Marco Silva takes his Everton side across Stanley Park tonight for a game that could well mark the end of his time on Merseyside.

Liverpool have been in rampant form this season and Everton's failure to win a Merseyside derby at Anfield since the turn of the millennium suggests the visitors will have to overcome a major psychological block to record three points tonight.

It's a huge game in the context of the title race and Silva's future, but how exactly will the Portuguese man set his side up in a bid to make history?

After the weekend defeat against Leicester City, we anticipate two key changes to the starting XI and a return to a more familiar formation.

Liverpool's relentless, pulsating midfield trio necessitate the need for manpower in the centre, so it's likely that Silva will need to ditch his five-at-the-back experiment in order to combat the likes of Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum.

With Theo Walcott reportedly fit and ready for selection, we're anticipating he will return to the side in place of Alex Iwobi, forcing Sigurdsson back into his more natural advanced position in the midfield.

Meanwhile, Michael Keane drops out of the defensive unit to make way for Morgan Schniederlin, who was fit enough for the substitutes bench on Sunday.

The next game is always the biggest one, but for Silva they really don't get much more defining than this.