On Sat Sep 3rd, in week 6, Liverpool and Everton will play a match in 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, a perfect day for football. Everton is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Leeds United. Anthony Gordon struck first for Everton in the 17th minute on a feed from Alex Iwobi, then in the 55th minute, Brenden Aaronson sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Luis Sinisterra earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while liverpool is fresh off their 9-0 blowout win against AFC Bournemouth. Luis Díaz struck first for Liverpool in the 3rd minute, then Harvey Elliott added another in the 6th minute 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 in their last match together. Liverpool won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 53000 fans. Curtis Jones scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 71st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Everton couldn’t muster any offence and Liverpool ran away with the shutout win.
Luis Díaz has been the most prolific scorer on Liverpool in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Anthony Gordon has been the most prolific scorer on Everton in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Frank Lampard’s Everton squad will be without Allan, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Tom Davies, André Gomes, Ben Godfrey, Yerry Mina and Mason Holgate, while Jürgen Klopp’s squad will be without Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Joël Matip, Thiago Alcântara, Diogo Jota and Calvin Ramsey.