Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the 200th league Merseyside derby. It's mid-table Everton hosting title-chasing neighbours Liverpool. Can the Reds return to top spot with a significant win, or will Jurgen Klopp's men come unstuck against the Toffees in the 100th league encounter between the sides to be played at Goodison Park? Kick off 16:15 GMT.

It's 100mph stuff with Liverpool shading the early sparring. No chances or attacking situations of note as of yet though.

TOP-SIX HOODOO: Everton have not won in 24 league matches versus the so-called 'big six', losing on 18 occasions. Their last success was in early 2017 when they hammered Man City 4-0. Will that finally change today at the expense of their great rivals?

Head-to-head league record at Goodison: Liverpool 33 wins, Everton 34 wins, 32 draws./// Overall: Liverpool 77 wins, Everton 57 wins, 65 draws.

DID YOU KNOW? The very first league encounter between these sides was way back in 1894 when the Blues won 3-0. It has since gone on to become the most played derby in the English league football.

It's some atmosphere inside Goodison Park. No doubt how big this match is for both sets of supporters.

KICK OFF! Here we go in the 200th league Merseyside derby.

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RED FORM: Liverpool's 5-0 thumping of Watford in midweek was a welcome return to freescoring form for Klopp's men. They have won two of their last five, drawing the other three. However, the omens look good for the Reds' title hopes as the seven previous sides to have tallied 69 points after 28 games played have gone on to lift the trophy.

BLUE FORM: Everton are searching for back-to-back wins for the first time since October. The Toffees had lost their previous three on the spin prior to the midweek victory at Cardiff and lost eight of their previous 11 league outings.

KLOPP HOPING TO BE GR-EIGHT: The Liverpool boss has won five and drawn two of his seven meetings with Everton in all comps. Only Bob Paisley (10) and David Ashworth (8) have enjoyed longer unbeaten starts against the Blues.

WILL MO NOTCH HIS HALF CENTURY? Mo Salah has fired 49 goals in 64 Premier League appearances for Liverpool. Another strike today would sees him become the quickest ever player to reach 50 for one club in the competition's history.

MAIN MAN-E: Sadio Mane has struck six goals in his last six league games, including a brace against Watford last time out. The Senegal international has tallied 14 league goals so far, which is his best return in a single campaign.

There's no doubt van Dijk has been a pivotal in Liverpool's title bid.

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IN THE NEWS: Liverpool hope to showcase their attacking talents but are also prepared to win ugly when they take on Everton, according to defender Virgil van Dijk.

Jurgen Klopp: "At Goodison they really support their team so let's go there and use the atmosphere because it will be loud, it will be wild, and we have to deliver on the pitch."

Marco Silva: "First we must be ourselves, to believe in ourselves. Of course it's a long time without a win for us as a football club - that means it's a difficult match. I didn't see a big difference when I managed my first Liverpool derby. If we can perform the way we did [then] in December it will be very good, because we were very close to winning the match. In that match we deserved something more."

LAST-GASP JOY/HEARTBREAK: Liverpool have plundered five 90th-minute Premier League winners against their neighbours. That is a record in the competition against a single opponent.

The Reds did it as recently as December's Anfield derby, when Divock Origi's bizarre 96th-minute goal claimed a dramatic 1-0 triumph for Klopp and Co.

FEELING BLUE: You have to go back to 2010 for Everton's last success in the derby. Back then the Toffees prevailed 2-0 at home to Roy Hodgson's Liverpool. It is their only triumph in 24 meetings.

Kurt Zouma returns from suspension to takes his place alongside Michael Keane in the home side's defence, while Bernard comes in for Richarlison.

Liverpool bring in captain Jordan Henderson for James Milner, who is on the bench alongside the fit-again Roberto Firmino.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - EVERTON: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne, Gueye, Schneiderlin, Walcott, Sigurdsson, Bernard, Calvert-Lewin... Subs: Stekelenburg, Jagielka, Kenny, Davies, Gomes, Tosun, Richarlison. /// LIVERPOOL: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Mane, Origi... Subs: Mignolet, Milner, Keita, Firmino, Sturridge, Lallana, Shaqiri.