Courtesy of OPTA, here are 13 stats and facts about Liverpool v Arsenal you should know before the two sides clash tomorrow lunchtime at Anfield:
1. The only team to stop both Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge when they’ve played together is Arsenal.
2. In their last 13 Premier League meetings, Liverpool have only managed to beat Arsenal once and none of the last six at Anfield, losing and drawing three times.
3. There have been four 90th minute or later goals in the last five Premier League meetings between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield.
4. Suarez has netted the same amount of Premier League goals than Olivier Giroud (10), Aaron Ramsey (8) and Theo Walcott (5) combined (23).
5. Brendan Rodgers’ side have scored 58 Premier League goals so far this season – only Manchester City better them with 68.
6. Liverpool have only conceded eight goals at home in the Premier League so far this season – only Arsenal have conceded less than them at home this season (6).
7. If Premier League games ended at half-time then Liverpool would be top by one point. However, if the games only included the second half then Rodgers’ team would be sitting in 8th position and 19 points off the top.
8. Arsenal v Liverpool has seen five hat-tricks scored; the most trebles of any fixture in Premier League history.
9. Arsene Wenger’s side have trailed in five of the last six Premier League games against Liverpool at Anfield and come back to win two and draw three of those five where they fell behind.
10. In their last seven Premier League games, The Gunners have won six of them and netted two goals in each of their last five.
11. Arsenal were the last team to shut out Liverpool in the Premier League – this came on November 2nd 2013.
12. Wojciech Szczesny has kept the most clean-sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League so far this season (11).
13. Santi Cazorla has scored in two of his three Barclays Premier League appearances against Liverpool.
