Everton dealt Liverpool’s title aspirations a hammer blow with a 2-0 victory in the Merseyside Derby. Analyse the game with our Everton vs Liverpool stats page.
Everton vs Liverpool Post-Match Facts
- Everton have beaten Liverpool at home in the Premier League for the first time since October 2010 (also a 2-0 win), ending their 12-game winless run in Merseyside derbies at Goodison Park (D9 L3 before tonight).
- Liverpool have lost two of their last three Premier League games (W1), as many defeats as in their previous 42 matches in the competition combined (W28 D12).
- Everton have won three of their last four Premier League games (L1), having failed to win any of their previous 13 league matches before this run (D6 L7).
- Liverpool have gone 1-0 down in 15 different Premier League games this season. Only in 2022-23 (16) have they conceded first in more games in a single league campaign under Jürgen Klopp.
- Everton led Liverpool in a Premier League game at Goodison Park for the first time since November 2013 (a 3-3 draw), while this was the first time they have gone 1-0 up against Liverpool at home in the competition since October 2010 (a 2-0 win).
- Jarrad Branthwaite (21y 302d) became Everton’s youngest goalscorer in a Premier League Merseyside derby since Romelu Lukaku in November 2013 (20y 194d) and their youngest Englishman to score in this fixture since Francis Jeffers in April 1999 (18y 68d).
- Only Arsenal’s David Raya (14) has kept more Premier League clean sheets this season than Everton’s Jordan Pickford (11). Indeed, only in 2018-19 has the Englishman kept more shutouts in a top-flight campaign (14).
- Dominic-Calvert Lewin has scored three goals in his last four Premier League games for Everton, as many as in his previous 28 appearances in the competition.
- Everton’s two goals this evening both came from set piece situations (a free-kick and corner) taking their overall tally to 17 in the Premier League this season (excluding penalties), with only Arsenal (20) netting more from such situations.
- Liverpool have made 99 changes to their starting XI’s in the Premier League this season, with only Brighton (121) making more. Their six changes tonight from Sunday’s win at Fulham was their most for a Merseyside derby since April 2016 (9 changes in a 4-0 win at Anfield).
Everton vs Liverpool Stats Centre
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Everton vs Liverpool stats from Wednesday night’s Premier League match at Goodison Park.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own post-match analysis.
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