Liverpool take on Everton at Goodison Park in the 216th Merseyside derby on Saturday needing one goal to make it 50 in all competitions since Kenny returned as manager in January.

Overall league record: Liverpool 70 wins, Everton 57 wins, Draws 57.

At Everton: Liverpool 31 wins, Everton 34 wins, Draws 27.

Last season Liverpool were defeated in this fixture with Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta scoring the goals in a 2-0 Everton win.

In the return the teams shared four goals at Anfield. Raul Meireles put Liverpool ahead with his first goal for the club but Sylvain Distin and Jermaine Beckford put the Blues in front early in the second half before Dirk Kuyt equalised from the penalty spot.

In that game Liverpool were without both Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard in a Derby for the first time in nine years.

Liverpool have won 84 of the 215 meetings in all competitions with Everton winning 66 and 65 ending all square.

Today will mark the 185th league meeting with the Reds having won 70 to the Blues 57. It is the most played derby in English league football.

There has not been a draw in the last 11 league meetings at Goodison - Liverpool winning eight.

The last player to score a hat-trick in a league derby was Ian Rush. He scored four on this ground in a 5-0 win in November 1982. He is the only Liverpool player to achieve the feat at Goodison Park.

Dixie Dean is the last Everton player to score three in a game against Liverpool - hitting all his side's goals in a 3-1 win at Anfield in September 1931.

Dirk Kuyt is the only player to score two penalties in a derby. The penalty in the last meeting at Anfield was his third to equal Phil Neal's record from the spot against the Blues.

The Reds have lost just three of the last 23 meetings in the Premier League home and away - all at Goodison.

Liverpool's next goal will be their 250th in the league against Everton.

Liverpool have lost three of the last 13 derbies at Goodison in the league but have won three of the last four.

The Reds have scored in eight of their last 11 league visits.

Home and away Liverpool have lost one of the last nine league meetings - at Goodison last season.

Kenny Dalglish has lost three of his 23 meetings with Everton as Reds boss, winning 13.

The Reds have kept three clean sheets in the last 11 league visits to Everton but in that time have scored 20 goals.

During that period they have scored at least twice in eight of the clashes.

Both sides biggest league win on this ground has been by a 5-0 scoreline. Everton recorded theirs in April 1909 and Liverpool in November 1982.

Two Liverpool players have scored own goals in a league Merseyside derby - Neil Ruddock in 1997 and Sami Hyypia in 2007.

Stewart Downing scored the first goal of his career on October 1, nine years ago - for Middlesbrough at Brentford in his side's 4-1 League Cup win.

Jordan Henderson could play the 100th club game of his career if selected.

Liverpool's next goal will be their 9,000th in Football League and Cup.

If Steven Gerrard scores this season he will become only the third player in the club's history to score in 13 successive seasons.

Dirk Kuyt's next league goal will be his 50th in the Barclays Premier League for the Reds.

Jamie Carragher will join Ray Clemence in equal fourth place on the club list of all time league appearance makers. Last week his equalled Ian Rush's total of 469.

The Reds have kept only one clean sheet in their last 11 games - at Arsenal earlier this season.

His next victory will be his 150th as Liverpool manager in league matches. It will be achieved in the fewest number of games if he achieves the feat within the next dozen outings.

The Reds have failed to score in three of their last four away league games.

The Reds are aiming to avoid a third successive away league defeat. The last time they did lose at least three the sequence began with defeats at Stoke and Tottenham - November 2010.

Only two current Liverpool players have scored in a Derby - Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt have both scored five times.

Steven Gerrard and Phil Neville are the only players in derby history to be sent off twice. The other current players to have seen red in the fixture are Lucas (in FA Cup) of Liverpool and Blues Tony Hibbert and Tim Cahill.

Nineteen players have been sent off (10 at Goodison) in the 38 Premier League meetings between the clubs with 10 men being red carded in the last 13 clashes.

Of the 19, 12 have been Everton players.

Everton have had seven players sent off in the last nine league meetings at Goodison.

Only three penalties have been saved in the derby with the last being by Bruce Grobbelaar in March 1984 at Goodison from Graeme Sharp.

Everton have only scored more than twice against Liverpool in one of the last 88 meetings. This came in the 3-0 win here in 2006.

The Blues have come from behind to win a derby only once since the war-that came in 1992 when Peter Beardsley scored the winner at Goodison.

David Moyes has managed a winning side against Liverpool three times in 18 league meetings.

Everton have been awarded seven penalties in post-war league derbies with five being scored and two missed. Liverpool during the same period have scored 11 of their 14.

Tim Cahill is Everton's leading scorer in post-war league derby games with five - the last player to reach four was Duncan Ferguson.

Cahill is one of only two members of the current Everton squad to have scored for the Blues against Liverpool. Sylvain Distin is the other.

All of Everton's nine Barclays Premier League victories over Liverpool have come in the first fixture of the season.

The Blues next goal will be their 250th against Liverpool in all competitions.

Everton are looking to record back-to-back league Derby wins at home for the first time since 1994-95.

They have lost at home in the league this season to Queens Park Rangers, drawn with Aston Villa and in their last outing beat Wigan 3-1.

The last time Everton lost back to back league games was in November 2009 when they were defeated in three in a row. The last of that trio of losses being at home to Liverpool.

The Blues have lost only once at home in the league since last November.

Tim Cahill has not scored a Barclays Premier League goal since last December - in the win at Manchester City. The last home game he netted in was in November 2010 against West Brom.

Tim Howard saved a penalty at Blackburn earlier this season while the Blues have scored both spot-kicks they have been awarded - in that game at Blackburn (Arteta) and Leighton Baines against Aston Villa.

Current League Positions:

Liverpool: Pld 6 Won 3 Drawn 1 Lost 2 Goals For 8 Against 8 Points 10 Position: 5th.

Everton: Pld 5 Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost  2 Goals For 6 Against 6 Points 7 Position: 10th.

Scorers this season: (League in brackets)

Liverpool: Suarez 4 (3), Adam 1 (1), Bellamy 1 (0), Carroll 1 (0), Henderson 1 (1), Kuyt 1 (0), Maxi 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), own goals 2 (2).

Everton: Arteta 2 (1), Anichebe 1 (0), Baines 1 (1), Drenthe 1 (1), Jagielka 1 (1), Fellaini 1 (0), Neville 1 (0), Osman 1 (1), Vellios 1 (1), own goals 1 (1).