Everton are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League games.
Since the 2-2 draw with the Reds at Goodison Park on February 12, they beat Crystal Palace 2-1 away from home and then drew four in a row: versus Manchester United, Brentford, Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United.
The latter was the Blues’ most recent outing and saw Jake O’Brien score a stoppage-time equaliser for David Moyes’ side in a 1-1 draw.
Beto and Iliman Ndiaye have been the most frequent scorers for Everton in the top flight this term with six goals apiece.
Topping the assist chart are Idrissa Gana Gueye, Dwight McNeil and Ashley Young on three each.
Ahead of this midweek round of matches, only Matz Sels and David Raya had registered more Premier League clean sheets in 2024-25 than the Toffees’ Jordan Pickford’s nine. He is the only goalkeeper to have saved more than one penalty in the division this term (two).
Moyes reported at his pre-match press conference that the visitors are ‘hopeful’ Vitalii Mykolenko could be available after a slight injury.
“We still have to wait and see tomorrow exactly how he is,” the Everton boss said on Tuesday of the full-back, who trained the previous day.
McNeil and Ndiaye are “getting closer” as they recover from knee issues, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin is still dealing with a hamstring complaint.
The second Merseyside derby of the campaign comes just seven weeks after the first.
A dramatic encounter at Goodison ended all square after James Tarkowski scored for the hosts eight minutes into added time. Arne Slot’s Reds had previously overturned Beto’s opener through strikes from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah.
The last Anfield clash between the clubs was in October 2023. Liverpool won that one 2-0 thanks to a second-half double from Salah.
Moyes
“I think Liverpool’s league position tells you that how they’re playing is what they’ll probably do. They have been in a great position. They have had a couple of really tough games, PSG and a tough game against Newcastle; that can happen, no team is entitled to win all their games in football. It’s a big game, it always has been for us to go to Anfield and try to get a result. Always been incredibly difficult to go there and get a result. But we go again, we’ve got another chance to try it again.”
