Everton vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League latest team news and line-ups as Diogo Jota out of Merseyside derby in injury blow

Team news should be coming shortly. Dominic Calvert-Lewin is a doubt for Everton while Seamus Coleman has been ruled out. While for Liverpool, Mohamed Salah and Alexis Mac Allister should return to the line-up but Diogo Jota has joined Connor Bradley on the sidelines.

Everton’s winless run against Liverpool at Goodison Park is their longest against any team in their history.

The Toffees are without a win in their last 12 Premier League home games against the Reds, drawing nine and losing three.

Jurgen Klopp could became the first Liverpool manager in history to win 10 league games against Everton.

Mohamed Salah has five goals in his last five league appearances against Everton but has struggled for form since returning from a hamstring injury. Salah has not scored or assisted a goal from open play since the 2-1 win over Brighton at the end of March, but has a strong record against the Toffees.

Feyenoord’s Arne Slot is a leading candidate to take over at Liverpool as the Merseyside club look to appoint Jurgen Klopp’s successor, writes Richard Jolly.

Their search for their next manager has interest in the 45-year-old Dutchman, who won Feyenoord’s first Eredivisie title in six years last season and the KNVB Cup this week and who was a contender for the Tottenham job last summer before deciding to stay in the Netherlands.

Slot has emerged as a frontrunner after Liverpool missed on Xabi Alonso after their former midfielder opted to stay with Bayer Leverkusen, who have just won the German title, while they have also considered the merits of Ruben Amorim, the Sporting Lisbon manager who has held talks with West Ham.

Slot’s attacking style of play and track record of improving young players are thought to tally with Liverpool’s requirements while the Dutchman, who is under contract until 2026, is likely to leave his home country in his next move.

Everton manager Sean Dyche on his “massive respect” for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

“For what he has done there, and his other clubs. One thing I’ve learned about management is it’s not easy to build things, and he has done it at three different clubs.

“Two good wins, two clean sheets at home. We want to continue that form, whoever it’s against – and it just happens this one is against Liverpool.”

Sean Dyche is relishing the prospect of his first home Merseyside derby as Everton boss as the Toffees aim for another Goodison Park victory to take them closer to safety.

After going winless in 13 Premier League matches, Everton have triumphed in two of their last three, both at home, against fellow strugglers Burnley (1-0) on April 6 and Nottingham Forest (2-0) on Sunday.

That has left them five points clear of the relegation zone in 16th place with five games remaining, one more than the three teams directly below them: Forest, who like Everton are appealing against a points deduction, Luton and Burnley.

And the next two are also at home, against title-chasing Liverpool on Wednesday, then 15th-placed Brentford on Saturday.

Everton seeking a first derby win since 2021 and first at Goodison since 2010 and Dyche told a press conference: “The away game is different, because obviously the feel in the stadium.

“A home game – I’m well aware of all the records that people keep telling me – I’m looking forward to it. I didn’t grow up here, so I won’t have that depth of understanding – what I do understand is how important it is to be Everton’s manager, that’s for sure, in all games, and particularly this one, for obvious reasons.”

Jurgen Klopp was surprised by criticism of his side’s performance in the 3-1 win at Fulham as the Liverpool manager insisted results are all that matter when the Premier League title race is this close.

“I know this is the last part of the season: it is not about playing the freshest football of the whole year – that would be strange if that works out with the schedule all the teams have,” Klopp said.

“But you have to win games and I think we know how to do that and we have to make sure everybody understands the way we want to try (on Wednesday).

“I wouldn’t say it was straightforward but until two weeks ago everything was probably better than anyone would have expected.

“Then you have this week (losing to Atalanta and Crystal Palace) when the performances were not as bad as the results felt afterwards.

“And then it is like, ‘Why don’t you score enough? If you look at our numbers, yes, there are two teams who have scored more than us (Arsenal and Manchester City) but it is not like there are two teams who scored 50 goals more than us.

“It is always about how you can get the right feeling again for the situation and the next game and we usually do that. I am really happy now with the response.”

Jurgen Klopp has lost just one of his 18 matches against Everton as Liverpool manager, but with just two wins at Goodison Park in seven attempts.

Klopp’s five draws theere is more than any other away ground but Liverpool simply have to win if they are to keep pace with Arsenal and put the pressure on Manchester City.

“I don’t know exactly when my first derby was, 2016, but when I (first) came here it would not be honest if I said that is my game of the year. It wasn’t, I knew how important it was for the people, but didn’t feel it then,” he said.

“Now I know it and feel it. My understanding developed over the years. They are always difficult games, especially there, but it is not too important, what we had in the past.”

Pep Guardiola’s side are aiming to win a fourth league title in a row – a feat that has never been achieved in the history of English football, and the title is now in their hands after both Liverpool and Arsenal slipped up at home on that fateful Sunday two weeks ago.

But it’s not over yet. With City in action in the FA Cup semi-finals last weekend, both Arsenal and Liverpool were left with two games to play before City’s next Premier League fixture. It’s a chance for Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta to put the pressure on.

So, with four weeks to go, which team has the best fixtures and who has the hardest run of games to end the season?