Team news
Moyes reported at his pre-match press conference that the visitors are ‘hopeful’ Vitalii Mykolenko could be available after a slight injury.
“We still have to wait and see tomorrow exactly how he is,” the Everton boss said on Tuesday of the full-back, who trained the previous day.
McNeil and Ndiaye are “getting closer” as they recover from knee issues, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin is still dealing with a hamstring complaint.
Previous meetings
The second Merseyside derby of the campaign comes just seven weeks after the first.
A dramatic encounter at Goodison ended all square after James Tarkowski scored for the hosts eight minutes into added time. Arne Slot’s Reds had previously overturned Beto’s opener through strikes from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah.
The last Anfield clash between the clubs was in October 2023. Liverpool won that one 2-0 thanks to a second-half double from Salah.
What they said
Moyes
“I think Liverpool’s league position tells you that how they’re playing is what they’ll probably do. They have been in a great position. They have had a couple of really tough games, PSG and a tough game against Newcastle; that can happen, no team is entitled to win all their games in football. It’s a big game, it always has been for us to go to Anfield and try to get a result. Always been incredibly difficult to go there and get a result. But we go again, we’ve got another chance to try it again.”