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There are even two great city derbies in the 33rd round of the English Premier League that will be played this weekend and in the first of them, in a Merseyside derby, 9th-placd Everton meets 3rd-positioned Liverpool, which has 26 points more ahead of the match. The Reds will show up at the Goodison being very tired after playing in the Champions League, which the home team will surely try to exploit in order to finally put an end to five-game winless streak in the ir head-to-head

Everton

True, with draw 1-1 played at the Anfield last autumn Everton had managed to put an end to three-game losing streak in the league, but in January 2017 it lost at the very same stadium by 2-1 in the FA Cup, so now when it plays in front of its players it will try to revenge to its city rival. Team led by manager Allardyce relies in the Saturday’s match mostly on tiredness of their opponents after playing in the Champions League, but at the same time they have to play much better than they did in previous round when they lost at home to Manchester City 3-1.

Before that Everton won two times in a row, against Brighton at home and Stoke away, which cements them in the mid-table, where by 10 points separate them from positions that lead to Europe and the drop zone. It means that Everton can face Liverpool totally worry-free, while the match will skip injured defenders Mangala and Holgate, and midfielders McCarthy and Sigurdsson, while not fully recovered midfielder Davies is questionable.

Probable lineups Everton: Pickford – Coleman, Keane, Williams, Baines – Schneiderlin, Gueye – Walcott, Rooney, Bolasie – Tosun

Liverpool

Unlike their city rival that was defeated last weekend at home by Manchester City in the league, just three days ago the Reds outclassed the same team at their Anfield in the 1st quarter-final leg of the Champions League by 3-0, so the atmosphere in the locker room is at the best possible level ahead of the Merseyside derby. Besides, team led by manager Klopp had previously won in the league Wastford and Crystal Palace, and now the Reds have great 10 points more than 5th-placed Chelsea.

Right because of that and fact that on Tuesday evening at the Etihad they are going to face maximally motivated Manchester City in the 2nd quarter-final leg of the Champions League it is possible that Klopp rest some of standard starters now against Everton, of course if ever bigger problems with absences allow that, as due to injuries out of action are still defenders Matip, Gomez and Klava, and midfielder Lallana, while the match with Everton should skip not fully recovered defender Clyne, midfielder Can and forward Sallah.

Probable lineups Liverpool: Karius – Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, van Dijk, Moreno – Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum – Oxlade-Chamberlain, Firmino, Mane

Verdict:

It is natural that the Reds, carried by great victory over the City in the Champions League, try to win all three points in a Merseyside derby with Everton, but on the other hand the home team has no pressures and imperatives and will quite surely try to make a positive result with an open game at the Goodison.

Pick: both teams to score 1.73 - 73/100 @1XBet