All the statistics point to a familiar home win in the Merseyside derby.
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Liverpool

12:30
Everton

Premier League•Sat 20 Sep
David Moyes has never won a Premier League match at Anfield in 20 attempts, the joint-most of any manager at one stadium without winning, while
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 28 home matches against
Everton in all competitions.
But Everton’s strong start to the season has been defined by attributes that seem to correlate exactly with Liverpool’s new weaknesses.
Arne Slot’s 100 per cent record does not tell the whole story. Liverpool have needed late winners in all five of their Premier League and UEFA Champions League matches, and against
AFC Bournemouth and
Newcastle United looked vulnerable to quick counter-attacks funnelled down the wings.
That’s because Slot’s new signings threaten to create an imbalance.
Milos Kerkez has struggled on the left,
Dominik Szoboszlai isn’t a natural right-back on the other side, and
Florian Wirtz’s inclusion has disrupted the counter-press, allowing teams to get behind Liverpool’s midfield on the break and feed the wingers.
Everton’s wingers are in superb form; only three players have completed more take-ons in the Premier League this season than Everton duo
Jack Grealish and
Iliman Ndiaye (both eight), while only
Bruno Fernandes (10) has created more chances from open play than Grealish (nine).
Grealish versus Szoboszlai on one side and Ndiaye versus Kerkez on the other makes for two fascinating key battles.
If Liverpool continue to be as open as they have been then Everton will expect to carve out opportunities on the counter.