Liverpool vs Everton - Competition: Premier League, 23. round
Liverpool go into the match two places clear and just one point ahead of
Everton in the league standings. The Reds will want to respond to a
poor 2-2 draw with Aston Villa, whilst Everton know that they can leap
frog their city rivals with a famous victory at Anfield.
The home side progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup following a relatively straightforward
2-0 victory on Saturday afternoon at Championship side Bournemouth.
2-0 victory on Saturday afternoon at Championship side Bournemouth.
Brendan Rogers has injury problems. Glen Johnson, Sakho and Agger are
out, as is Lucas Leiva who picked up a knock versus Aston Villa. Raheem
Sterling is expected to come in for Victor Moses after starting from
the bench in the FA Cup win over Bournemouth. Sturridge will lead the
attack with Suarez. Since returning from his injury lay off, he has
scored in three consecutive games
Everton are unbeaten in their
last six games winning four, scoring eleven and conceding just once in
that run. They earned a comfortable 4-0 win in the FA Cup away to League
One strugglers Stevenage in Saturday’s late game
Osman and Lukaku
will be expected to return to the starting lineup with Kevin Mirallas
reverting back to a attacking midfield role having led the line against
Stevenage. Bryan Oveido suffered an horrific double leg fracture.
Alcaraz and Deulofeu could come back into contention, but Barkley,
Gibson and Arouna Kone are definitely out. Martinez could include new
signing Lacina Traore in his squad for the first time.
There have
been more red cards in this Premier League fixture than any other.
Liverpool have lost just 1 of their last 14 Premier League Merseyside
Derbies, winning 7. Fans will be hoping for more of the same which the
two sides produced at Goodison earlier in the season when the two sides
played out a 3-3 draw.
Possible line-ups:
- Liverpool (4-4-2): Mignolet; Kelly, Skrtel, K.Tourè, Flanagan; Gerrard, Henderson, Sterling, Coutinho; Sturridge, Liverpool.
- Everton (4-3-3): Howard; Hibbert, Baines, Distin, Jagielka; Osman,McCarthy, Barry; Naismith, Mirallas, Lukaku.
Match date: Tuesday, 28 January - Kick Off Time: 20:00 GMT - 9:00 pm CET
Venue: Anfield Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Venue: Anfield Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom
