Liverpool Women Prepare for Final Home Game of Season vs. Everton at Anfield
Liverpool FC Women haven’t beaten Everton since 2019 and a win on Sunday would help them end an until recently difficult season on a high note.
On the whole, the 2024-25 campaign didn’t go as hoped for for Liverpool Women, who followed up last season’s fourth-place finish with a sluggish start and inconsistent results into the new year that led to an eventual parting of ways with their manager.
Since handing the reigns to Amber Whiteley, though, both performances and results have improved, and while the top three and the European places are out of reach the Reds are in the mix to end the season in fifth place with games at home to Everton and away at Chelsea still to play.
“It is our final home game of the season and we want to make it a special one for our fans and give them a performance they can really enjoy,” Whiteley said of the upcoming derby, set to be played at Anfield on Sunday with a lunchtime kickoff.
“It’s a game we are really looking forward to. We haven’t beaten Everton in the league since 2019 so there is everything to play for on Sunday. We can’t wait to play at Anfield again [but] Everton have been in good form since Christmas and they always raise their game against us so we have to be ready.”
Currently, Liverpool are level on points with fifth-place Brighton but well behind on goal differential, while opponents Everton sit five points back of them in eighth. Final day opponents Chelsea are league champions, safely nine-points clear in first place.
With the way the season has unfolded, then, a win on Sunday is both likely needed to give the Reds a good chance of finishing fifth ahead of Brighton along with getting one over their local rivals and ending an until recently difficult season on a high note.
“This is a Merseyside derby,” Whiteley added. “I expect us to go into this game needing no extra motivation and prepared to give everything to win the fight.”
Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com
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