English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 20, 2025
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Liverpool WWWWW 2
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Match Report

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Liverpool hold off Everton in derby, maintain winning start

Liverpool maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a narrow 2-1 victory over Everton in Saturday's Merseyside derby.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
1
42.8
Possession
57.2
9
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
404
345
Passes
475
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
43
23
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
12
23
Effective Clearances
37
23
Clearances
37

Highlights

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Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 6Milos KerkezLB
  5. 12Conor BradleyRB
  6. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 38Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 22Hugo EkitikeF
  10. 18Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Curtis JonesSUB
  2. 73Rio NgumohaSUB
  3. 30Jeremie FrimpongSUB
  4. 26Andy RobertsonSUB
  5. 25Giorgi MamardashviliSUB
  6. 9Alexander IsakSUB
  7. 3Wataru EndoSUB
  8. 7Florian WirtzSUB
  9. 2Joe GomezSUB

EVE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5Michael KeaneCD-L
  3. 6James TarkowskiCD-R
  4. 16Vitaliy MykolenkoLB
  5. 15Jake O'BrienRB
  6. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallAM
  7. 37James GarnerLM
  8. 27Idrissa GueyeRM
  9. 9BetoF
  10. 18Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 10Iliman NdiayeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Seamus ColemanSUB
  2. 2Nathan PattersonSUB
  3. 11Thierno BarrySUB
  4. 39Adam AznouSUB
  5. 20Tyler DiblingSUB
  6. 24Charly AlcarazSUB
  7. 42Tim IroegbunamSUB
  8. 7Dwight McNeilSUB
  9. 12Mark TraversSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Liverpool 1, Everton 0. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  2. 28' Iliman Ndiaye (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! Liverpool 2, Everton 0. Hugo Ekitiké (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch with a through ball.
  4. 45' Substitution, Everton. Thierno Barry replaces Beto.
  5. 58' Goal! Liverpool 2, Everton 1. Idrissa Gueye (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Iliman Ndiaye.
  6. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Florian Wirtz replaces Cody Gakpo.
  7. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  8. 67' Substitution, Liverpool. Alexander Isak replaces Hugo Ekitiké.
  9. 69' Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 82' Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Everton. Tyler Dibling replaces Iliman Ndiaye.
  13. 86' Substitution, Everton. Charly Alcaraz replaces Vitalii Mykolenko.
  14. 90'+4' Jack Grealish (Everton) is shown the yellow card.

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