The Merseyside derby comes at quite a good time for all football fans, as now the stake is much higher - qualifying for the the Europa League. A home win would leave Liverpool in the battle for the sixth place as the team will be only 2 points behind Everton. On the other hand, by the end of the season there are only 2 rounds and Everton has the opportunity to finally decide the dispute in their favor with a valuable victory at Anfield.
The hosts will definitely be with serious confidence after the victory over Newcastle with 0:6. Furthermore, during the season Liverpool managed to achieve many convincing victories in the Premier League. Liverpool also has very good statistics of the matches against its city rival and it's no surprise that the bookmakers mark the Red as the favorite in this game. Liverpool is unbeaten in its last 14 games at Anfield against Everton.
Everton, however, has a great opportunity to break the relatively long series of matches without a win over Liverpool. The "Toffees" perform quite well throughout the season by demonstrating remarkable persistence. Everton is a team that difficultly concedes goals, and in 5 of its last 7 games the team kept a clean sheet. Liverpool, however, proved that the team can do more than successful in attack even in the absence of Luis Suárez.