Arsenal Were 15 Places Below Liverpool Two Months Ago. However, A Win For The Gunners Against Liverpool On Saturday Will Take Them Above The Merseyside Club.
The gunners have been able to string results together and they are back among the top 5 teams in the League. They visit Anfield today, a stadium that has not been their best hunting ground for some years now. However, it will be very difficult as The Reds will be looking to get back to winning ways after losing away at West Ham just before the international break
Kick off Time
18:30 WAT
Anfield Stadium.
Referee: Michael Oliver.
Team News
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is a major doubt for this one as he faces a late fitness test. Andy Robertson is also doubtful and that could present Tsimikas with a fantastic opportunity to play against Arsenal.
Sadio Mane will feature after he recovered from a bruised hip. Firmino, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliot, James Milner, and Naby Keita are all long-term are all unavailable due to injuries too.
Possible Liverpool XI
Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Jota, Mane
Arsenal
Thomas Partey did not go on international duty due to injury. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a major doubt for the tie after he was stretched off while playing for Gabon.
Predicted Arsenal XI
Aaron Ramsdale; Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney; Thomas Partey, Albert Sambi Lokonga; Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Betting Tip
It should be entertaining, so, over 2.5 goals look to be on the cards today.
Stats
- Arsenal have kept six clean sheets in their last nine Premier League away games, including each of the last three in a row. The Gunners haven’t kept four consecutive away clean sheets in the competition since May 2005.
- Since Jurgen Klopp took charge of Liverpool, Arsenal have won just one of 11 Premier League games against the Reds (D3 L7), with the Gunners coming from 1-0 down to win 2-1 at the Emirates in July 2020.
- Liverpool’s defeat at West Ham last time out ended the Reds’ 20-game unbeaten run in the Premier League. Each of their last three defeats in the competition have been against London sides, with the Reds losing consecutively against Chelsea and Fulham before that 20-game run.
- Arsenal are now on the longest unbeaten run of any side in the Premier League (8 – W6 D2). The Gunners last had a longer run without defeat in the competition between August and December 2018 (14 games under Unai Emery).
- Liverpool are unbeaten in nine Premier League home games (W5 D4), having lost six in a row at Anfield before this. However, the Reds let a lead slip to draw their last two home league games 2-2, dropping as many points from winning positions in these games as they had in their previous 23 at Anfield combined (4).
