Liverpool za karɓi Arsenal a Anfield ranar Lahadi a wasan mafi muhimmanci na Makon Wasa na 9 na Premier League, a wasa da ke haɗa manyan kulob biyu na Ingila a lokuta daban-daban na kakarsu.

Dawowar Liverpool ƙarfi a ƙarƙashin Iraola

The Reds sun fara kakar 2026/27 da wahala, suna jan danne a cikin uku daga wasanni biyar na farko na gasar. Sai dai ɓangaren Andoni Iraola ya sauya hali, yana lashe bakwai daga wasanni takwas na ƙarshe a dukkan gasa. Abin da ya ɓata wannan lokaci shi ne raguwa 3-0 a gida a hannun Manchester City.

A karshen mako na jiya, Liverpool ya doke Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 ta hanyar karon kansa na Pascal Gross da burin Alexander Isak. A tsakiyar mako, 'yan Iraola sun yi nasara a hannun Chelsea da harbin fenareti 6-5 a Carabao Cup bayan danne 1-1, suna samun wurin zagaye na kusa.

Kunya a kofin ta ƙara matsin lamba ga Arsenal

Arsenal sun iso a matsayin masu kofin Premier League, bayan sun ƙare jiran shekaru 22 na taken a kakar da ta gabata. Ƙungiyar Mikel Arteta ta fara kare taken da ƙarfi, tana lashe wasanni shida na farko a jere, kafin a sha kashi 3-0 a hannun Brighton & Hove Albion kafin hutu na ƙasa da ƙasa.

The Gunners sun mayar da martani da nasara 2-1 a gida a kan Leeds United kuma sun ci gaba da wasan kyau a makonni masu zuwa — amma tsakiyar mako ta kawo sabon kunya. Arsenal sun fice daga Carabao Cup a hannun Fleetwood Town, kulob ɗin League Two, da fenareti 5-3 bayan danne 1-1, suna zama na farko a masu kofin Premier League da ƙungiyar matakin huɗu ta fitar a gasar.

Laifin Anfield

A cikin karo 238 a dukkan gasa, Liverpool na kan gaba da nasara 90 a kan 81 na Arsenal, yayin da karo 67 sun ƙare da danne. The Gunners sun je wasanni huɗu ba tare da nasara ba a kan The Reds — danne uku da kashi ɗaya — kashi ɗin ya zo lokacin da harbin farar ƙafa na Dominik Szoboszlai ya yanke wasa 1-0 a kakar da ta gabata.

Nasarar ƙarshe ta Arsenal a Premier League a Anfield ta kasance a kakar 2012/13, lokacin da ƙungiyar Arsene Wenger ta yi nasara 2-0 ta hanyar burin Lukas Podolski da Santi Cazorla. Arteta ya san sosai cewa ƙungiyarsa dole ta karya wannan daji mai tsawo na Anfield idan tana son kare taken da gaske.

'Yan wasa da za a kallo

Alexander Isak shine makami mafi kaifi na Liverpool a wannan kakar, yana da kwallaye shida da taimako ɗaya tun lokacin da ya zo da farashin tarihin Burtaniya a kakar da ta gabata. Motsin dan wasan Sweden da ikonsa na sarrafa ƙwallon ya sa shi zama barazana ta kullum ga kowane tsaro. Cody Gakpo shima yana tsakiya wajen farfadowar The Reds, yana ba da gudummawa ta kwallaye uku da taimako biyar.

A ɓangaren Arsenal, Riccardo Calafiori ya nuna cewa ya fi mai tsaron baya kawai, yana ba da kwallaye biyu da taimako biyu yayin da yake taimaka wa The Gunners ci gaba da tsaftar hanyar zuwa wasanni bakwai. Declan Rice, wanda aka zaɓa Ɗan Wasan Arsenal na Kakar a kakar da ta gabata, ya ci gaba da sarrafa saurin wasan — da kwallo ɗaya da taimako huɗu a dukkan gasa.

Labarai na ƙungiyoyi

Liverpool na iya samun dawowar Dominik Szoboszlai da Victor Munoz, wanda Iraola ya tabbatar dukkansu na cikin gwanin dawo. Duk da wannan labari mai dadi, an sa ran dukkansu za su fara a benci, tare da Bradley Barcola da Ryan Gravenberch da ake tsammani za su cike muƙaminsu. Conor Bradley, Giovanni Leoni, Hugo Ekitike, da Jeremie Frimpong duk suna ci gaba da murmurewa daga rauni.

Arsenal sun sami labari mai dadi na huɗu, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Riccardo Calafiori, da Christian Tzolis duk sun koma horon bayan sun rasa wasan Carabao Cup. Tzolis na iya shiga cikin tawagar farko maimakon Eberechi Eze. Duk da haka, halin Bukayo Saka — wanda ya ji rauni a ƙafar huɗu a kan Bayern Munich — har yanzu yana jiran gwaji na likita, yayin da ake tsammanin William Saliba zai rasa wannan tafiya bayan ya ta da matsalar baya da ya yi a Gasar Duniya.