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Mark Lawrenson takes on CBeebies presenter and West Ham fan Ben Cajee for the latest round of Premier League predictions.

Lawro's prediction: 0-2

However you look at the game, Liverpool have to be favourites. Everton have not won since the end of September and when I watched them against Brentford on Sunday, they never ever really looked like scoring. The Bees could even have won by another goal or two.

Quite often going into these derby games, I think it doesn't matter whether teams are at the top or bottom of the table because they feel so different but, this time, the sheer quality of Liverpool means I cannot see them creating chances without taking some of them.

Ben's prediction: 0-2

Everton are on a terrible run and Liverpool are flying.

Find out how Lawro and Ben think the rest of the week's fixtures will go

Useful this from Mohamed Salah in the derby in 2017.

Most players would be happy with just one goal like this in their career. Salah's got a collection.

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Rafael Benitez is a veteran of 14 Merseyside derbies from his time on the red side of the Liverpool divide, but his first in charge of Everton on Wednesday could be his most important.

Benitez, 61, will become the first manager since 1894 to take charge of both Merseyside clubs in a derby, though that achievement is likely to be far from his mind as his Everton side go into the game on a rotten run of form.

The Toffees are without a win in seven Premier League games and dropped to 14th in the table after Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Brentford.

The fans made their displeasure clear at the final whistle and the bookmakers make Benitez - only appointed in June - the favourite to be the next Premier League manager to lose his job.

Read more from BBC Sport's Thomas Mallows on why tonight's Merseyside derby is so important for Rafa Benitez.

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Wolves make two changes from their 0-0 draw at Norwich on Saturday.

Out drop the suspended Ruben Neves and Barcelona loanee Francisco Trincao with Leander Dendoncker and Adama Traore coming in.

Wolves: Sa, Semedo, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Ait-Nouri, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Traore, Jimenez, Hwang.

Subs: Moulden, Ruddy, Hoever, Trincao, Silva, Cundle, Bueno, Campbell.

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Burnley also make two changes from their last Premier League game against Crystal Palace on 20 November. Their game against Tottenham on Sunday was postponed due to heavy snowfall, don't forget.

Centre half Nathan Collins and Jack Cork replace James Tarkowski and Ashley Westwood, who are both suspended after picking up five yellow cards.

Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Collins, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Cork, Brownhill, Wood, McNeil, Cornet.

Subs: Hennessey, Norris, Roberts, Lennon, Rodriguez, Pieters, Vydra, Long, Thomas.

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Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl names three changes following his side's 4-0 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.

Kyle Walker-Peters starts in defence as Saints revert to a back four, while Nathan Redmond and Nathan Tella both also return.

Lyanco, Romain Perraud and Armando Broja drop to the bench.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Bednarek, Salisu, Walker-Peters, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Tella, Adams, A.Armstrong.

Subs: Forster, Lyanco, Long, Perraud, Broja, Djenepo, Smallbone, Elyounoussi, Valery.

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Meanwhile, Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has gone with an unchanged side despite his players having just two days to recover from their 4-2 win in tough conditions against Watford.

Midfielder Youri Tielemans remains absent due to a calf injury, while former Saints defender Jannik Vestergaard is among the Foxes' substitutes.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Castagne, Soyuncu, Evans, Thomas, Soumare, Ndidi, Maddison, Lookman, Barnes, Vardy.

Subs: Ward, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Perez, Amartey, Choudhury, Dewsbury-Hall, Vestergaard, Daka.

Claudio Ranieri responds to Watford's 4-2 defeat at Leicester on Sunday by making one change for a match against another of his former clubs.

Brazilian forward Joao Pedro comes in for his second top-flight start of the season. Cucho Hernandez drops to the bench.

Watford XI: Bachmann, Femenia, Cathcart, Troost-Ekong, Masina, Louza, Joao Pedro, Cleverley, Sissoko, King, Bonaventure.

Substitutes: Ngakia, Rose, Gosling, Fletcher, Tufan, Kabasele, Hernandez, Kucka, Elliot.

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There are six changes for Chelsea from the side held 1-1 by Manchester United last weekend.

In come Andreas Christensen, Christian Pulisic, Saul Niguez, Mason Mount, Cesar Azpilicueta and Kai Havertz.

Jorginho, Timo Werner and Thiago Silva are among those dropping to the bench.

Reece James is not involved. Romelu Lukaku again starts as a substitute.

Chelsea XI: Mendy, Chalobah, Christensen, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Saul, Alonso, Pulisic, Mount, Havertz.

Substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Jorginho, Silva, Lukaku, Werner, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Ziyech, Sarr.

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David Moyes makes two changes from the West Ham side that lost 2-1 to Manchester City on Sunday as Vladimir Coufal and Jarrod Bowen come in for Aaron Cresswell and Arthur Masuaku.

Seventeen-year-old striker Sonny Perkins, who made his Hammers debut against Rapid Vienna last week in the Europa League, is among the substitutes.

West Ham: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Coufal, Soucek, Rice, Fornals, Benrahma, Bowen, Antonio.

Subs: Masuaku, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Vlasic, Areola, Noble, Perkins, Diop, Kral.

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Brighton boss Graham Potter also makes two alterations from the 11 that began the goalless draw at home to Leeds.

Pascal Gross and Tariq Lamptey drop to the bench with Adam Lallana included as well as a first Premier League start for 19-year-old Ecuador international striker Jeremy Sarmiento.

Brighton: Sanchez, Veltman, Webster, Dunk, Cucurella, Bissouma, Lallana, Moder, Trossard, Sarmiento, Maupay.

Subs: Mac Allister, Mwepu, Lamptey, March, Steele, Duffy, Locadia, Burn, Gross.

OK, it's team news time for the earlier games. Slap your eyes on this lot...

So what do all these fixtures mean for the state of the table?

Well, all of the top three are in action, with Chelsea able to steal an early march on Liverpool and Manchester City if they win at Vicarage Road. Any one of the three could end tonight on top, though.

West Ham are ready to make up ground if any of them slip up, with Wolves also sniffing around in sixth.

The game at Molineux is also a big one for the situation at the bottom, with Burnley the visitors and in dire need of a win to close the gap between themselves in 19th and the pack just above the bottom three.

That pack includes Everton, who have been sinking like a stone of late and desperately need to arrest a run of seven games without a win.

BBC Radio 5 Live

This is how you can follow all of tonight's Premier League action on the BBC...

There's this live text commentary, which will endeavour to bring you all the very best action, punditry and reaction. But you knew that already. You're here. You're reading this.

We've also got radio coverage tonight courtesy of BBC Radio 5 Live, which starts at 19:00 GMT, with Mark Chapman hosting and updates provided on all the earlier games. Then there's full commentary of Everton v Liverpool from 20:15.

On BBC Radio 5 Live Sports, there is full commentary of leaders Chelsea at Watford. Coverage for that starts at 19:25.

We'll come back to all these Merseyside shenanigans shortly. It may be the headline bout of tonight's card, but that does not diminish the quality of what we have elsewhere in the six fixtures.

We've got one of those awkward splits today, with four matches taking place at 19:30 GMT and the remaining two (of which the Merseyside derby is one) starting 45 minutes later.

Here's the full running order...

19:30: Southampton v Leicester, Watford v Chelsea, West Ham v Brighton, Wolves v Burnley

20:15: Aston Villa v Man City, Everton v Liverpool

"Am I looking forward to Wednesday? I should do, but it's a game people make too much of.

"I don't like the way it is approached. Very often things go over the top. We want to play football there and let's see what the opponent wants."

This is what Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp had to say to the BBC after his side's 4-0 win over Southampton at the weekend. What could he be referring to?

I think it would be fair to say that things have happened in recent meetings between the two sides that have added a bit extra to a fixture that really didn't need it.

On top of that, the Blues are now managed by a man who led the Reds to one of their finest ever moments and who is now starting to feel the pressure at his still very new club.

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Well look at that. If it isn't one of the Premier League's fiercest derbies.

Yep, the countdown to Christmas gets under way today with a right old ding-dong between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park.

And boy do both sides need a win, for very different reasons.

No chocolate in this advent calendar, I'm afraid. But there is a bit of spice...

It's December the 1st, people. Time to crack open that first window of the advent calendar. Is it a window? Or a door? A mate of mine asked that question today. I'd always assumed window, but maybe I'm wrong. What a debate to start the evening, eh?

Anyway, back on track... it's the 1st of December, so what are we getting? A gingerbread Christian Benteke? A Granit Xhaka bauble? James Ward-Prowse curling a free-kick around a wall built of snowmen?

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