Match Report
Liverpool (5th, 60 pts) visited Everton (13th, 49 pts) with 11 points between them. On recent form Liverpool sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.38 goals per team per game, Everton ran at 1.24 scored and 1.32 conceded, Liverpool at 1.66 and 1.39.
Over the last five, Everton had taken 10 of 15 points to Liverpool's 3.
40 meetings are on record — 4 won by Everton, 21 by Liverpool, 15 drawn, at 2.33 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Hill Dickinson Stadium (capacity 52,888). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Liverpool led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Everton: Beto (54') · Liverpool: Mohamed Salah (29'), Virgil van Dijk (90')
Key stats
Possession: Everton 44% · Liverpool 56% · Total shots: 10-14 · On target: 4-6 · Corners: 1-6