Arsenal vs Liverpool

Emirates Stadium is the venue as Arsenal and Liverpool go head-to-head in a heavyweight Premier League showdown.

Arsenal lost ground on table-topping Liverpool last weekend as William Saliba’s first-half sending-off facilitated the Gunners’ first Premier League defeat this season. Bournemouth ran out 2-0 winners at the Vitality Stadium, marking the London side’s first scoring blank in the top flight this term (W5, D2, L1). Interestingly, all three winless league outings in 2024/25 have seen Mikel Arteta’s team reduced to ten men in the first half, highlighting their ill-tempered nature. Arsenal cannot afford another slip-up in this mouth-watering fixture if they’re to keep their dream of halting a two-decade Premier League title drought alive. They can draw confidence from going unbeaten in their last four top-flight duels against Liverpool (W2, D2), eclipsing their point tally from 14 previous H2Hs in this competition.

After losing their last two away league games at the Emirates, Liverpool are staring down the barrel of a three-game losing H2H top-flight run in North London for the first time since 2006. However, Arne Slot’s men take this trip in a buoyant mood, residing at the top of the Premier League table with nine wins from ten matches (L1), including a 2-1 derby triumph against Chelsea last weekend. The Reds maintained their near-flawless competitive record under Jurgen Klopp’s successor with a narrow 1-0 UEFA Champions League victory at RB Leipzig, making it 11 wins out of 12 (L1). Adding to Liverpool’s confidence, they’ve found the net in their last 17 Premier League encounters against Arsenal, which should increase their hopes of upholding a 100% win ratio in competitive away games this term (W6).