After successful outings in Europe, Arsenal and Liverpool rekindle their rivalry in the Premier League this Sunday. Heading into this game hosts Arsenal start the week in third place while Liverpool are top of the standings. Read on for our prediction of this match.
Much of the pre-match talk going into this game has focused on the unavailability of Arsenal’s key players. The Gunners are going through a tough spell with key injuries as well as suspension of their best defender.
Mikel Arteta is, however, staying defiant and expects his team to rise to the occasion, coming from a 1-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk.
Liverpool have lately found it tough facing Arsenal and as they make this trip to London, they’ll be aware of just how crucial it can get.
Like Arsenal, they are also coming from a win in the Champions League, beating Leipzig 1-0 away from home. After winning their league match against Chelsea last week, Liverpool scaled to four points ahead of Arsenal.
It means no matter the outcome here, they can’t drop outside the top two for the weekend. Liverpool’s midweek win was their eighth consecutive and they will be confident as they had to the Emirates.
Arsenal facing Liverpool always comes with a thrill. This one comes early but there are already parallels being drawn in the title race. Whichever way it goes, we can count on a good bet in the goals market. Only one clean sheet came from this fixture in the last five and coming into this one, both teams are in good scoring form. As they have rarely failed to score in recent matches, our prediction for this Arsenal v Liverpool match is for both teams to score.