This was Liverpool’s first 1-0 Premier League win at Anfield since May 2023 against Brentford – between that win and tonight, they’d won at home with seven different scorelines (2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3).
Everton have suffered only their second defeat in 11 Premier League games since David Moyes returned to the club (W4 D5), with the loss ending a run of nine consecutive unbeaten games for the Toffees.
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 25 home Premier League matches against Everton (W15 D9), a 2-0 defeat in 2020-21.
Liverpool have won their last three Premier League home games against Everton, each by a 2-0 scoreline. They last won more consecutive home league Merseyside derbies between 1990 and 1994 (5), while they’ve never done so without conceding.
Following a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park in the reverse fixture, Everton are looking to avoid defeat in both Premier League meetings with Liverpool for the first time since 2020-21, when they won 2-0 at Anfield after a 2-2 draw at Goodison Park.
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 24 Premier League home games against Everton (W14 D9), winning five of the last six at Anfield.
26 of the 65 Premier League meetings between Everton and Liverpool have been drawn, with only Chelsea vs Manchester United finishing level more often in the competition (27). Indeed, Everton have also have drawn more Premier League matches than any other side this season (13), including each of their last four in a row.
Everton vs Liverpool has produced more red cards than any other fixture in Premier League history (25), with the Toffees’ 17 reds against the Reds also the most one team has against another in the competition. Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) and Curtis Jones (Liverpool) were both sent off late on in the reverse fixture in February.