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Full timeMatch time
0'HT90'
Match eventsLiverpool / Arsenal
  1. 93'AYellow card - David Raya
  2. 88'ASubstitution - Mikel Merino · for Martin Odegaard
  3. 84'ASubstitution - Viktor Gyökeres · for Kai Havertz
  4. 84'ASubstitution - Piero Hincapié · for Christos Tzolis
  5. 81'HSubstitution - Lewis Koumas · for Florian Wirtz
  6. 81'HSubstitution - Víctor Muñoz · for Ronald Araujo
  7. 81'HSubstitution - Konstantinos Tsimikas · for Milos Kerkez
  8. 80'HYellow card - Alexis Mac Allister
  9. 80'AYellow card - Jurriën Timber
  10. 72'AYellow card - Myles Lewis-Skelly
  11. 67'HYellow card - Milos Kerkez
  12. 67'HSubstitution - Rio Ngumoha · for Cody Gakpo
  13. 62'ASubstitution - Myles Lewis-Skelly · for Bruno Guimarães
  14. 59'HSubstitution - Dominik Szoboszlai · for Treymaurice Nyoni
  15. 55'AYellow card - Noni Madueke
  16. 47'HYellow card - Bradley Barcola
  17. 16'AGoal - Kai Havertz · Assist: Declan Rice
Attacking pressurefrom shots and corners so far
LiverpoolArsenal
51%49%
0
Shots on target
3
17
Shots
10
7
Corners
4
56
Possession %
44

Liverpool vs Arsenal: title-race heavyweights lean towards a controlled contest

Our main prediction · Total Goals
Under 3.5 Goals
1.40
Suggested stake 3 units
Medium
Confidence
71%
Implied by the odds

Our pick

odds are estimates
  • Total Goals
    Under 3.5 Goals@ 1.40
    Suggested stake: 3 units · 1 unit = 1% of your betting bank
    Medium confidenceWon

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Full analysis

Arsenal arrive top on 21 points with a +8 goal difference, and Liverpool sit fourth on 15 points (+3). The market rates Arsenal as slight favourites in a fairly even contest. Arsenal concede just 0.8 per game away this season with 5 clean sheets in 8, while Liverpool have averaged only 1.0 goal per home league game.

Liverpool's last five Premier League outings (2-0, 2-1, 0-3, 1-0, 0-0) all finished with three goals or fewer. Their high-scoring games came in Europe (4-3, 6-3). Both attacks are weakened: Arsenal are without Saka and the suspended Dowman, Liverpool lack Ekitike and Frimpong, and Szoboszlai and Wirtz are late fitness calls.

Under 3.5 goals is rated Medium because the sharp market and our model both put it at 70% or higher and the league form supports it. It stops short of High because Saliba's absence weakens Arsenal's back line, Liverpool have conceded three goals three times in recent weeks, and line-ups are still provisional. It is a lean towards a tight game, not a promise.

The numbers behind it

Liverpool
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Last 10, oldest to newest
Arsenal
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Last 10, oldest to newest
Liverpoollast 10 gamesArsenal
1.9Goals scored / game1.8
1.3Goals conceded / game0.9
4.6Shots on target / game4.7
6.3Corners won / game5.1
4.5Corners conceded / game3.9
1.9Cards / game1.5

This competition over the last 12 months (371 matches): 2.75 goals a game, over 2.5 goals in 53%, both teams scored in 56%, 9.9 corners, 4.2 cards a game.

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