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It is over a decade since Arsenal won at Anfield in the Premier League, but they will be confident of moving a step closer to winning the title by beating Liverpool on Sunday.
The Gunners head to Merseyside riding on the crest of a wave following seven consecutive top-flight wins.
Manchester City can reduce Arsenal’s lead at the top of the table to five points by beating bottom-of-the-table Southampton on Saturday and the champions will be hoping for a favour from the Reds.
Eighth-place Liverpool were held to a drab goalless draw at Chelsea after losing three games in a row and they are in desperate need of points to have any chance of securing a European spot.
The Reds have not lost at home to Arsenal in the top flight since a 2-0 defeat in September 2012 and have won their past six Premier League games against the London club in their own backyard.
Stats Perform use Opta data to preview another huge match for Mikel Arteta’s side in the title race.
Reds in need of more home comforts
While this has been a season to forget for Liverpool, their struggles have not been due to their home form.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have only been beaten once at Anfield in the top flight and won five of their past six Premier League home games.
They demolished Manchester United 7-0 in their last home match and have gone seven hours and 26 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League at Anfield since Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s strike for Leicester City in December.
Klopp is looking to win seven in a row against the same opponent in his top-flight managerial career for the first time since doing so against Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund (2009-15).
The last manager to win seven consecutive home top-flight games against Arsenal was John Nicholson between 1921 and 1928 with Sheffield United.
Ramsdale can match Cech and Ederson
Arsenal have only conceded nine goals on their travels in the Premier League this season.
Aaron Ramsdale has kept nine clean sheets away from home in a brilliant campaign that could finish with the Gunners ending such a long wait to be crowned champions.
Petr Cech (11 in 2004-05, 10 in 2008-09) and Ederson (11 in 2018-19, 10 in 2021-22) are the only goalkeepers to have recorded at least 10 shutouts on the road in a Premier League season.
Ramsdale is just one away from joining a very exclusive club.
Salah back with a bang?
Mohamed Salah was restricted to a substitute appearance in the stalemate at Stamford Bridge this week, but the forward should be back in the side to take on the leaders.
Salah has been involved in 105 Premier League goals in 105 appearances at Anfield for the Reds (74 goals, 31 assists).
The Egypt star is looking to score in four consecutive home top-flight appearances for the first time since a six-game run between January and June 2020.
He also boasts a record that suggests he enjoys facing Arsenal, having had a hand in seven goals in five appearances against the Gunners at Anfield (5 goals, 2 assists).
Trossard to torment Reds again?
Leandro Trossard scored a hat-trick for Brighton and Hove Albion in a 3-3 draw at Liverpool back in October.
Only two players have scored at Anfield for two different sides in the same Premier League season: Dean Saunders in 1992-93 (Liverpool, Aston Villa) and Robbie Keane in 2008-09 (Liverpool, Tottenham).
No player has found the back of the net at Liverpool’s home for two different away sides in a single campaign.
