The Merseyside Derby: A big fight between close neighbours

It’s called the Merseyside Derby whenever these two teams meet, as both come from Liverpool in the Merseyside area in North West England. It's the longest running top level derby in England, as the teams have met every year since the 1962-63 season. The clubs are located very close to each other in the city of Liverpool and the fans rarely use violence each other. On the pitch the temperature is high and this derby is known for its many red cards.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

Everton form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Everton have to build on here at Goodison Park in the Premier League.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 294 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Iwobi was the last player to find the net.

Everton faced defeat in their previous match, away at Brentford (0-1). Lucas Digne was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Digne hit three key passes and won 13 of 19 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Manchester City.

Everton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Goodison Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. Everton have conceded 8 in these home matches.

Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker is eager to challenge this, with his 196 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Thiago Alcântara, Virgil van Dijk and Diogo Jota (2) scored in Liverpool's previous match, the home game against Southampton that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Liverpool was very dominant against Southampton, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Thiago Alcântara, Virgil van Dijk and Diogo Jota (2) providing the goals. Attacker Diogo Jota got a player rating of 8.7 in the game. "Man of the match" Jota scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Porto in the Champions League.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Liverpool manager J. Klopp as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Liverpool are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (21 goals from 6 away games). As opposed to that, Liverpool have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Everton-Liverpool H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Everton one win, Liverpool four wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

M. Salah Ghaly 11 goals

S. Mané 7 goals

D. Teixeira da Silva 7 goals

Everton missing players

Liverpool missing players