🕟 Kick Off: 16:30 BST 🏟️ Venue: Anfield 📺 UK Broadcaster: Sky Sports 🙎🏻♂️ Referee: Chris Kavanagh 📹 VAR: Michael Salisbury 🔴 Arsenal Team News: Kiwior will likely be excluded from the lineup given his imminent move to Porto. Gabriel Jesus: Knee injury (ACL), back training with the ball. Return date unknown. Christian Nørgaard: Knock, doubtful. Ben White: Other injury, possible. Kai Havertz: Knee injury (Post-surgery), ruled out (No return date) Bukayo Saka: Thigh injury, ruled out (4 weeks) Martin Ødegaard: Shoulder injury, possible. Called up for national team duty, may be fit. ⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟩🟩🟩🟥🟥 🐦 Liverpool Team News: Alexis Mac Allister: Knock, doubtful Jeremie Frimpong: Hamstring injury (Mid September 2025) Stefan Bajcetic: Hamstring injury, doubtful ⚽ Liverpool Form: 🟩🟩🟧🟩🟩 ⚔️ Head-to-Head: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal (11 May 2025, Premier League) Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool (27 October 2024, Premier League) Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool (4 February 2024, Premier League) Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool (7 January 2024, FA Cup) Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal (23 December 2023, Premier League) 📖 Match Facts: In charge of the match is Chris Kavanagh who famously sent off Declan Rice for kicking the ball away against Brighton last season. He also failed to intervene when Fofana stamped on the back of Dec's last season against Chelsea. Liverpool haven't beaten Arsenal at Anfield since a 4-0 victory in 2021 against a team that saw Tavares and Lokonga starting. Liverpool last beat Arsenal in the league in 2022 at the Emirates where Cedric started at RB. ✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings Arsenal visit league holders Liverpool on Sunday afternoon for an early 6 pointer which could be vital in the title race this season. They arrive in Liverpool off the back of a 5-0 smashing of Leeds and a 0-1 smash and grab at Old Trafford, and have since signed Eze from Crystal Palace. Last season if you told me we'd be going to Anfield without Saka and potentially our captain, Martin Odegaard, I'd have been happy with a draw. Now, I want a win, and I know we can win. Liverpool have looked leaky at the back to say the least so far this season with their new fullbacks looking suspect defensively. The arrival of Madueke makes the decision easy for Arteta on who plays in Saka's stead, and he is spoiled for choice at LW with Martinelli, Trossard, and now Eze all available. Liverpool's attacking acquisitions this summer, especially Hugo Ekitike, have looked good. Although Wirtz has so far failed to impress, Ekitike has scored in both of his league games for Liverpool. Ekitike will be facing the best CB pairing in the league in Saliba and Gabriel, so it will be worrying if his scoring streak continues. On our side, Gyokeres will face his toughest challenge yet when he faces Van Dijk and Konate. It will be interesting to see how he deals with the physicality of this pairing, especially after we saw him struggle at times against De Ligt. Timber, who has had a great start to the season, will be tested against Mo Salah, who always seems to end up with a G/A in every game he plays. https://anditsarsenal.com/2025/08/29/liverpool-vs-arsenal-31st-august-2025-premier-league-match-preview/   submitted by   /u/Mahoganychicken [link]   [comments]