📊 Form Guide

Everton

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Everton are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-0 Premier League triumph against Nottingham Forest.

In that match, Everton had 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Everton, goals were scored by Idrissa Gueye (29') and Dwight McNeil (76'). Nottingham Forest had 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Sean Dyche's Everton have found the net a sum total of 5 times in their past six outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games is 11.

A look at their previous results shows us that Everton:

• have left without a victory over Liverpool in their previous 5 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 5 league games. That's never good.

Liverpool

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Liverpool head into the match following on from a 1-3 Premier League win in the defeat of Fulham in their previous match.

In that match, Liverpool had 61% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Liverpool, goals were scored by Trent Alexander-Arnold (32'), Ryan Gravenberch (53') and Diogo Jota (72'). On the other side, Fulham had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Timothy Castagne (45') scored for Fulham.

The stats tell the story, and Liverpool have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in all. At the back, Liverpool have some weaknesses to address.

Taking a look at their past results, Liverpool:

• remain undefeated by Everton when they've played them away from home in the last 12 matches in the league. An amazing record against them.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 20/02/2021 tells us that Everton have won 1 of these and Liverpool 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

13 goals were scored between them in this period, with 3 from The Toffees and 10 created by The Reds. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

The last league encounter between the two was Premier League match day 9 on 21/10/2023 when it finished Liverpool 2-0 Everton.

On that day, Liverpool had 78% possession and 26 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Mohamed Salah (75', 97').

Everton had 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The referee was Craig Pawson.

📋 Team News: Everton

Nathan Patterson (Hamstring injury) and Dele Alli (Partial muscle tear) won’t be available for Everton gaffer Sean Dyche.

It looks as if The Toffees will probably line up in a 4-4-1-1 formation in the match and select Jordan Pickford, Ashley Young, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko, Jack Harrison, Amadou Onana, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and D. Calvert-Lewin.

🗞️ Team News: Liverpool

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has multiple availability issues to deal with. Thiago (Muscle injury), Ben Doak (Meniscus tear), Conor Bradley (Ankle injury) and Joel Matip (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that The Reds appear most likely to play in a 4-3-3 system, going with Alisson Becker, T. Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Everton should have enough to find the net against this Liverpool outfit, but a single goal probably won’t quite be enough to give them the result that they want.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 1-2 victory for Liverpool after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

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Peter Guest, 18:01 24/04/2024