A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Arsenal and Liverpool know what's at stake in this second leg of the Carabao Cup Semi-finals clash.
Liverpool could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Chelsea. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Arsenal have performed here at Emirates Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. This match is a Carabao Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Arsenal's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Manchester City. Heartbreak for Arsenal in their last match as Manchester City's Rodri scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Partey got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, the max score being 10. Partey hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Norwich City with a 5-0 scoreline.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Arsenal have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Arsenal after this match as they are travelling to Nottingham Forest for a FA Cup game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Arsenal in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Arsenal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Emirates Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Liverpool form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.6-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Liverpool in their Premier League matches away. Total Carabao Cup statistics for Liverpool: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Liverpool has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Chelsea for a Premier League game that ended a draw (2-2). It looked so good for Liverpool vs Chelsea, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Mané, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.54. Mané scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Leicester City before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Liverpool playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were one Liverpool win, one draw and one defeat.
After this away game Liverpool return home for a FA Cup game against Shrewsbury Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 30 goals in 11 league games away this season. Liverpool have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: Arsenal won one, Liverpool triumphed in five and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Salah Ghaly 16 goals |  D. Teixeira da Silva 10 goals |   E. Smith Rowe 8 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Arsenal | Liverpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 39 | 68 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.4 | 16.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.7 | 17.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| 12.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 53 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 43 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 42 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Everton | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Watford | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 11 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -34 | 10 |
