The Merseyside derby is one of the biggest games in English football and when we return from the international break, Liverpool meet Everton in the Premier League.
Liverpool have aspirations of winning the title this season while Everton will be aiming to finish clear of the relegation zone, so they have different priorities.
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The teams have met 242 times in total, across various competitions and it is Liverpool who lead the way with 98 victories. Interestingly, there have been more draws than Everton wins in the Merseyside derby, with the match ended level 77 times in comparison to the 67 wins for Everton.
If we switch to the Premier League era, and once again, Liverpool have had the better of Everton, with 27 wins in 64 matches.
Everton have managed to beat Liverpool only 10 times in the history of the Premier League, which highlights how much they have struggled against their city rivals in recent years.
Everton have failed to win any of the last 4 meetings with Liverpool in the Premier League and have recorded just a single victory from their last 28 matches against Liverpool in all competitions.
The Toffees have been struggling to score goals against Liverpool recently and they have netted just once in their last 4 Premier League matches.
Liverpool hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in the Merseyside derby, going 23 games without defeat against Everton between 2011 and 2020.
Last season in the Premier League, Everton did manage to take a point off Liverpool at Goodison Park thanks to a 0-0 draw but lost the reverse fixture 2-0 at Anfield. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 36th minute and Cody Gakpo scored the second goal in the 49th minute.
In terms of goals, Liverpool have scored 87 goals against Everton in the Premier League, while Everton have found the back of the net 53 times. Of the current players, Mohamed Salah is the top goal scorer with 5 goals, all of which have been scored in the Premier League.
However, the top scorer over all in the Merseyside derby is Ian Rush, with a total of 25 goals for Liverpool, while Dixie Dean scored 19 times for Everton.
There is always a lot of drama in the Merseyside derby and no game in the Premier League has seen more red cards than this fixture.
There has been a total of 23 red cards in the Premier League between Liverpool and Everton, with both Steven Gerrard and Phil Neville having been shown red twice.
The most recent red card in the Merseyside derby belongs to Richarlison and the Brazilian forward was sent off in a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park in the Premier League in 2020.
So, there is plenty to look forward to in the upcoming Merseyside derby. Liverpool will start as the favourites given their recent record in the fixture, but can Everton cause an upset and pull off a rare win?