retired_Rosangela carv

Yeah, good job his deal to Atletico went through last season like Marca etc. claimed it would. </BLOCKQUOTE>



I was only joking anyway.

retired_olechka

Liverpool to win 1-0

retired_bibitte

Braving the home end, should be fun.

We'll lose 2-0.

retired_navy0614

Time for the boring BBC news paste job.


Everton v Liverpool
Goodison Park
Saturday, 20 October
Kick-off: 1500 BST (played licence fee :thup

Team news to follow later.

BIG-MATCH FACTS

Victory for Everton over Liverpool in the 177th Merseyside league derby would lift Dave Moyes' team to equal on points with their arch rivals from the other side of Stanley Park. Both clubs have won four Premier League matches this season, but while the Toffees have also lost four, the Reds are still unbeaten. Should the 206th (wikipedia/ESPN ) competitive meeting end all square, it would be Everton's 1,000th draw in top flight football, and Liverpool's 1,000th in their league history. Liverpool didn't manage to score against Everton last season, but are chasing a sixth victory in eight visits to Goodison Park.

CLUB FORM

EVERTON

Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 4th
Lowest could fall: 11th

1. Lost three of the last four Premier League matches.
2. Kept just one clean season in the league this season; 2-0, home to Middlesbrough on 30 September.
3. Completed 22 Premier League games without a goalless draw, since the stalemate with Liverpool at Anfield on 3 February.
4. One of six clubs with a 100% record from Premier League matches in which they opened the scoring (won four of four).
5. Own the best behaved record in the Premier League; shown just eight yellow cards so far. Liverpool are next best with 10 yellows.
6. Failed to score in only one of the last 13 home league games; the 0-1 loss to Manchester United on 15 September.
7. This match precedes the Uefa Cup Group A tie, home to Larissa of Greece on Thursday.

LIVERPOOL

Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 3rd
Lowest could fall: 9th

1. One of two clubs still holding an unbeaten Premier League record. The other is Arsenal.
2. Undefeated in nine league games. Won four and drawn five since losing 1-0, away to Fulham on 5 May.
3. Drew 2-2 with Spurs last time out. They were the first goals conceded in six league outings and first shipped from open play this season.
4. Averaging two points per game (16 after eight). It is their best start since 2002-03 when they finished fifth. But a higher finish has been attained in three of the four subsequent seasons, after inferior starts.
5. Conceded just four Premier League goals; one every three hours on average
6. Yet to concede the opening goal in a Premier League match.
7. Let in just one league goal in the first half, and the only club not to have gone in at half time trailing in a Premier League match this season.
8. Not beaten in four league games on the road this term (three wins, one draw). This is the best "away" form in the Premier League.
9. This match precedes the Champions League Group A clash with Besiktas in Turkey on Wednesday, and a home Premier League fixture against Arsenal on Sunday, 28 October.

KEY PLAYER NOTES

EVERTON

The only club without at least one player to have been on the field for every minute of every Premier League game this season.
Jolean LESCOTT is Everton's top scorer with five goals - all but one being headers.
LESCOTT is also the clubs' leading marksmen and the top scoring Englishman in the Premier League, with three.
James McFADDEN is now just one shy of 50 club career goals.

LIVERPOOL

Fernando TORRES is Liverpool's top scorer with seven goals, and top Premier League marksman, with four.
Goalkeeper Jose REINA is the only remaining player to have been on the field for every minute of every one of Liverpool's Premier League matches this season.

HEAD TO HEAD

The Merseyside derby is one of the worst Premier League fixtures for red cards; 14 players have been sent off in 30 meetings.
Liverpool's Ian Rush was the last player to score a hat-trick in a Merseyside derby. He contributed four of five unanswered goals at Goodison on 6 November 1982; Mark Lawrenson scored the other one.

Home and away

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">League (inc PL): Everton 56 wins, Liverpool 65, Draws 55Prem: Everton 8 wins, Liverpool 11, Draws 11at Everton onlyLeague (inc PL): 33 wins, Liverpool 28, Draws 27Prem: Everton 6 wins, Liverpool 5, Draws 4</pre>


LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME

Everton 3-0 Liverpool
9 September 2006 - Ref: Graham Poll
Everton scorers: Cahill 24, Johnson 36, 90

REFEREE

Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

retired_jennifer89889

Isn't it actually the worst, not one of the worst?

retired_bibitte

If Cahill plays any part, I might explode. Hate the little ****.

retired_smilin916

I'm really really not looking forward to this game.

We've both been awful the last few matches and this game can either go two ways. A 0-0 snore-draw OR someone is going to get tonked.

I'm hoping Liverpool's most useful player (Torres) isn't fit and Yakubu feels like turning up for a change.

retired_amadhani

Isn't it actually the worst, not one of the worst? </BLOCKQUOTE>

bet they cba to go through each fixture tallying it up.

retired_navy0614

Pretty sure it is the worst, which coupled with our angelic record of late means we'll end the game with 8 men.

retired_jennifer89889

The Liverpool channel just had the top 10 Liverpool derby wins in the EPL :cool:

I swear about 7 of the 10 were 3-1 wins.