Liverpool get ready to welcome Arsenal for something different than the ordinary league football: The Carabao Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Liverpool form and stats
Liverpool was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Carabao Cup.Liverpool have performed here at Anfield this season with 6 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. On the other hand, in the Carabao Cup, Liverpool has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The Liverpool supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Shrewsbury Town in FA Cup and win 4-1. Fabinho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.8/10. Fabinho scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 62 successful passes (of 73 total).
2-2 away at Chelsea before that.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Liverpool handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and one defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Brentford in only three days. This game is also played here at Anfield.
The Liverpool manager Klopp has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. From these home matches, Liverpool have conceded only 6 goals.
Arsenal form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Arsenal have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premier League this season. Total Carabao Cup statistics for Arsenal: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
There might be some fixture complaints from Arsenal as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest (0-1). Defender Holding was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Holding won 10 of 11 duels.
The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Manchester City.Arsenal are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
The schedule is very tough for Arsenal now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Tottenham Hotspur is waiting in only three days.
Arsenal has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. Arsenal's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Liverpool five wins, four draws and Arsenal one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Salah Ghaly 16 goals |  D. Teixeira da Silva 10 goals |  S. Mané 8 goals |
Liverpool missing players
Arsenal missing players
| Liverpool | Arsenal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 69 | 30 | Scored | S | 21 | 49 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 17.4 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 14.4 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 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 |
