Liverpool welcome Arsenal to Anfield in one of the most anticipated Premier League fixtures of the season, with kick-off set for 4:30pm GMT on Sunday. The match is available live on Sky Sports in the UK, Peacock in the United States, and Stan Sport in Australia (3:30am AEDT, Monday).

Arsenal's Anfield hoodoo looms large

Arsenal arrive on Merseyside carrying a remarkable losing streak at this ground. Mikel Arteta's side have not won at Anfield in their last 13 Premier League visits — their most recent victory there, a 2-0 win, dates back to 2012. The Gunners enter the match with an otherwise strong league record, their only blemish a 3-0 defeat at Brighton earlier this season.

Midweek brought further misery for Arsenal, as League Two side Fleetwood Town eliminated them from the EFL Cup in one of the competition's most shocking upsets in recent memory. Arteta's squad were also reduced to ten men when Max Dowman received a red card moments before the final whistle.

Liverpool's momentum builds

Liverpool, in contrast, arrive in fine form. The Reds advanced to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday after defeating Chelsea in a penalty shootout — Wesley Fofana's decisive miss sailing over the Kop — and will now face Bournemouth for a place in the last four. In league and cup combined, Andoni Iraola's side have won nine of their last 11 matches.

Head-to-head history firmly favours the hosts: Liverpool have lost just two of the last 14 meetings between these clubs, and remain unbeaten across their last 13 league encounters with Arsenal at Anfield, winning eight and drawing five.

Reports indicate that Christos Tzolis could return to contention for Liverpool, while Mikel Merino is expected to shake off the illness that kept him out of Arsenal's midweek cup exit.

Prediction

These two sides have historically kept goals scarce against one another — last season's two meetings produced just a single goal between them. FourFourTwo predict a tight Liverpool win, with Cody Gakpo scoring the only goal of the game: Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal.