The Merseyside derby is arguably the biggest game in the Premier League season. Form tends to go out of the window as the two clubs go at each other with determination to win. Liverpool are usually favourites, but this season is different.
We crunch the numbers ahead of Sunday afternoon’s big game…
Everton have won just one of their last 14 Premier League home games against Liverpool, though 10 of those games have finished level (L3).
Liverpool have won their last two Premier League games against Everton, though both have come at Anfield. They last won three consecutive league Merseyside derbies between April 2016 and April 2017.
Having won six of their first 15 Premier League meetings with Liverpool between 1992 and 1999 (40% – D6 L3), Everton have won just five of their last 52 league Merseyside derbies since the start of 2000 (9.6% – D20 L27).
This is Liverpool’s first Premier League game at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Reds have won at 59 of the 61 grounds they’ve played at in the competition, and could become the first team to win at 60 different stadiums in the Premier League.
Liverpool have won three of their last 22 away Premier League matches against teams starting the day in the top-half of the table (D10 L9), including losing six of their last seven (D1) since a 2-0 win at Manchester City last February.
