Overview

• Kickoff is 12:30 p.m. BST at Anfield, with Darren England refereeing and John Brooks on VAR.
• Liverpool’s confirmed XI includes Conor Bradley at right-back, Milos Kerkez at left-back and Hugo Ekitike up front, with Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz named among the substitutes.
• Everton start Jack Grealish and Vitalii Mykolenko, Jarrad Branthwaite is out, and Beto leads the line alongside James Tarkowski and Michael Keane at centre-back.
• Arne Slot’s champions have four wins from four in the league and have relied on late decisive goals across recent matches in both domestic and European play.
• Mohamed Salah’s early-season per-90 attacking metrics are notably down per BBC Sport, even after delivering a penalty winner at Burnley and a goal plus assist against Atlético Madrid.