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Everton manager David Moyes and Liverpool head coach Arne Slot on the sidelines during this season's first Merseyside derby(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

Everton and Liverpool will lock horns once again on Wednesday evening as the two teams return to action after the international break.

The Merseyside derby at Anfield is the standout fixture as the Premier League gets back underway for the run-in following a two-week break.

League leaders Liverpool will be desperate to win after a difficult week saw them lose to Paris Saint-Germain and exit the Champions League before a Carabao Cup final loss to Newcastle United ahead of the internationals.



Everton, meanwhile, will travel to Anfield looking to play spoilers once more having netted a 97th-minute equaliser to earn a 2-2 draw when the teams met at Goodison last month.

And the Toffees have been boosted by the return of Iliman Ndiaye and Dwight McNeil as the pair of attackers trained on Friday following injury lay-offs.

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Ndiaye had scored in wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion before limping off midway through the first half of the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

Scans confirmed he suffered medial ligament damage.

Meanwhile, McNeil hasn't played since a 4-0 victory over Wolves back in December, in which he aggravated a knee injury that had saw him miss a number of matches earlier in the season.

Striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin will remain sidelined for Everton and the Blues will be sweating over the fitness of left-back Vitalii Mykolenko, who suffered a thigh problem while on international duty with Ukraine this week.

Liverpool will be assessing internationals of their own when they return to the AXA.

Defenders Joe Gomez (hamstring), Trent Alexander-Arnold (ankle) and Conor Bradley (hamstring) will play no part against David Moyes' men given they are still sidelined by with their respective injuries.

Tyler Morton is also out injured.

Arne Slot and David Moyes are set to speak to the press this week ahead of the match.


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