A clear number for the Reds?
The Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton is first and foremost about prestige. However, in the 291st meeting between the two clubs, there is much more at stake for both sides. The Reds need the points to fight for the championship, while the Blues are also doomed to score with only one point separating them from the first relegation place.
However, ahead of the Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton, the odds are clearly swinging in the Reds’ favour. The contrasts could not be more stark at the moment. LFC are still unbeaten at home and have taken 42 points from a possible 48 at Anfield. The Toffees, on the other hand, are by far the weakest team in the Premier League away from home, picking up just six points on foreign soil.
Lready in the 2020/21 season, Liverpool lost the derby at home against their city rivals. However, given the Blues’ crisis, we think Everton have only a very slim chance of repeating that surprise. Accordingly, there is no alternative to betting on a home win for the Reds against Everton.
Liverpool – Statistics & current form
Liverpool Football Club are still the team of the moment in the Premier League. Jürgen Klopp’s side won the EFL Cup back in February and have a valid chance of bringing the quadruple to Merseyside this summer.
In the Champions League, the Reds are the clear favourites against Villarreal in the semi-finals. Add to that the FA Cup final they have reached, while in the Premier League they are just one point behind Manchester City on the log.
By far the best home team in the Premier League
The rebound in the league in particular is quite remarkable, as for a long time the Sky Blues already looked like the sure champions before the Scousers started a strong comeback. LFC have not lost for 13 league games in a row (eleven wins, two draws).
In addition, the Reds’ home dominance continues unabated, and they are still unbeaten at Anfield Road in the 2021/22 season. No team has celebrated as many home victories as the Reds (13) and conceded so few goals at home (just seven goals conceded in 16 home matches).
Only lost one of their last 22 Premier League games against Everton
Additionally, Jürgen Klopp can draw from the full squad and currently does not have to replace any key players, which means that a constant rotation is possible even in the hot phase of the season. With only one of their last 22 Premier League games against city rivals Everton having been lost, LFC are firm favourites going into the home game.
Predicted Liverpool line-up:
Alisson – Robertson – van Dijk – Konaté – Alexander-Arnold – Thiago – Fabinho – Keita – Díaz – Salah – Mané
Last matches played by Liverpool:
Premier League
20/04/2022 – Liverpool FC 4 – 0 Manchester United
FA Cup
16/04/2022 – Manchester City 2 – 3 Liverpool FC
Champions League Final
14/04/2022 – Liverpool FC 3 – 3 Benfica
Premier League
10/04/2022 – Manchester City 2 – 2 Liverpool FC
Champions League Final
06/04/2022 – Benfica 1 – 3 Liverpool FC
Everton – Statistics & current form
With nine league titles to their name, founding Premier League members Everton are certainly one of the country’s showpiece clubs. However, the Blues are currently going through an extremely difficult phase.
The Toffees are only one point ahead of the first relegation place. The team, which has never been relegated from the Premier League, is on the brink of relegation with seven league games to go and will have to stretch to avoid the drop into the second division.
The Premier League’s weakest away team
After four defeats in a row, things started to look up again in mid-March. Most recently, the Blues picked up seven points out of a possible 15 from their last five league games, including beating Manchester United 1-0 at home.
However, even under Frank Lampard, the Toffees’ major shortcoming remains their weakness away from home. Everton hold the red lantern in the away table of the Premier League. No other team has lost so often away from home (eleven times), won so rarely away from home (only one win) and taken so few points away from home (six out of a possible 45).
Only 34 goals from 31 league games
The odds are stacked against Liverpool against Everton, with the Blues looking to pick up another point at home to their city rivals. After all, the Toffees have been without another win for eleven Premier League away games (one draw, ten defeats).
That’s the longest drought for the nine-time national champions since a run of eight away games without a win between April and October 1994, and there’s no end in sight to the negative streak, even considering the offence has scored just 34 goals in 31 league games.
Predicted Everton line-up:
Pickford – Mykolenko – Godfrey – Keane – Coleman – Iwobi – Delph – Allan – Gray – Gordon – Richarlison
Last matches played by Everton:
Premier League
21/04/2022 – Everton 1 – 1 Leicester
09/04/2022 – Everton 1 – 0 Manchester United
07/04/2022 – Burnley 3 – 2 Everton
03/04/2022 – West Ham 2 – 1 Everton
FA Cup
20/03/2022 – Crystal Palace 4 – 0 Everton
Liverpool – Everton Direct Comparison / H2H Balance
Head to head: 122 – 85 – 83
There have been 290 Merseyside derbies between Liverpool and Everton and the Reds lead the head-to-head comparison with 122 wins. LFC also won the first leg 4-1 at Goodison Park, but were beaten 2-0 at Anfield Stadium in their last home game to date.
Liverpool – Everton Tip
The prediction for Liverpool against Everton goes clearly in the direction of the Reds. After all, the team with by far the strongest home record in the Premier League meets the team with the weakest away record in the league. Add to that the momentum of the Scousers, who have also lost only one of their last 22 Merseyside derbies in the Premier League against the Toffees.
With LFC conceding just seven goals at Anfield Road, while the Blues’ failure to convert their chances is also a reason for their misery, the Toffees’ away goal is already not too likely.
