Wayne Rooney thinks Everton will manage to pick up an unlikely point in Wednesday's Merseyside derby.
The Toffees are two points above the relegation zone, have won twice in their last 10 Premier League fixtures and have a manager in Marco Silva who is on the brink of the sack.
Everton lost to Leicester on Sunday after Kelechi Iheanacho narrowly beat the offside trap in stoppage time to condemn Silva's men to back-to-back defeats.
On the other side of Stanley Park, Liverpool are top of the Premier League but eight points and matched a club record 31 matches without a defeat when they beat Brighton 2-1 at the weekend.
Everton do have a history of narrow results on their side though.
Nine of the last 16 fixtures between the Liverpudlian rivals have resulted in a draw, with three others resulting in a one goal victory for the Reds.
And new Derby player-cum-coach Rooney reckons that the form book will head out the window.
Former Toffee Rooney predicted on an episode of Back of the Net on Amazon Prime: “I think Everton will get a draw. The way it has been going has been tough. I think they’ll pull together.
"It’s a massive game for the city and, if Everton win, it could stop Liverpool winning the title.”
Rooney has also recalled a funny story including England legend Paul Gascoigne from his time at Everton.
He reminisced: “I remember Gazza coming to see us in the changing room and asking ‘Is anyone going out tonight? I’ll give you a bit of money’.
"Me being confident I say ‘yes’, and Gazza came up to me and gave me £40. It was only a few years ago when I saw him again, he asked for his £40 back…!”
“I’ve always been confident. The minute I got into Everton’s first team I knew I was the best player. That’s not me being cocky. We just had a very bad team at the time!”
This episode of Back of the Net will be available this evening, only on Amazon Prime Video.
