A place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup will be on the line when Liverpool welcome Arsenal to Anfield in a fourth round tie on Thursday.
The marquee fixture in this round will be played at Anfield, where Liverpool will be playing hosts to Arsenal for a second time this week.
When is the Match between Liverpool and Arsenal ?
The match will take place at the Anfield on Thursday.
Kick Off Time
The match will start 7.45pm BST. It will be played behind closed door due to the current guidelines regarding Covid-19.
Team News & Tactics
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp has a number of fresh roster issues hampering his preparations ahead of his sides’s latest fixture. Against Arsenal on Thursday, the Liverpool manager will be without as many as five first-team players.
Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1): Adrian; Williams, Koumetio, van Dijk, Milner; Jones, Grujic; Shaqiri, Minamino, Jota; Origi
Arsenal
Much like his counterpart in the Liverpool dugout, Mikel Arteta has a raft of injury concerns to deal with ahead of his side’s latest fixture. On Thursday, the Arsenal manager could be without as many as seven first-team players due to various fitness issue.
Gabriel Martinelli is the only Arsenal player in the treatment room at the moment, as per the official team news from the Gunners. Apart from the Brazilian, the likes of Sokratis, Cedric Soares, Shkodran Mustafi, Pablo Mari, Calum Chambers and Emile Smith Rowe have resumed some form of training, but none of them is likely to be fit enough to feature.
Predicted Lineup (3-4-3): Runarsson; Saliba, Gabriel, Kolasinac; Maitland-Niles, Willock, Ceballos, Saka; Pepe, Nketiah, Nelson
Liverpool vs Arsenal Head-to-Head and Results
Liverpool go into this clash with the edge in the overall head-to-head, winning 90 of their games while Arsenal have secured 80 wins.
Interestingly, the Reds’ 3-1 win on Monday was their first in three games against Arsenal, who won the league meeting in July and the Community Shield in August.
Key Stats
This is the second consecutive season that Liverpool will be taking on Arsenal in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup. The Reds progressed to the quarter-finals, winning the penalty shootout after the game ended in a 5-5 draw.
Thursday’s game will see Liverpool take on Arsenal in the Carabao Cup for the 16th time, making it the most played fixture in the competition’s history.
Arsenal have progressed to the next stage from 14 of their previous 17 Carabao Cup fourth round ties.
Liverpool’s last three Carabao Cup matches have seen 24 goals scored (12 both for and against), with 90 shots attempted across three games.
Divock Origi has scored nine goals in his last seven starts in the Carabao Cup, including a brace against Arsenal in last season’s fourth round.
