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Liverpool vs Arsenal predictions: Expect an Anfield arm wrestle

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Andoni Iraola may be left frustrated when Liverpool host Arsenal
Andoni Iraola may be left frustrated when Liverpool host Arsenal
  • Liverpool have lost one out of 13 in all competitions this season

  • Arsenal have kept clean sheets in all three of their away league wins

  • There was only one goal scored in the pair's two meetings last season

The last two champions of England meet at Anfield when Liverpool host Arsenal in Sunday's late Premier League game.

Both were in EFL Cup action in midweek, with the Gunners suffering a shock penalty shootout defeat to League Two Fleetwood Town, while Liverpool overcame Chelsea by the same method.

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Key Stats

  • Last season's two meetings produced only one goal

  • Liverpool have lost only once this season and have won their last two league fixtures

  • Champions Arsenal have won their last three league games since losing at Brighton

  • Three of the last four meetings have ended as draws

  • Milos Kerkez has committed 13 fouls in this season's Premier League

  • Myles Lewis-Skelly was booked in Arsenal's last league game and cautioned at Anfield in 2025

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  • Under 2.5 goals

  • Milos Kerkez over 1.5 fouls

  • Myles Lewis-Skelly to be carded

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Team News

Ronald Araujo will continue at right-back for Liverpool with Jeremie Frimpong (hamstring) out, while Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz "have a chance" of returning from injury.

Florian Wirtz went off in last Sunday's 2-0 win over Brighton with a twisted ankle, but recovered enough to feature in the latter stages of the EFL Cup win over Chelsea, including scoring in the shootout.

Alisson was on the bench for that game but is expected to return in goal, while Arsenal also rotated for their infamous loss at Fleetwood and will be without Max Dowman following his red card.

Bukayo Saka may return before the international break following a quadriceps injury, but Mikel Arteta was coy on whether he will be fit for Sunday.

Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice and Christos Tzolis have all returned to training and could feature.

Need to know

Despite contrasting midweek EFL Cup fortunes, both teams are in good league form, with Liverpool winning three of their last four games and losing only to Manchester City, whom they were level with before Ryan Gravenberch was sent off.

Arsenal have responded to their 3-0 loss at Brighton before the international break by recording three straight league victories.

Of the last four meetings, three have been draws, the odd one out being Liveprool's 1-0 win in this fixture last term.

Prediction

A once-entertaining rivalry, last season's two meetings produced only one goal, a Szoboszlai wonderstrike that gave Liverpool a 1-0 win at Anfield.

While it might be a fiery, robust game, Sunday's match may also be tense, so chances could be limited.

Look for under 2.5 goals, and the desperation to stymie the opposition could lead to indiscipline.

Liverpool left-back Kerkez is averaging a foul every 50 minutes in the Premier League.

Although he will not be marking Saka, a player who was fouled every 28 minutes before his injury, the Hungarian defender's lack of positional awareness may mean he has to bring down Arsenal's other England right winger, Noni Madueke.

Myles Lewis-Skelly could feature in either midfield or at left-back for the Gunners.

That opens up the chance of a card as he adapts to either role, and the Englishman was booked in last weekend's win over Everton and was cautioned at Anfield in May 2025.

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