The 2023/24 Premier League season has entered the final sprint stage, and the title race has also entered the white heat, with Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City leading the standings alternately, and the gap between the three giants is only one game of wins and losses, which is the most fierce season in the history of the Premier League. At 3 o'clock in the morning on April 25, Beijing time, in a supplementary match in the 29th round of the English Premier League, Everton will sit at home to face the city's rival Red Army Liverpool, which is the most famous derby in English football.
Everton vs. Liverpool, who were deducted eight league points for breaching the Premier League's financial rules, leaving the team on the brink of relegation. While Everton have been hovering in the middle of the table during the Premier League era, Everton have often played at a higher level against Liverpool in Merseyshire derby. During Klopp's tenure at Goodison Park, he only won two games, but drew six times with Everton, and it can be said that Everton is Klopp's bitter master.
Everton vs. Liverpool, Everton's value is only 345 million euros, while Liverpool's value is as high as 921 million euros, and the gap between the two teams is obvious. Judging from the lineup, Everton only has Premier League giants such as Lewin, Harrison, Beto, McNeil, Doucoure, and Ghana. On the other hand, Liverpool has stars such as Salah, Nunez, Dias, Jota, Gakpo, and McAllister.
Judging from the recent form of the two teams, Everton has won the last two home games against relegation opponents Burnley and Nottingham Forest, and after grabbing these six points, Everton's points have reached 30 points, four points above the relegation zone, and temporarily escaped the relegation zone. After suffering two consecutive defeats in the Europa League and the Premier League, Liverpool quickly rebounded, won two in a row, stopped the decline, and remained close to the title contenders in the standings.
Judging from the data and player status of the two teams in the Premier League, Everton scored 34 goals and conceded 48 goals after 33 rounds, ranking only second to last in terms of goals, ranking 4th in defense, weak in attack and strong in defense. A total of 16 players in the team have scored, with Dominic Lewin and Abdoucoure scoring six goals each, making him the team's top scorer.
Liverpool have scored 75 goals and conceded 32 in the Premier League, ranking third in goals and second in defence, with 19 players scoring in the midfield, and five players from Salah, Jota, Dias, Nunez and Gakpo have scored in double figures, with Salah scoring 24 goals and 13 assists in all competitions, making him the team's top scorer.
Judging from the injury situation of the two teams, Everton, Lewin, Beto, Dobin, Ali and Coleman will be out due to injury. For Liverpool, Doke, Thiago, Matip and Bradley are injured and unable to play. Judging from the head-to-head record of the two teams, in the Premier League, the two teams have met 61 times, and Everton has won 9 wins, 27 draws and 25 losses. At home, Everton have 6 wins, 13 draws and 11 defeats.
In the first leg of this season, Everton lost 2-0 away to Liverpool. Merseyshire derby can not be judged by the strength of the paper to determine the result, Everton's most important game of every season is against Liverpool, to be able to stop Liverpool's title pace at home is the goal of all Evertonians, this game, Everton's attitude and morale do not need the encouragement of the coach before the game, Everton players will definitely give 100% energy to meet Liverpool, this is also the most likely to lose points in Liverpool's remaining schedule.