By OkayGoal
Arsenal will seek to beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time since 2012, knowing that victory will send them to the top of the Premier League.
The Gunners have the chance to move to the summit after Manchester City were beaten 1-0 by Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.
But they have a dismal record on Merseyside, and face a Liverpool side in red-hot form.
101GreatGoals has the full team news.
Liverpool team news
Liverpool make seven changes from the side that started the EFL Cue tie with Chelsea, which they won on penalties.
Goalkeeper, Alisson, Jeremy Jacquet, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Bradley Barcola and Alexander Isak all come back into the XI.
Trey Nyoni keeps his place in the midfield, with the teenager handed his full Premier League debut.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz are both back in the squad following injuries, with both players named on the bench.
Liverpool: Alisson; Araujo, Van Dijk, Jacquet, Kerkez; Mac Allister, Nyoni; Barcola, Wirtz, Gakpo; Isak.
Liverpool substitutes: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Szoboszlai, Tsimikas, Munoz, Gravenberch, Koumas, Ngumoha.
Arsenal team news
Jurrien Timber and Kai Havertz are the only players who started Arsenal’s EFL Cup exit at the hands of League Two Fleetwood Town to retain their places.
Winger Christos Tzolis returns and starts after missing the last six games because of a hamstring injury.
Riccardo Calafiori and Bruno Guimaraes are both back in the starting XI for Mikel Arteta’s men. Neither started their previous Premier League game, a 2-0 win over Everton.
Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimaraes; Madueke, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz.
Arsenal substitutes: Arrizabalaga, Mosquera, White, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly.
Where to Watch Liverpool v Arsenal: TV and online streams
Liverpool versus Arsenal kicks off at 4:30pm GMT.
The match is live on Sky Sports in the UK and can be streamed on the Sky Go app.
Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.
Recent Form & Stats for Liverpool v Arsenal
- Arsenal are without a victory in their last 13 Premier League visits to Anfield (drawn five, lost eight) since winning 2-0 in 2012-13
- Arsenal failed to score in the two Premier League meetings between the clubs last season
- Liverpool have lost only one of their last eight Premier League games against reigning champions (won three, drawn four), suffering a 4-1 defeat in April 2023 to Manchester City
- No side has more Premier League clean sheets since the start of September than Liverpool (four in six matches)
- Three of Liverpool’s last five goals against the Gunners in the Premier League have come from set-pieces