Everton hosts Liverpool on Sunday afternoon, in what is the first ever installment of the Merseyside Derby at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Goodison Park had been the Toffees faithful home for many an enthralling Merseyside Derby contest over the years, and Liverpool will be hoping they can get back to winning ways on the weekend, when they cross over enemy lines to face their arch rivals, once more.
Arne Slot‘s men need results in the Premier League desperately after crashing out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stages to Paris Saint-Germain, as Ousmane Dembele brace proved too tricky to contain, in a 2-0 defeat at Anfield.
Alongside coming unstuck to PSG for the second year in a row in Europe’s elite competition, Slot side. have also lost to Manchester City in the Emirates FA Cup Quarter Finals and Brighton and Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League in recent months, when travelling away from Anfield.
Liverpool did win the earlier Premier League meeting between the two rivals this season, however, as Ryan Gravenberch and now long-term injury absentee Hugo Ekitike fired home a quick double, in a slim 2-1 win.
But, with just one victory clinched across their last five games in all competitions, Everton will head into this clash with renewed confidence that they can beat their biggest foe.
David Moyes men are in a far better vein of form, at the moment, than their Merseyside counterparts, with three victories collected across their last five clashes, in all competitions, which included an emphatic 3-0 home win over Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea.
Everton have six wins under their belt on home soil this Premier League season, and they’ll hope to bump that number up to seven to rub salt into their arch rivals’ wounds.
Here is all the information you need ahead of the clash at Hill Dickinson Stadium, including which TV channel the game will be on, the kick-off time, and how to watch.
Everton vs Liverpool date and kick-off time
Everton hosts Liverpool at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday, April 19th.
The Merseyside Derby showdown will kick off at 2 pm GMT.
Everton vs Liverpool TV channel
The hotly contested game will be broadcasted live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
The pre-match coverage will commence from 1 pm GMT, with Slot side. desperate to collect another Merseyside Derby win, to try and immediately exorcise their PSG demons.
Everton will be formidably standing in their way, though, with the match set to be a fascinating watch for the neutral and a painstaking one for the two halves of Merseyside to take in.
Whether it’s the shadow of the docks or the echoes of Goodison past, the Merseyside Derby remains the fixture that halts the city in its tracks. For Arne Slot, Sunday represents more than just three points; it’s a desperate hunt for a lifeline to save a season that is fast threatening to unravel following that European heartbreak at the hands of Ousmane Dembele and PSG.
But in the Blue corner, the mood has shifted. David Moyes has his side firing, the new stadium is ready to find its voice, and the prospect of piling more misery onto a wounded Liverpool side is an opportunity the Toffees will be relishing.
Will the Hill Dickinson Stadium witness a historic Everton statement to kickstart a new era, or can the Reds find the resolve to silence the critics and reclaim local bragging rights? One thing is certain: come 2 pm on Sunday, there will be nowhere else on earth quite like the banks of the Mersey.
Follow all the build-up, live match updates, and post-game analysis right here on the ReadLiverpool website.
