Back on December 7, Storm Darragh postponed the Merseyside derby, but now it’s time for game on. Liverpool suffered a shocking result earlier today, crashing out of the FA Cup, in the 4th round, at the hands of lowly Plymouth Argyle. The dead last place side in the Championship beat the first place team in the Premier League.
It’s certainly a historical result that will be talked about for a long time.
Liverpool FC at Everton FC FYIs
Merseyside Derby Kickoff: Wednesday February 12 at 7.30pm local, Goodison Park
Both Sides Preview Content: Team News Starting XI Predictions
Google Result Probability: Everton FC victory 14% Draw 19% Liverpool victory 67%
PL Standing, Form: Everton FC 16th, 26 pts, LLWWW Liverpool 1st, 56 pts, DDWWW
And now the Reds will be looking to take their angst out on somebody- why not their rivals from across Stanley Park?
Starting XI Predictions
Liverpool FC
Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Harvey Elliott; Mo Salah, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez
Everton
Jordan Pickford; Jake O’Brien, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitaliy Mykolenko; James Garner, Idrissa Gueye; Jesper Lindstrom, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Iliman Ndiaye; Beto.
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