The Merseyside derby has been played 248 times in competitive football since Everton beat Liverpool 3-0 at Goodison Park on 13 October 1894. Liverpool lead the head-to-head with 102 wins to Everton’s 68, and 78 derbies have been drawn. Liverpool won both meetings in 2025-26, including the first derby at Everton’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium on 19 April 2026, when Virgil van Dijk scored an added-time winner in a 2-1 win.
The next two derbies are in the 2026-27 Premier League: at Hill Dickinson Stadium on 29 November 2026 and at Anfield on 30 January 2027.
Liverpool vs Everton: head-to-head in all competitions
| Competition | P | LIV | D | EVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Division | 146 | 54 | 44 | 48 |
| Premier League | 68 | 31 | 26 | 11 |
| FA Cup | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 |
| League Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Charity/Community Shield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Super Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 248 | 102 | 78 | 68 |
The old First Division derby was close, 54 Liverpool wins to Everton’s 48. The Premier League era is where Liverpool pulled away: 31 wins to 11 in 68 meetings. The clubs have never met in European competition.
Recent results
| Date | Result |
|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2026 | Everton 1-2 Liverpool (Hill Dickinson Stadium) |
| 20 Sep 2025 | Liverpool 2-1 Everton |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Liverpool 1-0 Everton |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Everton 2-2 Liverpool (Goodison Park) |
| 24 Apr 2024 | Everton 2-0 Liverpool (Goodison Park) |
The 2-2 on 12 February 2025 was the last derby at Goodison Park. Everton’s most recent derby win was the 2-0 at Goodison in April 2024, and their last win at Anfield was 2-0 in February 2021, which ended Liverpool’s 23-match unbeaten run in the fixture, the longest in derby history.
Records in the Merseyside derby
Liverpool’s 6-0 at Anfield in September 1935 is the biggest win in the fixture. The highest-scoring derby was Liverpool’s 7-4 win at Anfield in February 1933, and the 4-4 FA Cup replay at Goodison in February 1991 is the highest-scoring draw.
Ian Rush is the derby’s all-time top scorer with 25 goals for Liverpool. Dixie Dean has the most for Everton, 19, of which 18 came in the league. In the Premier League era, Steven Gerrard and Mohamed Salah share the lead with nine league goals each; Gerrard’s FA Cup goal takes his overall total to ten. Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall made the most derby appearances, 41.
Crossing the park
Liverpool did not buy directly from Everton between 1959 and 2000. The most recent direct transfer was Abel Xavier’s from Everton to Liverpool in 2002, the only player to appear for both sides in derbies in the same season. Nick Barmby’s move in 2000, for £6 million, is the most Liverpool have paid Everton. In the other direction, Peter Beardsley (1991) and Gary Ablett (1992) were the last players to go straight from Liverpool to Everton.
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Sources: Premier League official results; Wikipedia Merseyside derby results list. Featured photo: AFP / PAUL ELLIS