Everton v Liverpool LIVE: Isak and Salah start historic Merseyside derby

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Liverpool’s trip to Everton could be key in the race for next season’s Champions League (Getty)Everton host Liverpool in an intriguing Merseyside Derby in the Premier League, the first to be held at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. (Reuters)Jack Rathborn19 April 2026 12:22Could Everton launch late bid for Champions League football?With all the talk about Liverpool and qualifying for the Champions League again after their quarter-final exit midweek against PSG, could Everton suddenly find themselves in the hunt?

Here’s how their run-in looks: Liverpool (H) West Ham (A) Man City (H) Crystal Palace (A) Sunderland (H) Tottenham (A) Jack Rathborn19 April 2026 12:10Liverpool's run-in to secure top five and Champions League footballWith a four-point gap to Chelsea in sixth, Liverpool only need 12 points to guarantee Champions League football next season. Everton (A)Crystal Palace (H)Man United (A)Chelsea (H) Aston Villa (A)Brentford (H)Jack Rathborn19 April 2026 12:00Pundits claim Liverpool are now ‘underdogs’ for Merseyside derbyFormer Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler has claimed that Liverpool could be underdogs for this weekend’s Merseyside derby against Everton after the Reds were dumped out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain.Slot’s men have six games left of the domestic season and the first one comes this weekend in a Merseyside derby, though Fowler and former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney think that the champions could be “underdogs” heading into that game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.“Obviously the form in the last month, I know the Galatasaray [win was] a great result but I don’t think Galatasaray are great, so they've been turned over by Brighton, beat by Man City.

And I think this derby game has come at the wrong time for Liverpool,” he added.(PA)Jack Rathborn19 April 2026 11:47Could Beto be the danger man for Everton against Liverpool?Beto is in fine form for the Toffees, with a surge of goals in 2026. “That’s what we need to do after the summer, but we are mainly focused here on the upcoming six games because that could also impact our plans for the summer at this club.”Jack Rathborn19 April 2026 10:45David Moyes keen for Everton to show new power of Hill Dickinson Stadium against Liverpool“So many derby matches are played up and down the country and many of them are famous for their rivalry – but the Merseyside derby match is right up there with any which is played in the United Kingdom.“I was brought up in a city where the rivalry is intense.