da casino： The two Merseyside clubs are constantly trying to find new ways in which they can beat each other.
da bet sport： This season, while Liverpool haven’t quite had the impact in the Premier League that they had hoped for, the fans of Anfield can at least be happy they could say they have beaten there closest rivals in the table standings. The teams could not be separated in the two Merseyside derbies – both ending in draws – but before Liverpool can start claiming bragging rights over those at Goodison Park there is one statistic which may make them sit back down.
The Daily Mirror reported that Everton’s defenders are better at scoring goals than Liverpool’s attackers but the comparison does not stop there.
Phil Jagielka, Seamus Coleman, Leighton Baines and John Stones have all scored more goals that Mario Balotelli, Daniel Sturridge, Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini. In total the Toffees defenders have scored nine Premier League goals compared to the Red’s eight. Coleman and Jagielka have both scored more (three goals each) goals than all Liverpool’s attack force expect Sturridge who has managed to get the ball in the back of the net four times.
20-year-old John Stones scored his first goal for Everton in the 3-0 win over Mnachester United last week. Martinez loves to get his defenders to attack and it shows but if you look at previous seasons then nine goals is actually poor for them which shows just how bad Liverpool’s attack force has been this campaign. In the 2013-14 season three of Everton’s back current back four scored 14 goals between them.
Obviously these statistics do not include the central striker at Anfield, Raheem Stirling but even he has only scored seven goals but when you look at other statistics from across the season “goals scored” is not the only area in which Everton’s defenders are better. All four of the Toffee’s back line have at least a 10% better pass success rate than Liverpool- including star man Raheem Sterling and while they all have relatively fewer shots per game by nearly 3% it is clear that when the one of the defensive team does have a shot it is more likely to have an impact than when one of the Red’s attackers does. Ball control has become highly important in the game as it progresses and becomes quicker and sharper. Over the season the highest “bad control per game” statistic for Everton’s defenders is for Seamus Coleman on 1.1% compared to Raheem Sterling who has a 2.1% bad touch ratio per game. That’s an average of two touches per game which has cost Liverpool this season.
When the Daily Mirror article broke many Liverpool fan’s disputed it for not including their main striker but when you look at the rest of the statistics from the campaign and include Sterling it shows even clearer that while Everton haven’t had the successful season they were hoping for they can take some comfort in the fact that there defenders are most definitely better than Liverpool’s front team.
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