MatchLiverpool v Everton: 15 stats to know about Saturday's derby
Check out 15 statistics and facts to know ahead of Liverpool’s Merseyside derby clash with Everton at Anfield on Saturday afternoon.
This will be the 243rd staging of the most-played derby fixture in English football history and the 209th in the league, all of which have been played in the top flight.
Liverpool have won 98 of the meetings in all competitions, with 77 draws and 67 defeats.
The Reds have lost just four of the last 47 clashes in the Premier League home and away.
Twelve of the last 22 league derbies have ended in draws.
Liverpool’s last hat-trick against Everton came from Steven Gerrard at Anfield in March 2012, on his 400th league appearance for the club, in a 3-0 win.
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Twenty-eight players have been sent off in Merseyside derby history – nine red cards issued to Liverpool and 19 to Everton.
The Reds could score three goals or more in each of their opening four home league games of a season for the first time since 1980-81.
Mohamed Salah’s next goal at Anfield will be his 104th for Liverpool at home and will take him level with Sir Kenny Dalglish and Gerrard in joint-sixth place on the club’s all-time Anfield scorers list.
Klopp has lost just one of his 17 Merseyside derbies in all competitions – the 2-0 defeat behind closed doors at Anfield in February 2021.
Alisson Becker has kept six clean sheets in his eight appearances against Everton – all in the league. Only three Reds goalkeepers have kept more in this league fixture – Ray Clemence (14), Pepe Reina (eight) and Tommy Lawrence (seven).
Liverpool have scored in each of their last 21 matches in all competitions, netting 53 times in that sequence, since a 0-0 draw at Chelsea in April.
Everton have taken four points from their three Premier League away fixtures so far this season. After losing 4-0 at Aston Villa they have drawn 2-2 with Sheffield United and won 3-1 against Brentford.
The Blues have not lost any Premier League match under Sean Dyche when they have scored first (10 games – seven wins, three draws).
Never before have three successive league clashes between the sides at Anfield resulted in the same scoreline. The last two Anfield meetings have seen Liverpool win 2-0.
The Reds have scored five stoppage-time winners against Everton in the Premier League era – Divock Origi providing the most recent in December 2018.
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