On Saturday Sep 3rd, in week 6, Everton plays host to Liverpool in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams in the ever popular Liverpool derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Everton sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Leeds United. Anthony Gordon struck first for Everton in the 17th minute, but Luis Sinisterra got the equalizer for Leeds United in the 55th minute earning Leeds United at least a draw. Everton looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while 12th placed Liverpool is fresh off their 9-0 blowout win against AFC Bournemouth. Luis Díaz struck first for Liverpool in the 3rd minute on a feed from Roberto Firmino, then Harvey Elliott added another in the 6th minute on a feed from Roberto Firmino In the end, AFC Bournemouth was frustrated by Liverpool’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Liverpool ended the match with the shutout victory. Liverpool is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Jan 5th, Liverpool hosted Everton at the Anfield in their last match together. Liverpool was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 53000 jubilant spectators. Curtis Jones struck first for Liverpool in the 71st minute on a feed from Divock Origi, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Everton couldn’t manage to score, and Liverpool took the shutout win.
Luis Díaz has been the most prolific scorer on Liverpool in his last 5 matches with three goals. Everton’s top weapon lately has been Anthony Gordon, who has two goals in the last 5 matches
Frank Lampard’s squad will be without Allan, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, André Gomes, Ben Godfrey, Yerry Mina and Mason Holgate, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Joël Matip, Thiago Alcântara, Diogo Jota and Calvin Ramsey are unavailable to play for Jürgen Klopp’s team.