Arsenal have come a long way since being hit for four at Anfield in the autumn and are more than capable of ending their barren scoreless streak against the Reds, who have played a lot of football in the past few months and will not be at full freshness at the Emirates.
The possible absence of Salah will also have the home crowd feeling unusually optimistic for a Liverpool encounter, but the Reds often turn up the heat in this fixture and are still a level above Arteta's side as the table proves, so we can only back Klopp's side to prevail, but Arsenal should give them a proper run for their money.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Liverpool win with a probability of 52.86%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Arsenal had a probability of 23.42%.
The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.74%) and 0-2 (9.09%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.24%), while for an Arsenal win it was 1-0 (6.49%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 9.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Liverpool would win this match.
