Arsenal vs Liverpool LIVE: Kick-off time, team news and how to follow as injured Gunners take on Premier League leaders in big showdown

An injury-hit Arsenal host Liverpool at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon for a big Premier League showdown.

The gunners has four big doubts for the game while William Saliba is suspended, which leaves Mikel Arteta in a difficult situation.

And it has come at the wrong time for Arteta's side, as they come into this match off the back of their first league defeat of the season against Bournemouth.

A Champions League victory against Shakhtar Donetsk midweek will help boost morale, but it was not a convincing victory and now they have a much tougher opponent.

The red ones They are sitting at the top of the top flight, winning seven of their first eight league games under the manager. Arne Slot.

Across all competitions, there are 11 wins in 12 games, proving that Slot's men are going to be a force to be reckoned with this season.

Arsenal vs Liverpool: Saliba suspended

As mentioned, Arsenal are going to be without saliba this weekend.

It will be the first time they have started a Premier League match without their star centre-back since the start of last season.

The Frenchman had previously played every minute of the Gunner's top-flight games over the last two campaigns.

But that streak ended against Bournemouth and now he is also out of this clash.

Since making his debut in the competition (on August 5, 2022), he has only missed 11 Premier League games.

Arsenal have a 74 percent win rate and concede an average of 0.8 goals per game with him, compared to a 45 percent win rate and 1.6 goals conceded per game without him.

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• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games against Liverpool (W2 D2), scoring more points in those four games (8) than in their previous 14 against the Reds (7 – W1 D4 L9).
• Liverpool have not failed to score in any of their last 17 Premier League games against Arsenal since a 0-0 draw in August 2015.
• Arsenal have won their last two Premier League home games against Liverpool; the last longest such streak was between 2004 and 2006 (4).

Arsenal vs Liverpool: team news

Arsenal five key players could be missing for this great crash.

Captain Martin Odegaard will miss as he continues to recover from an ankle injury while Bukayo Saka It is also a big doubt.

Saka was absent midweek against Shakhtar, while Jurrien Timber also missed and Ricardo Calafiori He suffered a knee problem during the match.

Furthermore, Saliba is suspended following his red card against Bournemouth, meaning Arteta has many potential changes do to your team.

For LiverpoolGoalkeeper Alisson will be out until November.

However, its replacement Caoimhin Kelleher He has impressed as a substitute and the Reds will be confident with him between the sticks.

Diogo Jota is a doubt after not traveling to Leipzig in midweek due to a rib bruise he suffered Chelsea last weekend.

federico chiesa, Harvey Elliott and Conor Bradley will be absent.

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• Declan Rice could make his 250th Premier League appearance in this match. The Arsenal midfielder would be the sixth youngest player to reach that milestone (25 years, 287 days) and the youngest since his current teammate Raheem Sterling in March 2020 (25 years, 91 days).
• Kai Havertz has scored in each of his last five Premier League games at the Emirates Stadium. The only Arsenal player to have scored in more consecutive home games in the competition is Thierry Henry, who has done so twice (6 between March and August 2000 and 7 between May and October 2004).

Arsenal vs Liverpool: What has been said?

Despite being ruled out for this match, Odegaard's return is not far away.

AND Norway Manager Stale Solbakken has given Arsenal a big boost while talking about the upcoming international break.

Solbakken is confident of calling up Odegaard for the next break, which begins on November 11.

That indicates the Gunners captain is just a couple of weeks away from returning.

“Everything indicates that everything is going according to plan,” the Norwegian coach told VG.

“So it's about the last steps when you have to train with opponents and in team training.

“It depends on how he responds to that, but we have a legitimate hope that he'll be ready.”

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• If Liverpool win this match, it will be their second best start to a season in the Premier League after nine games (24 points, currently 21). In fact, the only other time they have won 24 or more points at that stage of a Premier League campaign was in 2019-20, when they last won the title (25 – W8 D1).
• After losing to Bournemouth last time (0-2), Arsenal face the prospect of losing consecutive matches in the Premier League for the first time since December 31, 2023 (0-2 against West Ham and 1 -2 against Fulham). . Before their trip to Bournemouth, the Gunners had only lost one of their first 25 league games in 2024 (W21 D3).

Arsenal vs Liverpool: how to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, October 27.

The start in the Emirates is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

The game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.

talkSPORT will also keep you up to date with the latest news from the Sunday session with Sam Matterface.

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