester. Andre Gomes and Donny Van de Beek have both been ruled out till the next month with groin injuries. Andros Townsend and Nathan Patterson cannot play any part this season while Tom Davies is still weeks away from gaining fitness.
LIV vs EVE Expected Lineups
Liverpool: Alisson Becker; Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane
Everton: Jordan Pickford; Seamus Coleman, Ben Godfrey, Yerry Mina, Vitaly Mykolenko, Fabian Delph, Allan, Alex Iwobi, Anthony Gordon, Richarlison, Demarai Gray
LIV vs EVE Head to Head
Under Carlo Ancelloti last season, Everton finally broke their jinx by winning at Anfield after 21 years. It was against a Liverpool side that was plagued with injuries to key players in key positions. Keeping this defeat aside, Liverpool only lost four times and drew 19 times to the blue shirts in that period.
LIV vs EVE Dream11 Team Prediction
GK: Alisson (8.5)
DEF: Coleman (8.5), Matip (9), Van Dijk (9.5), Robertson (9)
MID: Gordon (9), Iwobi (8.5), Thiago (8.5)
FW:Richarlison (9), Salah (10)
