Everton will move to a new state-of-the-art 53,000-capacity ground on Liverpool's Bramley Moore Dock next season when they finally leave behind England's first major football stadium.

Liverpool legend John Aldridge looks ahead to Wednesday's Merseyside derby in the second half of his weekly ECHO column

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot hopes his first-choice side will handle the emotion of Goodison Park’s final Merseyside derby better than the second string whose “unacceptable” performance resulted in them being dumped out of the FA Cup by Plymouth.

Everton secured a 3-0 victory in the first Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park on October 13, 1894. However, it took Liverpool 87 years to surpass Everton in terms of victories, following a 3-1 triumph at Anfield on November 7, 1981.

Everton supporters will again welcome the club's team bus to Goodison Park in what is expected to be a major Merseyside derby with Liverpool on Wednesday night

Arne Slot said his Liverpool players are "ready for another battle" as they prepare to take on Everton in the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday.Slot, preparing for his first and last derby at Goodison,

Everton's 2-0 home defeat to Bournemouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday meant that Goodison Park, the Toffees' storied home since 1892, has officially seen its last action within the world's oldest cup competition.

Liverpool are seeking an illustrious number of wins over their neighbours Everton as they aim to put a dampener on Goodison Park's final hosting of a Merseyside derby.