Premier League live: Liverpool host Everton

Liverpool have lost just two of the last 28 league meetings home and away. The first was at Goodison in October 2010, with Mikel Arteta and Tim Cahill on the scoresheet for the Toffees.

The second was here last season - the first at Anfield since 1999.

Gray steps up but curves the resulting free kick in a central position straight into the wall.

The Blues look to spring forward for the first time and Gordon wins a free kick off Fabinho 25-30 yards from goal.

As expected, the Reds have had all of the ball so far as they probe for an early goal.

The majority of Anfield taunts the visitors.

In the league at Anfield: Liverpool 45 wins, Everton 24 wins, 33 draws.

Everton get the 206th Merseyside derby in the league up and running.

Michael Keane replaces Ben Godfrey for the visitors after the latter was injured early in the warm up.

A stat Evertonians will be desperate to improve this evening.

“We realise the situation we’re in. We’re not in a position we want to be. No one is going to hold their head high about that. But I think in the last two games, getting four points from six, has shown that we’re fighting.”

“Everywhere, you meet Everton [fans] and you know these kinds of talks. We can give our fans a big pleasure, a big favour if we win again. It’s a more emotional game but we have to concentrate on keeping on playing our game. Emotions can push but we should not be distracted by it. We have to keep on going and concentrate on the stuff we are doing, keep playing the way we play and just put more in.”

“The reality is, we are going up against one of the best teams in the world, on current form. We will prepare as we always do, with an idea of how we want to play. I expect passion, fight and desire, there is not a game-plan that will work without those things. Especially in a game of this size and type.”

With just over half an hour until kick off, the Blues come into this derby knowing they have dropped into the relegation zone as a result of Burnley's 1-0 win over Wolves.

Everton are currently 18th with 29 points from 31 games played. Burnley are now on 31 points from 33 played.

“I think the fans know what I want, but in the contract it’s not everything about the money at all. So I don’t know, I can’t tell you exactly. I have one year left and the fans know what I want.”

“We love being in this situation. It's incredibly tough - we play pretty much all the time. You cannot plan that you are still in everything. But we know there's nothing we have achieved so far, or not a lot. We won one competition, that's great, but there are three others to go.”

Frank Lampard brings Mason Holgate and Abdoulaye Doucoure into the side that drew 1-1 with Leicester City on Wednesday night.

Fabian Delph is on the bench but Yerry Mina, Donny van de Beek and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are not involved.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - LIVERPOOL: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Thiago, Keita, Salah, Mane, Jota... Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Gomez, Tsimikas, Henderson, Milner, Jones, Origi, Diaz. /// EVERTON: Pickford, Coleman, Holgate, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Doucoure, Iwobi, Allan, Gordon, Richarlison, Gray... Subs: Begovic, Keane, Kenny, Branthwaite, Price, Delph, Alli, El Ghazi, Rondon.

Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the 240th Merseyside derby. There’s a lot hinging on this one with Liverpool needing a win to move back to within a point of title rivals Manchester City while Everton desperately need points to try and stave off the drop.

Kick off at Anfield is 16.30 BST.