Copybet Competition: Chance to win a Premier League shirt by predicting the outcome of the Merseyside derby
The Merseyside derby is always an eagerly anticipated fixture in the football calendar and this time around it has particular significance as it’s the final league meeting between these two teams to be played at Goodison Park. With Everton moving into their new stadium for next season, the Blue side of the city will be desperate to wave goodbye to their famous old ground with a victory over their fierce rivals.
Liverpool will have local bragging rights on their minds as well when they make the short journey across Stanley Park on Wednesday night. But of more pressing concern to Arne Slot and his men will be taking up the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to a commanding nine points. The Reds have been in scintillating form in the top flight this season, losing just one of their 23 matches to date, and they currently sit six points clear of second place Arsenal, with this game in hand.
A win for Slot and his team at Goodison Park would give them a considerable cushion at the summit with just 14 matches remaining in the season and there’s a general feeling that if they can overcome this Merseyside derby hurdle, they will be very difficult to stop. The 2019/20 Premier League winners come into this game off the back of a very rare defeat, having crashed out of the FA Cup at Championship Plymouth Argyle. However they did make nine changes for the game and the likes of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk played no part down on the coast. Slot’s well rested first teamers will be chomping at the bit ahead of this one and sportsbook CopyBet has them as heavy favourites for all three points, at 2/5.
Everton did however win this fixture last season, by two goals to nil and interestingly the away side in the Merseyside derby has failed to score in each of the last five stagings of this fixture. An Everton victory is 6/1, while an Everton win to nil is 15/2. The Toffees have picked up form under new manager David Moyes, winning each of their last three top flight matches and scoring eight times in the process, as many as they managed in the 13 games that preceded under former boss Sean Dyche.
If it’s the trends that you follow you might be curious to learn that five of the last seven Premier League Merseyside derbies at Goodison Park have been drawn. That outcome again in this one is available at 7/2.
CopyBet are adding further excitement to this fixture by offering their social media followers the chance to win a Premier League shirt of their choice by correctly predicting the outcome of this huge top flight clash. So whether you’re backing the Blue half of Merseyside or the Red, or just looking forward to watching the sparks fly, head over to the CopyBet social channels and enter their Prediction Challenge now.
