Tonight's match is the 229th meeting between Arsenal and Liverpool. The Reds have won 89 of the games while Arsenal have managed 79 wins for themselves and the other 61 ended as draws.
If Arsenal comes away with three points this Monday, Mikel Arteta will become the first Arsenal manager to win his first match at Liverpool since Tom Whitaker in 1947.
Liverpool is unbeaten in the last 60 Premier League (PL) matches held at ‘fortress Anfield’ (W49, D11), the hosts will be brimming with confidence and the potential to richly entertain.
Notably, Liverpool’s last eight PL home matches (W7, D1) have averaged 4.38 total goals, and five of the eight featured both teams scoring. Four of the matches featured at least two goals in both halves. The ‘Reds’ are also unbeaten in seven straight PL H2Hs at Anfield (W5, D2), including four straight wins, and a whopping 25 goals scored across the seven (3.57 on average).
Furthermore, across their last four PL home H2Hs vs Arsenal, Liverpool have conceded just once within first-half play.Last season, Arsenal took just two away points from 18 against teams finishing in the top six (D2, L4). They conceded three penalty goals across those games (0.5 per match), with Arsenal defender David Luiz averaging 0.33 red cards per game within that group of six.Despite the above, Mikel Arteta’s men have reason to feel confident after their own perfect PL start (W2 - GF 5, GA 1). The fact that they have emerged victorious in five straight matches entered as matchday underdogs (1 x penalty win), including two versus Liverpool, further underlines this. Those recent wins over the Merseysiders mean Arsenal have now been victorious in the last three H2Hs when Liverpool were the current champions.Players to watch: Liverpool lethal front three, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah have 12 goals between them.
Goalkeeper Alisson and Thiago, the £20million signing from Bayern Munich, missed weekend training and the absence of both men — who were crucial to last week's win at Chelsea — would be a significant blow.
Adrian , Liverpool's Spanish understudy, is waiting to take over from Alisson but who replaces Thiago in midfield is an issue Klopp must solve. He is already without Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while Fabinho may be needed to partner Virgil van Dijk in central defence.