The Merseyside derby will soon be upon us! Liverpool will travel…..a grand total of about a mile and change, across Stanley Park. Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has a few injury concerns for this one, pertaining to Conor Bradley, Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak, Thiago Alcantara and Joel Matip.
We won’t waste any time, let’s just dive right into breaking it all down.
Liverpool at Everton FYIs
Merseyside Derby Kick-off Info: Wednesday, April 24 at 8pm local, Goodison Park
Liverpool Preview Material: Team News Starting XI Prediction
Result Probability: Everton victory 15% Draw 19% Liverpool victory 66%
PL Form, Standing: Everton WLWDL 16th 30pts Liverpool WLDWW 2nd 74 pts
Reds Team News
Bradley has missed the last two games with an ankle injury, but he should be back sometime in May. That is the same timeline of return for Stefan Bajcetic, who has missed most of the season, but played 30 minutes with the U21s recently. He’ll be ready to feature again soon.
The same cannot be said for Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Ben Doak.
All three have long been ruled out for the rest of this campaign. As we reported on Saturday, the first two names on that list are done at Mersey-siders.
You won’t see them back with the team next season.
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