When is it?
Friday December 22, with kick-off at 7:45pm at the Emirates Stadium.
Which channel can I watch it on?
Sky Sports PL and Main Event.
Arsenal
Arsenal one of four sides in the League Cup semi-finals, an important achievement for their mix and match young side given that the title is over for everyone but Manchester City. They are fifth in the League, one point behind Liverpool, with the fight for Champions League football very much full on ahead of the crucial Christmas period.
Draws against Southampton and West Ham took the energy out of a good run of form in the league, perhaps triggered by their 3-1 defeat to Manchester United where they had an astonishing 31 shots on target, and a theme of continuing to be far too narrow continued against West Ham in both the league and cup.
Liverpool
Arguably the joint most entertaining team to watch in England this season, they are a point ahead of Arsenal ahead of this trip here and look set to be involved with the battle for the Champions League places right through this season.
They arrive here in form, having taken apart Bournemouth 4-0 with another dazzling show of attacking football through the spellbinding attack of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Philippe Coutinho – who have scored 51 goals between them this season. Salah touched the ball 48 times on Sunday, scored a great goal and also put in four crosses, more than any other player on the pitch. His transfer fee could have been double, and he would still look value.
Head To Heads
The last time these two met at the Emirates, it was one of the games of the season – a 4-3 success for Liverpool that included a late Arsenal comeback to begin the season. This will be the second Premier League meeting between the pair this season and the first one, a 4-0 thumping for Liverpool, brought about a response from Arsenal of sorts that has seen their form improve.
Team News:
Arsenal
Arsenal are without Oliver Giroud, who injured himself on Tuesday in the 1-0 win against West Ham, but their first XI is set to be fit and many of the players involved in that 1-0 win could make the bench. Jack Wilshere has been in good form and could keep his place in the first team having broken into the side for the first time in over 600 days against Newcastle.
Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp made four changes for the trip to Bournemouth, one of them enforced; he was without Emre Can for the trip to the Vitality Stadium as he is served a one-match ban for an accumulation of yellow cards. Three of them were pure tactical, however, and he may well bring back Sadio Mane, who has tormented Arsenal in recent meetings.
Likely XIs:
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Monreal, Kolasinac, Elneny, Xhaka, Iwobi, Ozil, Sanchez, Lacazette
Liverpool: Mignolet, Gomez, Lovren, Klavan, Robertson, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coutinho, Salah, Firmino
