Everton – Liverpool. The day before – football.ua

Oct.17, 2020, 9:00 a.m.

The national championships return after a hiatus for international matches, which is why we traditionally keep announcing the next loudest fights in the English championship. The fifth round of the Premier League will provide fans with many interesting matches, one of which will be the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool.

Everton – Liverpool

Saturday October 17 02:30 pm Goodison Park, Liverpool. Chief Referee – Michael Oliver. Live broadcast on the Setanta Sports television channel.

Liverpool continue to maintain their status as the main Merseyside team, and in the derby with Everton they are almost always considered the favorites. There is nothing strange about this, because the ‘toffee’ have not beaten the ‘red’ since 2010, and in recent years, both teams have set themselves completely different tasks: Liverpool claims to win in all the tournaments in which participates, and for Everton qualification in the European Cups is considered a very acceptable result. But is it all so obvious now if you define a favorite?

If anyone started the Premier League season brilliantly, it’s Everton. Carlo Ancelotti’s pupils had little chance of winning in the first round against Tottenham, but the “toffee” managed not only to beat the “Spurs” (1: 0), but also to continue their success. Now Everton leads the standings, and after Tottenham, West Bromwich (5: 2), Crystal Palace (2: 1) and Brighton (4: 2) were defeated. Of course, here the most difficult schedule did not play in the hands of Everton, so the merits of Ancelotti should not be underestimated.

Toffees had a good transfer campaign, signing Alan from Napoli in midfield, Watford’s Abdoulaye Doukoure, as well as Real Madrid’s James Rodríguez, who, by the way, deserves special attention. The Colombian went to Goodison Park to revive his career, and so far he has been performing this task quite successfully: 3 goals and 2 assists in 4 English Championship games. Forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin won the Premier League Player of the Year award in September, starting the season with six goals. Now it is he who comes to the fore in the attack duet with Richarlison.

Liverpool, like a year ago, made their fans nervous in the first round, playing 4-3 against the newcomer from the elite division. If in the last campaign it was Norwich, this time the “reds” opposed Leeds. It seemed that after the next confident wins over Chelsea (2: 0) and Arsenal (3: 1), the controversial game against Leeds United would seem like a single action, but Aston Villa charmingly dispelled these conjectures. Jurgen Klopp’s team suffered a crushing defeat to the Lions, conceding seven goals in their own goal (2: 7).

Someone described the personnel losses due to the absence of Alisson and Manet as the reason for such a total failure, someone referred to the fate of the Aston Villa players, whose three goals ended at the gates of Liverpool after rebounds … No It matters, because the champion has no right to leave in the second half, knowingly give up. After such a change, Liverpool needs a restart, and the best chance for this is a win over an early rival who is also the leader of the standings.

According to the bookmakers, Liverpool are the favorites for the next match. Jurgen Klopp’s team is offered a 1.88 winning odds, while Everton’s potential success is estimated at 3.85. The probability of a tie is represented by probabilities of 4.10.

Yes, it will be difficult for the “toffee” to continue its winning streak, especially considering the return to the Liverpool field of Sadio Mane and Thiago. The Everton coaching staff will try to take advantage of the opposition’s problems at the goalkeeping line, where Alisson is now unconvincingly replacing Adrian.

Did not play: Gbamen, Tosun, Holgate, Brantwait, Kenny – Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Alison

Questionable: Dean, Coleman, Mina – Keita

Forecast 2: 2

Nikita Evtushenko, Football.ua