Venue: Woodison Park Date: Sunday, 4 October KO 1.30pm
Everton: Howard, Galloway, Funes Mori, Jagielka (c), Browning, Barry, McCarthy, Naismith, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lukaku
Liverpool: Mignolet, Skrtel, Sakho, Can, Clyne, Moreno, Lucas, Milner, Coutinho, Ings, Sturridge
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Everton have not beaten Liverpool in the last nine attempts in the league (D6, L3). They have not endured a longer winless league streak in this fixture since an 11-match run between 1979 and 1984.
Liverpool's only defeat in the 17 most recent league meetings came at Goodison Park in October 2010 (W8, D8, L1). Five of the last six games have been drawn.
The Merseyside derby has produced 20 red cards in the Premier League, more than any other fixture in the division. However, there has not been a sending off in the last eight derbies in league and cup since Jack Rodwell's red card in 2011 - which was later rescinded.
Everton have not been awarded a penalty in this fixture since David Unsworth scored at Goodison Park in April 2003.
Everton
Roberto Martinez's side are unbeaten in four matches but have not recorded back-to-back league wins since April.
Victory over Chelsea in their last home match ended a run of one point from four games at Goodison Park.
Everton's victory at West Brom on Monday was the first time in 21 years they have come from two goals behind to win a Premier League game.
The Toffees have scored three goals in half of their last six league games but failed to score in the other three.
Romelu Lukaku's only league goal at Goodison Park in 2015 was a penalty in the 3-0 victory against Newcastle on 15 March.
Liverpool
The Reds have only won one of their last eight Premier League away games, scoring just five goals (D3, L4).
They have conceded nine goals in their last four league games, having kept clean sheets in their opening three matches of the season.
Daniel Sturridge has scored six goals in his last eight league and cup games against Everton.
Sturridge has the best goals per game ratio (0.65) of any Liverpool player in Premier League history.
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posted on 4/10/15
I don't agree Milner is a poor passer of the ball. If the game was played on stats then I would agree but it isn't, so I don't.
However I wholeheartedly agree he's better on the right. He gives you really good width and his passing from wide, especially crossing is very good. He also provides great protection for the full back. I believe he'd work well in a diamond, when he can go wide when we have the ball and close up when we don't.
I really don't understand why we haven't tried the diamond, considering our wide options.
posted on 4/10/15
He's not a good passer TOOR.
Never has been.
posted on 4/10/15
Milner was promised he would play in midfield when he agreed to join if reports are accurate.
posted on 4/10/15
comment by Mamba - Killing ain't fair but somebody g... (U13041)
posted 7 minutes ago
Milner was promised he would play in midfield when he agreed to join if reports are accurate.
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Well hopefully the new manager plays him wide, after all he didn't make the promise.
posted on 4/10/15
comment by righteous1 (U7048)
posted 16 minutes ago
He's not a good passer TOOR.
Never has been.
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His pass to Ings today says different.
posted on 4/10/15
You see you are confusing making good passes with being a good passer.
I can make good passes and I'm rubbish.
posted on 4/10/15
comment by righteous1 (U7048)
posted 2 minutes ago
You see you are confusing making good passes with being a good passer.
I can make good passes and I'm rubbish.
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No, you are confusing making good passes with making loads of easy not so good passes. As I said, good statistically but football isn't played on stats.
I do believe that you're rubbish though.
posted on 4/10/15
Football is played on stats.
A score line is a stat.
Milner isn't a good passer. Not because stats so (though they do), but because anyone who knows anything about football can see it with their eyes.
I like Milner, he's a good player, but passing is probably his weakest attribute, and in central midfield it gets exposed.
posted on 5/10/15
You can't say milner is a good passer if half the time he attempts to pass it, it goes astray,
Gerrard used to get pelters for 70% pass rates, but he was making incisive passes from deep,
Coutinho is generally making them in and around the box, where there is more defenders and he is typically around the 80% mark.
The position milner generally plays he needs to be successfully completing more passes, he can't play the side of a diamond if he can't link the defence and attack, which he can't.
Toor is always quick to denounce stats he doesn't agree with, but I've seen many examples of him staunchly defending statistics that back up his position.
posted on 5/10/15
Pass completion rate of comparable progressive centre mids in the Prem this season:
Cazorla 91%
Toure 88%
McCarthy 87%
Herrera 85%
Fabregas 84%
Milner 81%