31/08/2025
Preview: Liverpool vs Arsenal - prediction, team news, lineups
Gold hosts silver in Sunday's Premier League main event, as reigning champions Liverpool take on perpetual runners-up Arsenal at Anfield in an early title six-pointer.
Both contenders will put 100% records on the line on August 31, but while the Reds trump the Gunners on the scoring front, it has been a different story defensively thus far.
Match preview
While Liverpool have mixed attacking firepower with rearguard vulnerabilities in the 2025-26 Premier League season thus far, defensive discipline was the name of the game for Arsenal at Old Trafford, before Mikel Arteta enjoyed the best of both worlds against Leeds United at the Emirates.
The less said about the Gunners' attempts to break down the Whites in the opening half-hour the better, but once the obligatory corner goal set the wheels in motion, Arteta's side tore Daniel Farke's meek men to shreds on what was close to a perfect afternoon - barring the additional fitness blows.
Viktor Gyokeres's brace, Jurrien Timber's masterclass and Max Dowman's delightful debut were among the many highlights in North London, and Arsenal could now achieve a feat they have not managed for 101 years - win their opening three league games of a season without conceding
Arsenal come into Sunday's blockbuster on a six-match unbeaten run against Liverpool in the Premier League, but the Gunners are still waiting for their first top-flight win at Anfield since 2012, when Arteta was among the starters in a 2-0 victory as Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla struck.
In spite of the losses of Havertz and Saka and the potential absence of Odegaard, Arsenal transfer chiefs have been busy adding fleet-footed threats who can ask serious questions of a suspect Liverpool backline, not to mention their astounding record from set-pieces and impeccable defensive performance.
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Liverpool vs Arsenal (Ov. 1.5 Goals)