Bitter, Bitter Blue sh*te v Liverpool
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Head-to-head
This will be the 185th league meeting between the two sides. Liverpool have 70 victories and Everton 57.
Everton have won just one of their last nine Premier League encounters with Liverpool – a 2-0 victory at Goodison Park last season.
Liverpool have won three of their last four Premier League games at Goodison Park.
Everton
"The Chosen One" will join Harry Catterick and Bill Shankly as the only bosses to manage teams in Merseyside derbies in 10 consecutive seasons – he has won three of his previous 18 Premier League games against Liverpool, all of them at Goodison Park (10 defeats).
Tim Cahill has scored five Premier League goals in this fixture – the most league goals by an Everton player against Liverpool since Dixie Dean – but has failed to score for Everton in 2011. His run of 15 league matches without a goal is his longest drought in six years.
Tony Hibbert will equal Duncan Ferguson’s club record of 16 Premier League derbies if he plays, and if he fails to score he will also draw level with Brian Labone’s record run of 278 first-team games without a goal.
Everton have lost only one of their last 14 Premier League games at Goodison Park – a 1-0 defeat by QPR in their first game of this season.
Their leading scorer this season is Mikel Arteta, who is no longer at the club, with two goals.
Liverpool
As a player, Kenny Dalglish scored five goals for Liverpool against Everton. As Liverpool manager, he has faced the Toffees 21 times (W11, D7, L3). He is unbeaten in his last eight Premier League games against Everton as boss of Liverpool, Newcastle and Blackburn.
Liverpool have won just two of their last seven Premier League games away from Anfield.
Luis Suarez has scored seven goals in his first 19 league games. Fernando Torres scored 11 in the equivalent time.
If Dirk Kuyt scores it will be his 50th Premier League goal and his sixth in Premier League Merseyside derbies.
Jamie Carragher has played 24 Premier League Merseyside derbies, more than any other player.
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