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 local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Everton could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.

Liverpool form and stats

Liverpool have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 13 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses. Liverpool haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Leicester City, 116 days ago.

Liverpool's last game was hosting Manchester United (placed 6th) and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Liverpool played a great game against Manchester United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Salah, an attacker, was the declared top player for the team in that game, earning a rating of 8.64 (out of 10). Salah scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Villarreal are coming to town in three days.

Liverpool are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Anfield in their league games, having scored an impressive 43 goals in 16 matches. Liverpool have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Everton form and stats

Everton have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-11 (15 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Everton have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Brighton & Hove Albion game.

Everton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Leicester City that finished 1-1. Gordon, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Gordon hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Manchester United.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Everton have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Everton - Liverpool 1-4 was the scoreline in these sides' latest head to head fixture, played this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Liverpool won five, Everton triumphed in one and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Salah Ghaly 22 goals

D. Teixeira da Silva 15 goals

S. Mané 14 goals

Liverpool missing players

Everton missing players