Everton, Liverpool to renew rivalry in derby game on Sunday
Everton will play host to bitter rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, in an eagerly awaited Merseyside derby in an enthralling EPL fixture on Sunday.
Brendan Rodgers’ troops will go into the match high on confidence following their 1-0 triumph over Reading last week. After getting their campaign off to a stumbling start, the Reds have now secured 7 points from their last three games, but will be hungry
for more in order to bridge the gap on their top-four rivals.
The Toffees will have ambitions of their own. Having suffered just a single defeat in their 8 games so far, the Goodison Park outfit will give it their all to maintain their fourth-place standing in the table and will have only win on their minds.
Everton
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 Moyes is not in a position he would have hoped for going into this crunch fixture.
The Scott will have to contend with the absence of veteran http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 last week.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850 International will make a complete recovery before the game.
The manager won’t be too interested in making any changes in the rearguard and is likely to start with Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka and Sylvain Distin.
Phil Neville and Kevin Mirallas could take up the midfield duties alongside Fellaini.
Victor Anichebe might be paired up alongside Nikica Jelavic upfront as Moyes looks to deal with the gaping void of Pienaar.
Expected Starting Line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikica-Jelavic-c27906.
Results of last five league games:
D D W W D
Liverpool
A couple of injuries to some of the key players recently have not done any good to ease Brendan Rodgers difficult first months at the office.
The Ulsterman faces a selection headache as to whom to start with in the frontline, after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-Borini-c13163 was ruled out for three months due to a foot injury.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-Reina-c29672 is also suffering from a hamstring problem and could miss out the crucial fixture.
The Spaniard’s absence will likely make way for Brad Jones, who enjoyed an impressive game against Reading.
Rodgers is likely to re-employ his strategy of playing with five midfielders, assigning the attacking roles to Luis Suarez and Raheem Sterling.
Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger and Glen Johnson are more than likely to retain their positions in the defence, while Jose Enrique might get a nod ahead of Andre Wisdom based on his performance against the Royals.
Expected Starting Line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251, Suso, Raheem Sterling, Luis Suarez.
Results of last five league games:
W D W L D
Prediction
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c39043 1 : 2 Liverpool
Liverpool might not be on the top of their game, but the men in red have enjoyed remarkable success against the Toffees over the last couple of years. The game on Sunday is too close to call but based on the recent form and history between the two, the writer
is compelled to predict a result in Reds favour.
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