Everton vs Liverpool: Team news
We have the two starting XIs for this potentially emotional Merseyside derby, and there are no real shocks.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin remains out, so Beto leads the line, but Vitaliy Mykolenko returns from injury.
Deadline day signing Carlos Alcaraz is also among the substitutes.
For Liverpool, there are wholesale changes from the weekend’s defeat as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk all return, among others.
The big news for Arne Slot’s men is that Trent Alexander-Arnold is fit enough to be on the bench.
Everton starting XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Lindstrom, Ndiaye, Beto
Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Keane, Harrison, Young, Iroegbunam, Sherif, Heath
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Diaz
Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Jones, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah
