Arsenal vs Liverpool Preview

On Wednesday night Arsenal will face Liverpool at the Emirates, in which both teams will be looking to snatch all 3 points and improve their respective league positions. Despite both teams having extremely poor seasons, it may surprise you that a Liverpool win will bring them on level points with 6th place Arsenal, who are currently on 37 points.

Arsenal have enjoyed success in recent games with a 3-2 win in the FA Cup against Brighton Hove Albion, following a 5-1 win against West Ham United last week at the Emirates. Liverpool lost 3-2 on Sunday to League 2 side Oldham Athletic. It’s not, however, a game that we can be convinced that Liverpool were poor in, because in all fairness they didn’t play particularly badly and Oldham did very well to secure the win and go through to the 5th round of the FA Cup.

It was the same situation for us with Bradford earlier in the season. A team’s performance can quickly change and we shouldn’t be looking at this game thinking that they will be easy opponents. Despite Liverpool’s fall in recent years, they have always been a consistent challenge for Arsenal and that has shown with the last few games between the two clubs being very close.

Arsenal will welcome back Thomas Vermaelen to the team, however Mikel Arteta and Francis Coquelin will remain on the side lines. Also we will see the return of several key players who were rested for the Brighton game on Saturday.
On the Liverpool game, Wenger said;

“Thomas Vermaelen is back available. And the players who were rested are back in contention, too.

“(Coquelin and Arteta) they are a bit short – 100 per cent [they are unavailable] for Wednesday. Even for Saturday [they could be short], but there is a little chance they will be available at the weekend.”

Arsenal will most likely line-up as;
Szczesny
Sagna Mertesacker Vermaelen Gibbs
Wilshere Ramsey
Cazorla
Walcott Giroud Podolski

I don’t expect Diaby to feature from the start simply because his fast return to the team and the minutes he has clocked up in recent weeks will surely make Wenger wary. Liverpool will be looking to rebuild and go level on points with the Gunners this weekend, and with a strike force of Sturridge, Suarez and Sterling, they will certainly cause our defence a few problems. Let’s hope Arsenal can push on from recent results and gain all 3 points as we look to rebuild our season.

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