Everton vs Liverpool: Confirmed team news, predicted lineups and injuries

A resurgent Everton big Liverpool successful the Merseyside derby tonight, hoping to enactment a dent successful the Reds’ Premier League rubric charge.

Arne Slot’s broadside beryllium top of the league with a six-point lead implicit second-placed Arsenal and tin spell 9 wide with triumph astatine Goodison Park tonight.

The fixture was primitively acceptable to instrumentality spot successful December but was postponed – and aboriginal rearranged – owed to adverse upwind conditions caused by Storm Darragh.

Liverpool are hoping to get backmost to winning ways against Everton aft they suffered a shock FA Cup fourth-round elimination to Plymouth connected Sunday.

Everton are keen to debar a 2nd successive decision excessively aft they crashed retired of the FA Cup astatine location to AFC Bournemouth connected Saturday.

Despite their cupful defeat, Everton person enjoyed beardown signifier successful the Premier League successful caller weeks, winning their past 3 top-flight games against Tottenham, Brighton and Leicester respectively nether David Moyes.

The aforesaid is existent for Liverpool – who person besides won their erstwhile 3 Premier League matches – with victories implicit Brentford, Ipswich and Bournemouth.

In presumption of squad news, Liverpool antiaircraft duo Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez are some doubts for the clash against Everton.

Alexander-Arnold limped disconnected during Liverpool’s triumph implicit Bournemouth connected February 1 – missing the Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg triumph implicit Tottenham – arsenic good arsenic the FA Cup decision to Plymouth.

‘Difficult to say,’ Liverpool caput manager Slot said erstwhile asked if Alexander-Arnold would beryllium backmost to look Everton.

‘Like I said before, it’s not going to instrumentality months, and not adjacent weeks, but that’s lone 3 days aft the Plymouth Argyle game, truthful let’s hold and spot if he’s available.’

Gomez, meanwhile, was forced disconnected with wounded aft conscionable 11 minutes against Plymouth connected Sunday successful his archetypal crippled backmost since precocious December.

‘I americium not excessively definite if it was the aforesaid leg, but I haven’t had clip to inquire him,’ Slot said astir Gomez up of the clash with Everton.

‘It was clear, I deliberation we each cognize which infinitesimal helium felt a spot insecure astir [it] due to the fact that helium didn’t sprint backmost fully.

‘Then helium said, ‘I americium not 100 per cent definite and I americium acrophobic if I marque 1 other sprint things volition spell wrong’ – it’s not torn I assume, but it didn’t consciousness bully for him.’

Slot besides revealed that Curtis Jones was not 100 per cent acceptable connected Sunday, though fixed helium was named connected the seat against Plymouth, it would suggest the contented isn’t excessively superior and helium volition beryllium capable to look Everton.

Everton are dealing with a fig of wounded problems with Orel Mangala, Armando Broja, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Dwight McNeil and Seamus Coleman each ruled retired of the clash with Liverpool.

Predicted Liverpool XI to look Everton

Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Diaz, Gakpo

Predicted Everton XI to look Liverpool

Pickford, Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Gueye, Garner, Alcaraz, Ndiaye, Beto, Lindstrom

Where to ticker Everton vs Liverpool? Kick-off clip and TV channel

Everton vs Liverpool kicks disconnected astatine 19.30pm UK clip connected Wednesday, February 12.

Live sum is disposable successful the UK connected TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. You tin besides unrecorded watercourse the Merseyside derby connected discovery+.

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