LFC v Everton: Pre-match pack

Here are all the important pre-match stats and facts ahead of Saturday's Merseyside derby with LFC statto Ged Rea.

Head to head: (League only)

At Anfield:  Liverpool 38 wins, Everton 23 wins, 29 draws.

Overall:  Liverpool 69 wins, Everton 56 wins, 56 draws.

Earlier this season at Goodison Liverpool won 2-0 with a Javier Mascherano shot deflected by Joseph Yobo and a Dirk Kuyt goal sealing the Reds eighth win in the last ten league visits.

At Anfield last season the sides drew 1-1 in both the league and FA Cup meetings. The Premier League encounter saw Tim Cahill equalise with just three minutes remaining after Steven Gerrard had opened the scoring.

The Reds are looking to record their fourth Premier League 'double' over the Blues.

Liverpool have won 83 of the 212 meetings in all competitions with Everton winning 64.

Today will mark the 182^nd league meeting with the Reds having won 69 to the Blues 56. It is the most played derby in English league football.

The last player to score a hat-trick in a league Derby was Ian Rush. He scored four in a 5-0 win at Goodison in November 1982 - the only Liverpool player to achieve the feat at the home of the Blues.

Dixie Dean is the last Everton player to hit three for the Blues - at Anfield in September 1931 in a 3-1 win.

Four Liverpool players have scored derby hat-tricks at Anfield. The last was Fred Howe in September 1935. The others were Harry Chambers (1922), Dick Forshaw (1925) and Harold Barton (1933).

Liverpool are unbeaten in the last nine league meetings on this ground with four wins and five draws.

Only two Liverpool players have scored in both Merseyside derbies in the same Premier League season. The last was Emile Heskey (2000-01) and prior to that Robbie Fowler in 1995-96.

Liverpool's biggest derby win at home came in September 1935 when they won 6-0.

Dirk Kuyt has scored two Derby penalties (both in the same game at Goodison - the only player ever to do so) and is one behind the leading scorer from the spot in this fixture - Phil Neal.

Kuyt is one goal away from recording 50 for the Reds in all competitions.

If selected, Emiliano Insua will make his 50^th appearance for Liverpool in all competitions.

Dirk Kuyt has scored three goals in his last three games.

Liverpool's next win will be their 1,300^th in league football at Anfield.

Possible Liverpool derby debutants include Alberto Aquilani, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Maxi Rodriguez, Stephen Darby, Daniel Pacheco and Philipp Degen.

The Reds have lost just two of the last 20 meetings home and away-both at Goodison.

Only three penalties have been saved in the derby with the last being by Bruce Grobbelaar in March 1984 at Goodison from Graeme Sharp.

Last Saturday Pepe Reina played his 100^th consecutive league game for the Reds. It was only the 16^th occasion this had happened in the club's history and only the second time in the Premier League - David James being the other to reach the milestone.

Liverpool have conceded only one goal in the last 548 minutes of league football - Robert Huth of Stoke in the last minute of the clash in the Potteries.

They have won all four league games at Anfield since losing to Arsenal in December.

The Reds have scored in 23 successive home league games - the longest sequence since 1991. If they find the net to make it 24 it will be their best run for 29 years.

Seventeen players have been sent off in 35 Premier League meetings with eight seeing red in the last 10 clashes.

The Blues are undefeated in the league since losing to Liverpool at the end of November. In the nine games since they have won four and drawn five.

Everton's last win at Anfield came in September 1999 when Kevin Campbell scored the winner after just four minutes.

Everton have scored more than twice against Liverpool in one of the last 86 meetings. On that occasion they won 3-0 at Goodison three seasons ago.

The last player to score for Everton in the first half of an Anfield Derby was Kevin Campbell in the Blues' 3-1 defeat in October 2000. They have visited eight times since.

The Blues have scored three times in the last seven visits to Anfield and six in the last 10.

Should Tim Cahill score he will become only the second Everton player in history to score in five Anfield Derby fixtures. Dixie Dean holds the record.

Tim Howard is the only Blues ever-present in the league this season though Leighton Baines, Tim Cahill and Marouane Fellaini have missed just one game each.

Phil Neville and Steven Gerrard are the only players to be sent off twice in Merseyside Derbies.

All of Everton's eight Premier League derby wins have come in the first fixture of the season. The last time they won the second meeting in a season was in 1988 when they won 1-0 at Goodison but Liverpool still went on to win the title with Manchester United coming second.

John Heitinga was in the Atletico Madrid team which won at Anfield in a pre-season friendly back in August.

Everton's biggest win on this ground came in October 1914 when they won 5-0.

The Blues have won two of their last 23 league visits to Anfield.

The Blues have been awarded one penalty at Anfield in the last 72 years - Wayne Clarke scored in December 1988.

Everton have been awarded just seven penalties in post-war league derbies with five being scored and two missed.

Anfield has produced three goalless draws in the last seven league clashes between the sides.

The Blues have won twice here in the Premier League losing seven and drawing eight.

The Blues have come from behind only once to win a Derby since the war-that was in 1992 when Peter Beardsley scored the winner at Goodison.

Everton have not won on this ground by more than one goal since a 2-0 victory in February 1986.

Everton have not scored a first half goal in any of the last eight visits to Anfield.

David Moyes has won two of the 15 league derby matches as Everton manager.

The Blues have won three and lost five of 11 away league games this season. The victories have come at Portsmouth, West Ham and Wigan. They have drawn at Chelsea and Arsenal while they have beaten Manchester City at home to add to draws with Aston Villa and Tottenham.

They have conceded 19 goals on their travels - the most by any team in the top nine.

Everton have kept four clean sheets in the last five games played and are unbeaten away since losing 3-2 at Hull in November.

They have scored in each of the last nine games played since losing to Liverpool in November.

They have conceded only two penalties this season and both were saved by Tim Howard and both were  against Tottenham.

The Blues are looking for a fourth league win in a row for the first time in almost two years.

If Everton win today it will be the first season since 1985-86 that both meetings have been won by the away team.

Current League Positions: 

Liverpool: Pld 24 Won 12 Drawn 5 Lost 7 Goals For 42 Against 26 Points 41 Position: 5^th

Everton: Pld 23 Won 8 Drawn 8 Lost 7 Goals For 33 Against 34 Points 32 Position: 9^th

Leading scorers this season: (League in brackets)

Liverpool: Torres 12 (12), Kuyt 9 (8), Benayoun 7 (5), Gerrard 6 (5), Ngog 6 (4), Babel 3 (2), Johnson 2 (2), Insua 1 (0), Kyrgiakos 1 (1), Mascherano 1 (1), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 2 (1).

Everton: Saha 13 (11), Cahill 6 (4), Pienaar 5 (3), Bilyaletdinov 4 (3), Osman 4 (2), Fellaini 3 (2), Baines 2 (1), Gosling 2 (1), Rodwell 2 (0), Vaughan 2 (1), Yakubu 2 (1), Yobo 2 (1), Distin 1 (0), Donovan 1 (1), own goals 2 (2).