Merseyside Derby - Doing The Double

Doing The Double

It is quite rare for either team to beat the other in both league games in one season. Liverpool have managed it 14 times and Everton 9 times. Liverpool completed the treble in 2011-12 when they defeated their rivals on 14 April in the FA Cup Semi-Final, 2-1.

Everton

Season Anfield Score Goodison Score
1899–1900 1–2 3–1
1908–09 0–1 5–0
1911–12 1–3 2–1
1923–24 1–2 1–0
1928–29 1–2 1–0
1931–32 1–3 2–1
1938–39 0–3 2–1
1964–65 0–4 2–1
1984–85* 0–1 1–0
  • Having won the Charity Shield 1–0, Everton completed a treble over Liverpool.

Liverpool

Season Anfield Score Goodison Score
1898–99 2–0 1–2
1920–21 1–0 0–3
1922–23 5–1 0–1
1924–25 3–1 0–1
1947–48 4–0 0–3
1972–73 1–0 0–2
1981–82 3–1 1–3
1989–90 3–1 1–2
1990–91 3–2 1–3
2000–01 3–1 2–3
2005–06 3–1 1–3
2007–08 1–0 1–2
2009–10 1–0 0–2
2011–12* 3–0 0–2
  • With a 2-1 win in the FA Cup semi final, Liverpool completed a treble over Everton.

With cup games, replays and so on, the two have often met three or four times a season, but in the 1986–87 season they played each other six times: starting with a 1–1 draw at Wembley in the Charity Shield, there were the two league games, the two-legged Screen Sport Super Cup Final (held over from the previous season), and a League Cup 5th round tie. Despite the fact that Everton finished the season as champions, they couldn't beat Liverpool that year, with 4 losses and 2 draws. A combined total of 281,356 spectators saw the six matches. The following season they met a further four times, being paired in both cups: honours were even with 2 wins each.

Liverpool have achieved the most Premier League doubles over their city rivals Everton – they have done it 4 times in the last 10 years. Everton have yet to do the double over Liverpool in the Premier League – their last league double over Liverpool was in 1985 where they won at Goodison (1–0) and Anfield (1–0) to complete a treble for that season, having also won at Wembley in the Charity Shield.

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