Can little-fancied Everton trouble Liverpool?

Everton and Liverpool face off this Saturday at the Goodison Park in an intriguing match in the Premier League . Currently, Sean Dyche's team are 16th in the table with 25 points, while Jürgen Klopp's team are 2nd with 64 points.

Everton go into the game on the back of a 2-0 defeat against Manchester United (Premier League 2023/2024), whilst the visitors had a fantastic 6-1 win over Sparta Praha (Europa League 2023/24). Going into the encounter, Sean Dyche's team is on a sequence of 11 games without a win in the Premier League 2023/24. On the other hand, Liverpool are on a sequence of scoring at least one goal each match for the past eleven, in the Premier League 2023/24. Digging back into the archives highlights that Everton and Jürgen Klopp's team have faced each other two hundred forty-three times, with Liverpool holding the advantage: 99 victories, against 67 victories of Sean Dyche's team. Specifically in the Goodison Park, Everton have the advantage in the duels against Jürgen Klopp's team: 41 wins in 118 games. Liverpool have 40 wins.

Considering only the Premier League, there have been two hundred nine games played between the two teams, with 82 wins for Liverpool, 69 draws and 58 wins for Everton.

Considering the Premier League 2023/24, from Everton's most influential players, Jordan Pickford is the most used player in a total of 28 games (2520 min). Abdoulaye Doucouré is their current best scorer with 6 goals. As for Liverpool, Luis Díaz has entered the pitch 27 times, and Virgil van Dijk is the one with more minutes played (2278). Mohamed Salah is their current best scorer with 15 goals.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Liverpool winning 2-0. Jürgen Klopp's team is given the favouritism to win this match.