Football Results

Liverpool won Norwich and Southampton, while Arsenal defeated Newcastle and Burnley, while on top of it Liverpool won the UEFA Super Cup. Last season Liverpool won Arsenal at the Anfield by sound 5-1.

Liverpool

If they didn’t lose the Community Shield Liverpool would have a perfect start of the season. They lost that title to Manchester City but only after penalties, so it can be said that they still haven’t lost a match. They drew with the City in the regular time, just like they did in the Europe Super Cup with Chelsea, although they were luckier with penalties then and have won the title. In the Premier League Liverpool won two matches with objectively weaker rivals. Match with Norwich at home finished with high victory of 4-0 with all four goals scored in the first half so the Reds could play with half-power in the second one.

It was more difficult in Southampton, although they had a lead of 2-0 but then goalkeeper Adrian made a big mistake after which the home team scored. The Reds fearer for the result all the way till the end since Southampton had several other chances but the result didn’t change. Manager Klopp had changed the team in all matches played so far, so now Gomez, Fabinho and Henderson could again be starters.

Probable lineups Liverpool: Adrian – Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Gomez, Robertson – Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson – M. Salah, R. Firmino, S. Mane

Arsenal

Arsenal also has a good start to the season but they played only two matches against weaker opponents, so it's not surprising they won both of them. The first real exam this season will be this match, although they didn’t excel in first two rounds and both victories were minimal. They won Newcastle away by 1-0 thanks to Aubameyang who scored in the second half. The same player brought them three new points against Burnley in the second round when he scored the winning goal when Arsenal had unexpected problems with them at their Emirates. They took the lead after Lacazette scored and then the guests equalised, while Aubameyang scored the winner in the second half.

It is nothing new for Arsenal to have plenty of problems with injures and that is why several players are out of action, while Ozil and Kolasinac haven’t played for safety reasons. David Luiz debuted in the prevoius round, the last reinforcement from Chelsea, and midfielder Ceballos was a starter, who came from Real. We now expect that another big reinforcement, Nicolas Pepe, play from the first minute, and that G. Xhaka returns to the starting line-up. Another newcomer, left back Tierney, is injured.

Probable lineups Arsenal: Leno – Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, D. Luiz, Monreal – Guendouzi, G. Xhaka, Ceballos – Pepe, Lacazette, Aubameyang

Verdict:

Liverpool didn’t lose at home for a very long time and we expect to dominate regardless that Arsenal is a good team that is in a good shape. The guests will have to accept outplaying in this match and we believe that the match will be interesting with plenty of goals.

Pick: Over 3 goals 1.64 - 64/100 @1XBet