Arsenal vs Liverpool: Premier League Preview
Two of the top four in the Premier League will face off on Saturday evening as Arsenal host Liverpool at the Emirates.
Just four points separate the two teams going into the weekend and the win for the home team could make them genuine title contenders.
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This fixture has guaranteed goals in the recent years - the last five Premier League meetings have produced 27 in total at an average of 5.4 per game
Things have been going very well for Unai Emery at Arsenal so far, but Saturday's visit of Liverpool will be a good marker of exactly where the Gunners are at the moment.
Their recent unbeaten run - winning 12 of the last 13 matches - is an impressive record regardless of the opposition, but question marks still remain over whether the Gunners are genuine top-four - or even title - contenders considering they have not been tested against one of their direct rivals since matchday two of the season.
The Gunners have conceded more goals than any other team in the top seven of the table, and there are lingering concerns that they have got off lightly by only letting in 13 from their 10 matches so far. A team with the attacking talents of Liverpool seem well equipped to expose some of the flaws which have perhaps previously gone unpunished.
Another thing, they lost both games against stronger opposition, Man City and Chelsea, so there are a lot of question marks are they really a team able to match the talents of Liverpool.
Only once before in the Premier League era have Liverpool begun a season by going 11 games unbeaten, and victory on Saturday will ensure that Jurgen Klopp's class of 2018-19 surpass the 2002-03 team for their best-ever start to a Premier League campaign.
Liverpool have conceded just four goals in their opening 10 games - their lowest ever at this stage of a Premier League season and more than three times fewer than opponents Arsenal have shipped in the same time.
Another good news is the form of Momo Salah, their leading striker, who is starting to make a mockery of one-season wonder claims with four goals in his last three games, and he also weighed in with a couple of assists during last 4-1 win over Cardiff City.
Everything is going great for the Reds and they will need a win here in order to keep up with the Man City.
Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC Betting Odds and Predictions
There should be goals in this one, but Arsenal's recent form has papered over some cracks in their defence and Liverpool are more than capable of exposing them. The Liverpool front three are beginning to hit their stride - as they did at a similar stage last season - and they could punish a severely weakened Arsenal defence on Saturday.
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Editor's Pick
Liverpool to win @2.1 and (probably) both to score.