As Liverpool prepare to do battle with their Merseyside rivals Everton at Goodison Park today, check out these 16 interesting facts about the fixture.

Liverpool have won 88, lost 66, and drawn 70 of their 224 meetings with Everton in all competitions.

This will be the 193rd league clash between the sides, with the Reds having won 73 to the Blues' 57. It is the most played derby in English league football.

Should Liverpool claim three points, they will have won as many games at Goodison against Everton in all competitions as they have lost - 40. 

Last year's 1-1 draw between the teams at Anfield was the first time that Everton had scored against the Reds in the league after the 90th minute of a game to win or draw since 1934 when Dixie Dean netted. 

Everton have scored more than twice against Liverpool in just two of their last 97 league meetings - a 3-0 win at Goodison Park in 2006 and the 3-3 draw of 2014.

The Reds have lost just three of the last 31 derbies in the Premier League home and away - all at Goodison - and they are unbeaten in the last nine played on either side of Stanley Park.

Five of the last six derby clashes have been drawn.

Liverpool have scored at least twice in 11 of their last 15 league visits to Goodison, failing to score in the other four.

The only Reds player to score a hat-trick in a league derby on Everton's patch is Ian Rush. He famously scored four in a 5-0 win in November 1982. 

The last hat-trick in a derby came from Steven Gerrard, who scored all three in a 3-0 home victory in March 2012. 

Both sides' biggest league derby win at Goodison has been by a 5-0 scoreline. Everton recorded theirs in April 1909 and Liverpool in November 1982. 

Daniel Sturridge has scored six career goals against the Blues with three coming in three games for Liverpool.

A total of 26 players have been sent off in Merseyside derby history – nine from Liverpool and 17 for Everton. Only five players had been dismissed in the first 88 years of the fixture.

The last four Liverpool red cards in league matches have come in games they have ultimately won.

Everton have been awarded seven penalties in post-war league derbies with five being scored and two missed. During the same period, Liverpool have scored 11 of their 16.

All of Everton’s nine Premier League victories over Liverpool have come in the first meeting between the teams of that season. The last time they won the second league meeting of a campaign was March 1988 at Goodison.