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once again another local liverpool derby is up on us , i would like to think liverpool being full of confidence will win , but my worry is everton are due a victory at anfield and there is nothing between the sides everton having a better league season up to now but not much better , but i have never tried to predict a derby game absolutely anything could happen .

I feel the same as you, fearing Everton. More down to them being due a derby win and having played so well against the big teams this season. However, I do still expect us to win. The key will be in that midfield three, because if we can stop Fellaini from influencing the game as much as we all know he can, then the game is there for the taking. They have a couple of good players that have been mixed of late... Jelavic and Miralles of note. If we start on the front-foot, like we did at St. James, then we should have a brilliant open game to enjoy.

2-1 gerrard, downing.

Very unpredictable game. I have no doubts we will try our best but Everton have been good this season in the big games. Having said that, in the 2nd half of the season, we have also been good in the big games. To be honest I am more worried about Baines than Fellaini, I think his influence on games is a bit underappreciated. I don't think we will have problems with Mirallas and think Jelavic, if he plays could pose a bigger threat to our defence.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict a narrow win for us with Borini scoring again.

I think it will be very very interesting to see how young Coutihno performs in this one as he won't find a more physical game than this in the PL. Seeing he has a slim build, if he can cope with the physicality of this match, I don't think we should have any worries about him not being able to deal with the physical aspects of the english game.

Does Rodgson want to win the game though? The club have committed to a pre-season tour so they don't want to qaulify for Europe.

As it's the Derby he'll probably try to win it and then thrown the last 2 games of the season.

Jelavic has been poor this season, Our biggest threats will definitely be Fellaini and Mirallas from an attacking POV, hopefully Johnson's got his defending cap on tightly and will take care of Baines. Other than those 3, our team has more attacking intent, so hopefully we'll be able to outscore them. 3-2 us.

Jelavic has been poor this season, but he is the type of striker that our defenders struggle against. I think they will will deal with Mirallas easier than with Nikica Jelavic.

Carragher dealt with Torres very well last week and I'd say Torres has been in semi-decent form recently. I think if we defend well, we'll win, but as Faz said though, it's a derby though, anything could happen.

wisdom at right back to keep baines in check .

am going for a liverpool win 3-1 two for danny

I think this one might come down to the mentality of both sets of players, for us the seasons over, as it appears we don't want to qualify for Europe, so theres always the possibility of a lack of focus. On the other hand Everton desperately do want to qualify, and they desperately want to beat us at home for once. For those reasons I think we'll find this one tough, so I'm opting for a score draw here.