All eyes will be on Anfield on Saturday night when Liverpool host Arsenal in the first game after the international break. Just one place and two points separate the two sides in the table, with Liverpool sitting fourth and Arsenal fifth after 11 games of the campaign. Two months ago, alluding that the Gunners could ursurp the Reds and potentially take their spot on the Premier League table would have been met with a backlash considering the disparity in form and status. The visitors were 15 places behind the 2020 league champions and seemed prime for yet another campaign on an emotional rollercoaster.
Contrary to what many may have been anticipated in months past, Mikel Arteta's men go into Saturday's clash on the back of a 10-game unbeaten run across all competitions. During the period, the North London club has beaten Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds, Aston Villa and Leicester City, although the upcoming test against Liverpool remains the biggest yet. Prior to the international break, they defeated Watford 1-0 to extend their winning run in the league to three. At the back, they have managed to keep things tidier, conceding just six goals in their last eight outings.
Considering the fact that Liverpool rank as the highest-scoring side in the league so far, it will take some doing for Arsenal to keep them at bay. The Reds are well motivated going into the game as they missed out on catching Chelsea at the top of the league table following a disappointing 3-2 defeat to West Ham at the London Stadium. Although injuries have began to hamper the chances of the Merseysiders in the title race for a second successive season, they have proved to be a force to reckon with.
The defeat to the Hammers was a blip in a sensational run that saw them go 20 games without defeat in the competition. Their current status as a top four side is no fluke as prior to falling at the London Stadium, they remained the only team to have gone unbeaten in the first 10 Premier League games of the season. With the position of Jurgen Klopp's men now under imminent threat, they will be eager to put in a shift worthy of securing them all the maximum points at Anfield.
Key match facts
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Liverpool have won their last five home Premier League matches against Arsenal, netting at least three goals in every win - they last had a longer home top-flight winning run against the Gunners between September 1981 and January 1988 (seven in a row).
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Since Jurgen Klopp took charge of Liverpool, Arsenal have won just one of 11 Premier League games against the Reds (D3 L7), with the Gunners coming from 1-0 down to win 2-1 at the Emirates in July 2020.
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Arsenal are now on the longest unbeaten run of any side in the Premier League (8 - W6 D2). The Gunners last had a longer run without defeat in the competition between August and December 2018 (14 games under Unai Emery).
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Arsenal have kept six clean sheets in their last nine Premier League away games, including each of the last three in a row. The Gunners haven't kept four consecutive away clean sheets in the competition since May 2005.
Predicted starting XI
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Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Thiago; Salah, Jota, Mane.
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Arsenal: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tierney; Saka, Thomas, Lokonga, Smith Rowe; Lacazette; Aubameyang.
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