Arsenal vs Liverpool Preview

August 13, 2016
By: Deke Hardman

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Sunday’s Premier League action concludes at the Emirates Stadium where last season’s runners-up Arsenal take on Liverpool.

The Gunners leap-frogged North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur right at the death last season but finished ten points behind champions Leicester City.

Summer signings Rob Holding and Granit Xhaka are likely to make their debuts though defensive trio Gabriel, Per Mertesacker and Carl Jenkinson are all out injured.

Danny Welbeck is also sidelined while Euro 2016 finalists Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny are not yet match fit.

Alexis Sanchez is priced at 6.5 (11/2) to open the scoring ahead of Theo Walcott, who can be backed at 8.5 (15/2).

The home win is 1.69 (20/29) with Ladbrokes with the visitors a 3.5 (5/2) chance with Betfair. The draw is available 3.4 (12/5) with a number of bookmakers.

Liverpool missed out on European qualification of any sort after a relatively disappointing eight place finish, though will be keen to push on this time around without the distraction of extra matches.

James Milner and Daniel Sturridge are both missing for Jurgen Klopp’s side with respective heel and hip issues though new signings Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mane and Joel Matip are set to feature.

Divock Origi and Danny Ings are each widely available at 8.0 (7/1) to get the first goal of the game with Mane a 9.5 (17/2) shot with Bet 365.

Both of last season’s meetings between the two sides last season ended all square with the previous meeting in North London ending goalless almost twelve months ago.

There was then six goals shared out in the clash at Anfield five months later with Joe Allen bagging a last minute equaliser to give the Reds a share of the spoils.

Betfair offer a price of 1.73 (8/11) for both teams to score this time around, while with the Gunners having so many defensive woes you may prefer both sides netting but with the Merseyside outfit taking all three points which is priced at 5.8 (24/5) with the same firm.

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