Jurgen Klopp’s Red Army welcome Unai Emery’s Gunners to Anfield for this Saturday evening Premier League clash. Both teams are the only teams left with a 100% record in the Premier League this season thus something is going to give at Anfield, can either team continue their winning streak or will it end in a stalemate?
Liverpool vs Arsenal Betting Tips: Liverpool
Liverpool's opener against Norwich City ended 4-1, however, it was a bit flattering for Liverpool. Norwich were pretty good on the way and had their fair share of shots on goal and chances and on another day Liverpool wouldn’t have gotten four past Tim Krul between the Norwich stick. Their Expected Goals (xp) was 2.23. Then came the Super Cup penalty win over Frank Lampar's Chelsea in the Turkish city Istanbul, a place Liverpool fans will long love thanks to that penalty win over AC Milan to lift the Champions League trophy in 2005.
Against Chelsea it was an end to end match that either team could really have won in both normal time and injury time. The next match against Southampton they came out on top as well but it wasn’t all plain sailing and Southampton could have drawn the match were it not for a wasterful Danny Ings. Liverpool have definitely had their fair share of luck this season so far and against an in-form Arsenal they’ll going to need more of it again.
Brazilian Goalkeeper Alisson is of course still injured, his deputy Adrain will again take his place. Reds fans willbe hoping he doens't make a massive mistake again like he did against Southampton last weekend. Liverpool have are no other injury concerns at the time of writing.
Liverpool vs Arsenal Betting Tips: Arsenal
Away to Newcastle could have been an awkward affair for Unai Emery’s Arsenal, actually on second thoughts, it could have if they were still managed by Spaniard Rafael Benetiz, Steve Bruce’s team look like they’re in trouble already, he's not a good manager and he'll probably be fired before Christmas.
At home to Sean Dyche’s Burnley it almost looked like a training match for the Gunners. Burnley did draw level but from the start it appeared like the match was only going to end one way. Dani Ceballos, on loan from Real Madrid didn’t make much of their longball tactics., On Twitter it has been called ‘Brexit hoofball’. Which is both fitting and very, very funny.
Against Klopp's Liverpool though this is their first major test of the new season and they’re going to have to pull off something inceddibly special to bag the three points here. Arsenal haven't beaten Liverpool away from home in the Premier League since 2012. Swiss international Granit Xhaka might return after an injury he picked up against Newcastle, close to kick off we'll find out.
Liverpool vs Arsenal Betting Tips: Stats
Over their five most previous Premier League matches Liverpool have won all of them. Over 2.5 goals has occurred in 4/5, while Both Teams To Score (BTTS) has landed in 3/5.
In their five most previous home Premier League matches they’ve also won all five. Over 2.5 goals has occurred in 3/5, while BTTS has happened in 2/5.
Over Arsenal’s five most previous PL matches they’ve won three, drawn one and lost one. Over 2.5 goals has happened in 2/5, while BTTS has occurred in 3/5.
In their five most previous away PL matches, Arsenal have won three and lost two. Over 2.5 goals has landed in 3/5, while BTTS has occurred in 2/5.
In the five most recent PL Head to Head matches at Anfield, Liverpool have won three and two have ended in draws. Over 2.5 goals has landed in 5/5, with BTTS occurring in 4/5 matches.
Liverpool vs Arsenal Betting Tips: Betting Tips and Predictions
The Asian Handicap opened at 1 goal and has moved to 1.25 at the time of writing. The Over/Under line has moved from 3 to 3.25. We can take this to mean that the market is expecting goals here and a Liverpool win.
Liverpool are currently priced around 1.50 to win, which is pretty low against a rival like Arsenal but Anfield has become bastion-like fortress for them in recent seasons and Arsenal haven’t beaten the Reds at home since 2012.
Over 3.5 goals is appealing at 2.20 but there’s no value to be had. The goal line of 3.25 at 1.96 also isn’t showing value.
The only value so far seen is in the Asian Handicap market. Liverpool -1 at 1.83 actually opened at 1.79 so there’s some slight value with that pick. It's very tough to pick a value bet here, we’re hoping for an end-to-end match with plenty of goals.
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