Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League – teams, start, lineups

Who: Liverpool vs. Arsenal
What: English Premier League
Where: Anfield in Liverpool, United Kingdom
When: Sunday, August 31, at 4:30pm (15:30 GMT)

When Liverpool and Arsenal meet in Merseyside, England on Sunday, they will both work to stay perfect in the Premier League.

Last season, champions Liverpool finished 10 points clear of Arsenal, with the Gunners claiming second place for the third time in a row.

Al Jazeera Sport examines the titanic title fight from the beginning of the season.

What have Liverpool’s Premier League results been so far?

Liverpool’s flawless record has been significantly more adventurous, with twice giving back late leads before scoring match-winning goals later.

In stoppage time, Mohamed Salah scored the winner with a 3-2 victory over Newcastle United last Monday, setting up Rio Ngumoha, 16, in the second half.

The Reds were forced to come back from their opening game against Bournemouth, which gave them a 4-2 home advantage.

Ryan Gravenberch celebrates scoring his team’s first goal at Newcastle [Lee Smith/Reuters]

Who has Arsenal lost this season in the Premier League?

In the new campaign, Arsenal has not conceded, and last Saturday’s 5-0 home victory over Leeds United was a foregone conclusion thanks to Bukayo Saka’s second goal in stoppage time.

Manchester United beat Manchester United 1-0 to start the new year off with a winning start to the season, despite the home team’s goal coming after a mistake by the goalkeeper.

Does Alexander Isak still need to be at Liverpool?

Newcastle striker Alexander Isak has already received one offer from the Reds, and manager Arne Slot has suggested that a second offer might be made.

The transfer saga surrounding Liverpool’s pursuit of Isak led to contentious discussions at the meeting between the two clubs at St James’ Park.

The positive news for Slot is that, as of right now, Slot’s side has no need to rely on the veteran Salah for their attacking production, in large part because of their summer transfer business.

Hugo Ekitike, a former Eintracht Frankfurt player, has two goals and an assist at Anfield, including Liverpool’s second goal at Newcastle.

According to Slot, “I believe he has already had a significant impact in our game’s attacking portion.” “Being involved in build-up situations where he was the one who initiated the attack or was a part of our initiating an attack, as well as scoring goals.” Although [Luis Diaz] was frequently a part of our build-up when he was there, I’m talking about a slight difference over last season.

How does Arsenal’s bid for a second Premier League title look like?

Saka, Kai Havertz, and Martin Odegaard are already dealing with injuries, with the former two expected to miss at least a few weeks.

That will concentrate on recent acquisitions like Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres, and Eberechi Eze, who were part of Arsenal’s effort to combat these kinds of circumstances.

Gyokeres scored against Leeds to earn his first two Premier League goals, including one from the spot. After moving from Crystal Palace for a reported fee of around $80 million this week, Eze hasn’t yet made his debut for the Gunners.

“We lost three of our main players, but that’s the reality,” according to Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. Three extremely different situations, all in one very unfortunate circumstance. But because of this, we keep insisting that you need a large squad to be able to maintain the level, just like everyone else.

Premier League - Arsenal v Leeds United - Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres celebrates scoring their fifth goal — Viktor Gyokeres celebrates scoring his fifth goal against Leeds United [Andrew Couldridge/Reuters]

What transpired at Anfield last season between Liverpool and Arsenal?

The Gunners have drawn three draws at Anfield before losing six of those games.

Arsenal, who haven’t won at Anfield in the Premier League since 2012, will undoubtedly be at the pump once more.

The winner of the previous year is always the favorite. Someone needs to come and take that crown from them, Arteta remarked about Liverpool’s title victory.

“Very important game. You want to keep sustaining the current momentum. You want to go there on those grounds in opposition to this sort of opposition. The goal is to come out of those big games and win in a really convincing way.

Eze is one player who could be a help in that regard.

You feel at ease when you are his side. He smiles a lot. He separates teams, according to Arteta.

It’s very impressive to watch him ask the right questions, then just let him flow with the ball and his ability to pick passes effortlessly, drive past people effortlessly, and just understand the timing of things.

Head-to-head

The clubs’ 245th meeting is now underway.

In 81 of the encounters, Arsenal claimed victory, while Liverpool claimed victory in 94 of the meetings.

news from the Liverpool team

Liverpool have no additional injury concerns ahead of the game.

Alexis Mac Allister is available after missing the trip to St James’ Park, and Conor Bradley made his first appearance of the season in a substitute role against Newcastle.

Virgil van Dijk was tackled in the match, but Anthony Gordon was cleared to play for Arsenal.

news from the Arsenal team

According to manager Mikel Arteta, skipper Martin Odegaard is a doubt for the Premier League game while forward Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz will be sidelined for many weeks due to their injuries.

Arteta claimed Saka injured his hamstring during Arsenal’s 5-0 home win over Leeds United. He won’t need surgery, which forced him to play for months the previous season.

“Bukayo is doing better, but he will probably be missing for a few weeks,” he says. No surgery, according to Arteta, who told reporters that it isn’t as bad as the previous one.

Let’s see how he develops over the coming days and weeks, repeat the scan, and see where he is headed. “Of course, it’s very unfortunate to pick it up, but it’s on the other side,” he said.

Arsenal confirmed that Havertz had undergone minor surgery after suffering a knee injury during their opening season opener against Manchester United.

“I don’t know how many months it will take, but I believe it will be weeks.” Havertz, who also had surgery on a hamstring injury earlier this year, is “very unfortunate and very sad for him,” Arteta said.

He recovered from the previous one very well, despite never having been injured before, and this is what happened.

However, we must accept that this is our profession. Although we lost a significant player for many, many weeks, surgery was the right course of action.

Arteta said he is unsure whether his skipper will play a role in the win over Leeds, and that Odegaard was also substituted early because of a shoulder issue.

“We don’t know yet,” He said he hasn’t trained yet, but if he does, it will be tomorrow.

Ben White and Christian Norgaard, both of whom are new recruits, are also being watched.

Liverpool had a starting lineup in mind.

Alisson, Bradley, Bradley, Bradley, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike, and Van Dijk are just a few examples.