In this week 12 match on the 20th of November, Liverpool plays host to Arsenal in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Liverpool is fresh off their 2-3 loss against West Ham United. Alisson struck first for West Ham United on an own goal in the 4th minute, then Trent Alexander-Arnold tied it up for Liverpool in the 41st minute on a feed from Mohamed Salah , but West Ham United kept scoring and walked away with the win. Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Arsenal, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Watford. Emile Smith Rowe scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 56th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Watford couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Liverpool and Arsenal last played eachother at the Anfield on the 30th of October. Liverpool and Arsenal battled to a 5-5 draw. Shkodran Mustafi struck first for Liverpool on an own goal in the 6th minute, then Lucas Torreira tied it up for Arsenal in the 19th minute .
Arsenal’s top weapon lately has been Emile Smith Rowe, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Mohamed Salah has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Liverpool
Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Fabinho, Naby Keïta, Thiago Alcântara, Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones are unavailable to play for Liverpool, while Mikel Arteta Amatriain’s squad will be without Granit Xhaka.