📏 Form Guide

Liverpool

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Liverpool will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 3-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Chelsea.

In that match, Liverpool managed 65% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. For Liverpool, the goalscorers were Jarell Quansah (56' Own goal) and Virgil van Dijk (85'). Chelsea got 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Enzo Fernández (3') and Cole Palmer (96') scored for Chelsea.

Liverpool haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have managed to rack up 12 during that period and have conceded a total of 8.

Their past results show that Liverpool:

• have not won against Arsenal in their last 5 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 15 home league matches. A fantastic home record.

Arsenal

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League action, Arsenal and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Arsenal had 54% possession and 19 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Arsenal was Bukayo Saka (76'). Paris Saint-Germain got 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Fabián Ruiz (27') and Achraf Hakimi (72') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Looking at their form, and Arsenal have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. In defence, Arsenal have some weaknesses to address. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Arsenal:

• have not won against Liverpool in games played away from home for the previous 11 matches in the league. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• are undefeated by Liverpool in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 12 league matches away from home. Travelling very well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 09/10/2022 shows us that Liverpool have won 1 of them and Arsenal 2, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

A combined sum of 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 10 of them for The Reds and 11 belonging to The Gunners. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 9 on 27/10/2024 and the score finished Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool.

On that day, Arsenal managed 45% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Bukayo Saka (9') and Mikel Merino (43').

Liverpool got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Virgil van Dijk (18') and Mohamed Salah (81') scored.

The referee was Anthony Taylor.

ℹ️ Team News: Liverpool

Tyler Morton (Shoulder injury) and Joe Gomez (Hamstring injury) will not be able to play for Liverpool manager Arne Slot.

It looks as if The Reds could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system and select Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz.

📋 Team News: Arsenal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has multiple availability issues to deal with. Kai Havertz (Hamstring injury), Gabriel Magalhães (Hamstring injury), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Knee surgery) and Gabriel Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

There’s a good chance that The Gunners appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 system by sending out David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Oedegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Mikel Merino and Gabriel Martinelli.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Arsenal would be disappointed if they were not to breach the defence of this Liverpool lineup, but that probably shouldn’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 win for Liverpool at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Lucas Pereira, 15:06 11/05/2025