🕟 Kick Off: 20:00 GMT

🏟️ Venue: Emirates Stadium

📺 UK Broadcaster: Sky Sports

🙎🏻‍♂️ Referee: Anthony Taylor

📹 VAR: John Brooks

🔴 Arsenal Team News:

• Riccardo Calafiori: Muscular injury; sustained during the warm-up against Brighton. He missed the victory over Bournemouth and remains a major doubt for tomorrow’s match against Liverpool.
• Cristhian Mosquera: Ankle injury; recovery from this “complicated” issue is ongoing. He is ruled out for the Liverpool match, with a potential return targeted for January 17, 2026.
• Max Dowman: Ankle ligament damage; the youngster continues his long-term recovery. He is not expected to be available for selection until early February 2026.

⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟩🟩🟩🟧🟩

🐦 Liverpool Team News:

• Hugo Ekitiké: Hamstring issue/Muscle soreness; missed the recent draw with Fulham. He has not trained yet this week and is a major doubt for the Arsenal match tomorrow.
• Alexander Isak: Broken leg (fibula fracture); sustained against Tottenham in late December. He is expected to be sidelined for several months, with a potential return in late March or April 2026.
• Wataru Endo: Ankle injury; sustained on December 6. He is yet to return to full team training, with an expected return in mid-January 2026.
• Stefan Bajčetić: Hamstring injury; continuing a long road to recovery after a serious setback. Expected to be available in February 2026.
• Giovanni Leoni: ACL injury; sustained during his debut in September. He remains a long-term absentee and is expected to be out until August 2026.
• Mohamed Salah: Unavailable; away on international duty with Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.

⚽ Liverpool Form: 🟧🟧🟩🟩🟩

⚔️ Head-to-Head:

• Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal (August 31, 2025, Premier League)
• Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal (May 11, 2025, Premier League)
• Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool (October 27, 2024, Premier League)
• Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool (February 4, 2024, Premier League)
• Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool (January 7, 2024, FA Cup)

📖 Match Facts:

• Arsenal have not lost a game at home this season, the only other team unbeaten at home is Sunderland.
• Liverpool are one of two teams to beat Arsenal this season, the other being Aston Villa.
• Liverpool are unbeaten in 9 games but have drawn 4 of their last 7 matches.
• Arsenal have conceded half as many goals (14) in the league this season than Liverpool (28).

✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings

Arsenal host reigning champions Liverpool and look to get revenge on the fluke loss they suffered at Anfield at the start of the season. A freak free kick from Dominic Szoboszlai saw Arsenal suffer the first of their two defeats so far this season. It’s funny how close we are to being unbeaten when you look at the nature of our two losses; the other being a last minute goal from Villa.

Like Bournemouth, Liverpool have seemingly been in good from when it comes to not losing, but their ability to actually win games hasn’t been anything other than unremarkable as of late. Liverpool’s last away win in the league came against Spurs before Christmas, if you go a few games back you’ll find a draw at Leeds, a win at West Ham, a loss at City, a loss at Brentford, Chelsea, and Palace. Their away form this season really hasn’t been great.

Liverpool come to the Emirates with both of their big striker signings missing in Isak and Ekitike, as well as Salah away for AFCON, we are looking to be facing a ragtag attack featuring the likes of Wirtz, Jones, and Gakpo (who did a great Richarlison tribute against Fulham).

Meanwhile on the Arsenal side you have a squad that looks as strong as it’s been all season, with our injury list now looking manageable. Odegaard is finding form at the right time and seems to be back to somewhere near his best, Rice continues to be the best midfielder in the world, Gabriel is still shedding off some rust but we look stronger at the back with our Number 6 returning.

Title rivals Man City face Brighton at home tonight, so we could be going into this fixture with City breathing 3 points down our neck. Maybe Welbeck will have something for us – City have looked vulnerable recently, and their CB situation is pretty dire (until they splash the cash on Guehi). It’s vital to keep matching City’s results, and a win against Liverpool will do exactly that.