Everton vs Liverpool team news: Danny Ings keeps his place up front alongside Daniel Sturridge for the Reds

The match kicks off at 1.30pm

James Orr
Sunday 04 October 2015 12:25 BST
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Danny Ings scores for Liverpool against Norwich
Danny Ings scores for Liverpool against Norwich (Getty)

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Both Liverpool and Everton are unchanged from their last Premier League fixtures for today's Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.

Danny Ings keeps his place up front for the Reds alongisde Daniel Sturridge.

Under pressure Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said before the game: “We will always take the favourite tag. When you are at Liverpool that is what you want.

"It shows you the level of expectancy here as opposed to another club. We are happy to live with that.

"We are only a couple of points from where we want to be in the top four. It is still very early on in the season and we are making progress as we go along and we have some outstanding players to come back into the reckoning."

Everton: Howard, Galloway, Funes Mori, Jagielka, Browning, Barry, McCarthy, Naismith, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lukaku.

Subs: Robles, Gibson, Oviedo, Kone, Lennon, Osman, Holgate.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Skrtel, Sakho, Can, Clyne, Moreno, Lucas, Milner, Coutinho, Ings, Sturridge.

Subs: Bogdan, Gomez, Rossiter, Allen, Ibe, Lallana, Origi.

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