Arsenal vs Liverpool: Premier League lineups, team news, confirmed starting teams

Arsenal will move eight points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League if they beat reigning champions Liverpool at home on Thursday.

Brighton & Hove Albion did Mikel Arteta’s side a favour by holding City to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, as did Crystal Palace by sharing a 0-0 draw at home to third-placed Aston Villa, who are behind the Cityzens only on goal inferiority.

Liverpool are unbeaten in nine matches in all competitions, drawing their last two 0-0 at home to Leeds United and 2-2 at Fulham.

You can follow 101GreatGoals.com’s live updates from Arsenal vs Liverpool in the Premier League here. Read on for team news and line-ups, as well as details on how to watch the action live.

Arsenal lineup vs Liverpool

Winger Max Dowman and defender Cristhian Mosquera (both ankle) remain out for Arsenal, as does full-back Riccardo Calafiori with an unspecified issue.

Forward Kai Havertz was left out of the 3-2 win at Bournemouth on Sunday for load management purposes but is in from the start this time, as is Bukayo Saka.

Gabriel Martinelli and Noni Madueke make way.

Arsenal starting XI: David Raya, Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Piero Hincapie, Martin Odegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Viktor Gyokeres, Leandro Trossard

Arsenal substitutes: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ben White, Gabriel Jesus, Eberechi Eze, Gabriel Martinelli, Christian Norgaard, Noni Madueke, Mikel Merino, Myles Lewis-Skelly

Liverpool lineup vs Arsenal

Jeremie Frimpong replaces Curtis Jones in Liverpool’s side. Defender Joe Gomez is out injured, as is midfielder Wataru Endo. Striker Alexander Isak has a broken leg.

Defender Giovanni Leoni has a long-term knee injury and forward Mohamed Salah is at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt.

Liverpool starting XI: Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo

Liverpool substitutes: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Federico Chiesa, Curtis Jones, Andy Robertson, Freddie Woodman, Trey Nyoni, Calvin Ramsay, Rio Ngumoha

How to watch Arsenal vs Liverpool: TV channel, live online stream

Kick-off on Thursday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Premier League, Main Event and Ultra.

Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.

Streaming is available  on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.

Arsenal vs Liverpool stats

• Arsenal have won their last two home Premier League matches against the reigning champions, beating City in both 2023/24 and 2024/25
• They last achieved the feat in three consecutive league seasons between 1961/62 and 1963/64, when they beat Spurs, Ipswich and Everton
• Bukayo Saka has scored in each of his last three Premier League home games against Liverpool – in their league history, no Arsenal player has ever scored in four consecutive home games against the Reds
• Only Bruno Fernandes has been involved in more open-play sequences ending in a shot in the Premier League this season (116) than Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai (103)
• Per 90 minutes, of players to play more than 1,000 minutes, only Jeremy Doku (7.2) and Fernandes (7.1) have been involved in more than Saka (6.4) in the competition this season
• Cody Gakpo has scored three away league goals this season, all of which have come in his last four league appearances in London (at Chelsea, West Ham, and Fulham)
• Gakpo had only scored four goals in his first 18 Premier League games in the capital before this
• The Netherlands forward could become the second different Liverpool player to score in four different away matches in London in a Premier League season, after Mo Salah (twice – 2017/18 and 2020/21)
• Arsenal have conceded in each of their last 20 Premier League games against Liverpool since a 0-0 draw in August 2015
• Only against Man Utd (30 between 1953 and 1968) and Tottenham (24 between 1955 and 1967) have they had a longer run without a clean sheet in their league history
• This will be the first-ever Premier League game between Arsenal and Liverpool on a Thursday, with their last Thursday league meeting coming at Anfield in December 1947 (3-1 win for Arsenal)
• Liverpool will be just the second team Arsenal have faced on all seven days of the week in the Premier League after Southampton
• Arsenal have won their last seven home Premier League matches – only once under Mikel Arteta have they had a longer home league winning run, winning 10 consecutively between April and December 2022
• Only Burnley’s Premier League matches this season have seen more goals in the 90th minute or later (10) than Liverpool’s (9 – 5 for, 4 against). Only in 2023/24 (13), 2008/09 (12), and 2010/11 (10) have they seen more 90th-minute goals for and against in a Premier League season
• Against no side have Arsenal lost more Premier League games than they have against Liverpool (26, level with Manchester United)
• Liverpool are looking to complete the Premier League double over Arsenal for the eighth time, and first since 2021/22. Their seven ‘doubles’ is already the most any side has against the Gunners in the competition