Everton v Liverpool on Sunday afternoon marks the 248th Merseyside derby, and the first at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
James Tarkowski scored the final Merseyside derby goal at Goodison Park to rescue a point for Everton in the closing stages of the 2-2 draw last campaign, and we take a look at which players have scored the most goals in the history of the fixture.
Top goalscorers in the Merseyside derby
Ian Rush (25)
No player has scored more goals then Ian Rush's 25 in the Merseyside derby, punishing Everton, his boyhood club, who reportedly told the centre forward that he wasn't good enough to play for the club.
The Welshman famously scored four in Liverpool's 5-0 win over their rivals at Goodison Park in the 1982/83 campaign, the same season in which the Reds went on to lift their 14th league title.
He also scored twice in Liverpool's FA Cup final victory over Everton in 1986, and twice in their FA Cup final triumph against the Toffees in 1989.
Dixie Dean - 19
Dixie Dean holds the record for the most goals scored (60) in a single season in top-flight English football, and he enjoyed facing up against Everton's Merseyside rivals too.
The Toffees legend scores 19 goals against Liverpool, including hat-tricks in the 1927/28 and 1931/32 seasons.
Alex Young - 12
Representing Everton from 1901 to 1911 before making the switch to Tottenham Hotspur, Alex Young scored 12 goals against the Reds, nine of which came in the top flight and three in the FA Cup.
Steven Gerrard - 10
Few players knew what the Merseyside derby meant quite like Steven Gerrard, playing 33 times against the Toffees during his 17-year Liverpool career.
The Liverpudlian scored his first goal against Everton in his fifth Merseyside derby, levelling the scorings in a 3-1 Reds win, and scored his one and only hat-trick against the club in Liverpool's 3-0 triumph at Anfield in the 2011/12 season.
Mohamed Salah - 8
While Mohamed Salah is renowned for his remarkable return against the Premier League top six, he's excelled in numerous contests against Everton too, scoring eight goals and recording three assists in 14 games.
The Egyptian King was granted the Puskas Award for his solo effort against Everton in 2018, marking his first goal in the Merseyside derby.
Harry Chambers - 8
Central to Liverpool's back-to-back League Championship success in 1922 and 1923, Harry Chambers was a prolific goalscorer for the Reds and found the net on eight occasions in the Merseyside derby.
Jimmy Settle - 8
Leading the Football League First Division's goalscoring charts in the 1901/02 season and lifting the FA Cup with Everton in 1906, Jimmy Settle enjoyed a fruitful nine-year spell with the club, in which he scored eight goals against Liverpool.
Jack Parkinson - 8
Playing for Liverpool between 1903 and 1914 and later retiring to become a newsagent, Jack Parkinson's Anfield spell was hindered by injury to some extent, but he still managed to find the net on eight occasions against Everton.
Peter Beardsley - 7
Peter Beardsley is one of just three players to have scored in a Merseyside derby for both Liverpool and Everton, crossing Stanley Park to join the Toffees in 1991, where he would score once against the Reds to take his goal tally up to seven in the fixture.
Graeme Sharp - 7
Last but certainly not least is Graeme Sharp, who scored seven goals for Everton against Liverpool in a highly successful 11-year spell at Goodison, where he won the top-flight on two occasions.
