Cheers, boos, applause, chants... just noise, lots and lots of noise. It's a Merseyside derby alright!

The teams are out and we'll have a game on our hands shortly.

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Chris Sutton takes on rapper Juice Menace to pick his winners and losers for the weekend's Premier League games.

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Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Everton haven't won a game yet and they are not going to start here. They've got Idrissa Gueye back and Neal Maupay should be available, but Liverpool won comfortably at Goodison last season. I don't think it will be easy for them but I expect them to come out of the right side of it.

Mo Salah hasn't got going yet and Liverpool really need to find a consistency, which they are working hard to get through at the minute, but I think they will have too much quality, even though Everton will be super aggressive at Goodison.

Juice Menace's prediction: 1-4

Find out how Sutton and Juice think the rest of the weekend's fixtures will go and cast your vote here

Everton will have to fly in the face of recent history if they are to get their first win of the league season today.

The Toffees are winless in 11 Premier League home fixtures against Liverpool (W0-D8-L3), since David Moyes's Toffees defeated Roy Hodgson's Reds 2-0 on 17 October 2010 (goals by Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta).

Everton's current 11-game Premier League home winless run versus Liverpool is their longest top flight home winless streak against a single opponent.

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• Everton boss Frank Lampard has lost all four of his Premier League meetings with Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, with his sides conceding at least two goals each time (11 in total).
• Only Chelsea v Manchester United (25) has finished as a draw more often than Everton v Liverpool (24) in Premier League history, while the Merseyside derby has seen more red cards than any other fixture (22).
• Three of Mohamed Salah’s four Premier League goals for Liverpool against Everton have come at Goodison Park. Only Michael Owen (4) has scored more away goals for the Reds against the Toffees in the competition.
• Following goals against Brentford and Leeds in August, Anthony Gordon is looking to become the youngest Everton player to score in three consecutive Premier League appearances (21y 191d) since Romelu Lukaku in October 2013 (20y 145d) and youngest Englishman since Francis Jeffers in September 2000 (19y 224d).

Liverpool

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, speaking to BT Sport: "I am not 100% sure what it is about [conceding the first goal]. We try to be dominant from the start and that will be difficult today because of what is at stake and it is Goodison and I am sure it will be a lively and aggressive start from Everton. We have to be ready. At the end, football is all about reaction. When the other team has a goal you have to respond to that. I hope at some point in the season we don't have to talk about this anymore.

"Bobby is in top shape but came back injury and has now played a lot. Darwin is fresh so that is the reason [he plays]. We had to change in midfield, it was clear. We had Milly [Milner] or Fabinho. We decide for Fabio as Milly can come on for five positions. Kostas [Tsimikas] for Robbo [Robertson] is just time. Robbo plays all the time and when we can make a change unforced we should do it.

"Gray will go to the wing and Maupay will go up front [for Everton]. He is a lively boy, very aggressive. Good player. Everton did really well last few games. They have found a system now. Press from time to time. Direct style. When Pickford gets the ball he goes pretty long. Makes the pitch long. It is a challenge for our team, fight for lots of second balls."

Everton

Everton boss Frank Lampard, speaking to BT Sport: "Our performances have been good. we've lacked a little something along the way to get that win. We've deserved it. It is a big opponent in front of us today, big derby. We focus on the game in hand.

"We couldn't register him [Maupay] for the last two. But he is in now and has trained with us all week, which he helps. He can bring to the table what we brought him to the club for, which is hold up play and hopefully goals. It has been a protracted transfer [Gueye], where he has been travelling a lot. We would like to have got him straight in but we need to be sensible and to be fair to the midfield at Leeds, they worked really hard.

"Liverpool are always dangerous in any moment. That is the style they have worked on over many years. Intense team, always a threat on the counter and build-up. And they will keep going. That is what top teams do. We have to do the same."

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West Ham striker Michail Antonio believes Aston Villa and Everton are easy targets for the media because of the profile of their managers.

Both sides have made stuttering starts to the season - along with clubs such as Leicester and Wolves - but Antonio believes Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard's reputations as players mean they get a heavier amount of coverage.

"Everything I keep hearing is about Gerrard and Lampard," Antonio told The Footballer's Football Podcast. "Other clubs are not referred to as much.

"The media are very powerful and these are big teams that are expected to be doing better. The fact is, both Gerrard and Lampard need time to work on their philosophy and keep building.

"Because they were superstar footballers, the media maybe want them to fail."

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Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

[Darwin Nunez will be targeted] It is not only going to happen today, it is going to happen in the future as well because a little crack has appeared. If you didn't already know with Nunez then you saw the reaction with Joachim Anderson.

So it is going to happen, he is going to get wound up, people have seen now that he has got that little chink in his armour - that he can be pushed to breaking point.

Some great players, this is what makes them tick. They have got that little bit of devil in them. They enjoy it and get a kick out of that.

Everton are going to need this fella today...

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has spoken to Football Focus's Kelly Somers about getting married in the summer, maturing as a footballer and following in Joe Hart's footsteps as a youngster.

Watch the full interview on Football Focus at 12:00 BST on BBC One, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app.

Everton forward Demarai Gray has been speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside about Saturday's Merseyside derby.

"I think you just are obviously aware of the occasion and build it up in your mind," said Gray.

"You try to anticipate it and when you come of out the tunnel and hear the fans, it's an incredible feeling. It's going to be like that on Saturday.

"Us as a team, we have a good feeling at the moment. To take that into the game at home, I'm very confident it is going to be a good day."

You can listen to the full interview here

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Everton owner Farhad Moshiri told discontented fans to judge him at the end of this window. The jury remains out.

They brought in eight players as well as keeping the prized Anthony Gordon out of Chelsea's clutches and much of their business looks smart.

Conor Coady and James Tarkowski provide experience and leadership in defence. Amadou Onana is the most expensive acquisition at £33m but shows great promise, while the return of the hugely popular and quietly effective Idrissa Gueye and the arrival of the highly-rated James Garner widen midfield options.

And then we get to the questions.

Everton desperately needed a striker, probably two, with Richarlison sold to Tottenham and Dominic Calvert-Lewin regularly plagued by injuries.

Neal Maupay has arrived from Brighton but no other forwards pitched up on deadline day.

Is this enough to cure a chronic goals shortage? If it is not, then the judgement on Moshiri and those who do the deals in Everton's boardroom may yet be an unfavourable one.

Frank Lampard says he is “happy” with Everton’s transfer business and that it is now “time to get our heads down and work”.

The Toffees added midfielders James Garner and Idrissa Gueye to their ranks on deadline day – taking their tally of summer signings to eight.

“Gueye is a player for the now - the club know him well,” said Lampard.

“He gives me a great option. I am really pleased with that one. Garner, a young player, lots of energy and quality and will improve with us and improve us. It’s a good example of us moving forward in a sensible direction, getting energy in there as well as quality. We have competition which is important for a long season.

“When I look at the squad I am happy. Now it’s time to get our heads down and work.”

Lampard says in his view a deal to take Anthony Gordon to Chelsea “never got close” and he is also not comfortable with frequent calls for Everton to sign another striker.

“People are drawn to the striker situation,” he added. “Dominic Calvert-Lewin feels like a new signing as well. When I and we as a club look at how can we improve the team, to isolate and just look at the striker wasn’t the way to look at it. It was how we can strengthen throughout. We have to look at the collective. We have Calvert-Lewin – an England striker – and Neal Maupay, who is proven in the Premier League.”

Lampard feels his side have deserved more than to be winless at this stage of the season as he prepares for his first home Merseyside derby on Saturday.

“I am excited to know we will have a home crowd behind us,” he said. “We have to perform with the same passion that they will turn up with.”

Alex Iwobi feels he is "flourishing" in a new role in Everton's midfield.

The former Arsenal playmaker has taken on a central midfield role under Frank Lampard this season and earned rave reviews for displays that have showcased good pass selection and distribution.

"With the centre backs we’ve got, they help me a lot," Iwobi told the club's website. , external"They’re always vocal, telling me what positions to take up and it’s something we work on a lot in training.

"I feel like I’m improving and flourishing in that role."

Iwobi says former midfielder Lampard has helped him transition and feels the side is starting to click despite being winless in the Premier League so far.

"We’re almost there," added Iwobi. "We’re creating opportunities to get goals in attack, but we just need to continue to work on that.

"Defensively we feel like we are sound. Obviously, we do concede a few goals here and there, but I think that’s bound to happen. Sometimes you can’t defend for 90 minutes, but we try.

"Getting the goals is what we’re trying to work on but it’s definitely going to come."

Ian Kennedy
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

James Garner was a big part of Nottingham Forest’s drive towards promotion last season – and even though he’s had little in the way of Premier League experience, his time at the City Ground will have been invaluable – that’s in addition to his football education at Manchester United.

As a Wirral lad, he’ll feel very much at home on Merseyside, and it’ll be fascinating to see how quickly Frank Lampard brings him into the side.

He’s still only 21, so there’s plenty of time - and to be fair to Everton, the midfield will look a lot stronger now that Garner has joined fellow new recruits Amadou Onana and Idrissa Gueye. He was well thought of at Forest, so this could prove a really good signing long term for Everton.

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BBC Radio Nottingham

James Garner is an exciting signing for Everton. He’s got lots of attributes and bags of potential.

If he keeps developing - as he has over the last year and a half as a Forest player in the Championship - into a solid Premier League player, I think Everton fans can look forward to enjoying seeing him play. When he gets going, he is a joy to watch.

For a player so young – he is only 21 now - he has a number of qualities at both ends of the pitch.

Sometimes he might look a bit slight compared to some of the midfielders he might come up against in the Premier League, but don’t be deceived, he’s strong on the ball, a very good ball-winner and a good tackler.

Forest mainly used him as one of two holding midfielders but also used him in a number 10 role as well because he can play some beautiful passes.

He's a very good dead ball, set-piece taker. He got 10 assists for Forest last season, mostly from very dangerously swung-in corners. He also scored four goals as well, mostly from a deep position, so he can get a few goals and assists.

Jimmy Garner is a bit of an all-rounder. The other thing is he is fluent. When he runs with the ball, looks up and delivers a pass, he is one of those players who’s pleasing on the eye. As well as being effective, he is fun to watch.

Listen to more discussion of Everton's latest signing on BBC Merseyside Sport

James Garner says Everton is the "perfect place" to progress after joining the club from Manchester United on a four-year deal.

After signing for the Toffees, he said: "I’m made up to sign for Everton. It’s a huge step in my career and I want to help the team get better while progressing as a player. I think Everton is the perfect place to do that. I can’t wait to get started.

"The manager [Frank Lampard] has got a real plan for the club and for me. Working with him on a daily basis is major for me. Him and his staff can take me and the team to the next level. That’s what I’m hoping for.

"I know how passionate Evertonians are. I'm passionate myself and the sort of player who feeds off the crowd. I know what the fans are like so I think I'll be a good fit.

"I’m still only young and there’s a lot of leaders in the Everton team now, but it’s something I’ve always had and I’m not afraid to speak my mind and lead by example."

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Idrissa Gueye said it feels like coming home after re-joining Everton from Paris St-Germain.

He said: "There is no better feeling than coming back home, seeing some brothers here.

"I am very happy to be here, to help, to work hard and to give my soul for this team. I am in my home. I feel like home and I know everybody here. Seeing this team, following this team every week and how they play, I cannot feel in a better place than Everton so that is why I chose to come back here.

"There is a great atmosphere around the stadium and people around here are like a family. Even when I went to Paris I kept in contact with some players here and continued to support for the team.

"For me it is special and I said to the manager if I left PSG it will be for one team and that is Everton."

Ian Kennedy
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

A quick glance at Everton’s transfer business this summer shows plenty of activity, and yet two main topics have dominated – will Anthony Gordon stay or go, and will the club bring in a new striker or two?

The Gordon situation has been the big saga but, despite all the speculation, the club have maintained all along he’s “an Everton player” and, listening to Frank Lampard reiterate that again last night, it would seem he may, after all, line up against Liverpool on Saturday.

Everton do finally have one striker in with Neal Maupay now signed – but losing Richarlison to Tottenham and Dominic Calvert-Lewin to injury were big blows.

Defensively Everton have strengthened well. James Tarkowksi, Ruben Vinagre and Conor Coady are good additions, while in midfield Dwight McNeil is a decent signing, Amadou Onana has plenty of confidence and Idrissa Gana Gueye looks like he’ll be returning, a player very much familiar with surroundings.

Only time will tell if this has been a good window. It’s been a tough start to the season and getting one striker in has taken a long time but, if Calvert-Lewin returns soon, there’ll be some encouragement to take into the next few months.

New Liverpool midfielder Arthur Melo has been described as a "caffeine-free, diet Thiago".

The Reds loaned the Brazilian from Juventus on deadline day to help alleviate injury congestion in midfield.

Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Adam Digby - Juventus correspondent for Forbes.com - said: "The best way to describe him would be a like a caffeine-free diet, Thiago I guess.

"His short passing and ball retention is really, really good. Outside of that he has really struggled in his time at Juve to make any other impact in the game at all.

"Some of is probably because of the style of play. Italian football is very used to that type of player and has done a very good job of marginalising all but the best Andrea Pirlo types of player.

"You can probably pin it on Juve's overall struggles in midfield. It goes on longer than the two years Arthur has been there.

"The other thing would be his injuries. He's had six or seven that have made him miss 24 games over the two seasons he has been there. There are a combination of factors but the club, him and the league have all contributed to him struggling."

You can listen to Adam on BBC Radio Merseyside here

In Arthur Melo, Liverpool have not signed someone who will radically improve the team, according to European football expert Raphael Honigstein.

Jurgen Klopp has dipped into the European market to strengthen his midfield depth after Jordan Henderson picked up an injury against Newcastle on Wednesday.

However, Honigstein sees the fact they have only brought Arthur in on a season-long loan as proof Klopp does not see him as long-term fixture at Anfield.

"Liverpool are not willing to go into the market unnecessarily," he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues podcast. "Their thinking had to change after the injuries to Henderson and Naby Keita.

"They don't think Arthur will improve the team, but he can do a job in the short term. Then, they will go for the next 25 or 26-year-old midfielder to take them forward."

Italian football journalist James Horncastle agreed, suggesting there were a number of questions around Arthur after an undistinguished spell at Juventus.

"He wants to play regular football and get into the Brazil World Cup squad," Horncastle said. "But it's been disappointing. He was supposed to be the poster boy of a transition at Juventus into something new but it has not worked out.

"Juve fans are in two minds because they have seen players such as Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur leave for the Premier League and do well, and they wonder what will happen with Arthur."

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