Liverpool and Arsenal will organize a Christmas spectacle on Saturday.
Arsenal lead the Premier League. PDO
The most interesting game of the day
The sporting treat of the eve can be found in the Premier League, when Liverpool and Arsenal, who are among the champions of the series, meet. Liverpool goes into the top-of-the-table match third in the league, one point behind Arsenal. Between the teams is Aston Villa, who dropped two points at home to Sheffield United on Friday. The stake in the match is the top spot in the Premier League at Christmas.
In terms of results, Liverpool looks a bit stronger than Arsenal right now after the team lost in the Premier League last September (1-2 to Tottenham). Arsenal, on the other hand, have no less than two defeats in the last seven league games (01 to Newcastle and 01 to Aston Villa).
However, in terms of play, the situation is not quite like Liverpool’s, because Arsenal was particularly unlucky in their loss against Aston Villa, but good in terms of play. Accordingly, Liverpool’s performances against Manchester United (0–0), Crystal Palace (2–1) and Fulham (4–3) have left a lot to be desired. The team can be said to have received more from those matches than it deserved. Liverpool also seem like a more tired team than Arsenal at the moment.
As for the formations, Liverpool will not get help from the sick for this game, where all the long-term patients Thiago Alcântara, Joel Matip, Stefan Bajčetić, Andrew Robertson, Alexis McAllister and Diogo Jota. Arsenal’s long-term injured Jurriën Timber, Fábio Vieira and of Thomas Partey besides, fresher knocks with Jorginho, Mohamed Elneny and Takehiro Tomiyasu are causing concern in the lineup. All of the above are likely to be out of the top flight.
When evaluating the power relations of the match, it is also worth considering that Liverpool had a League Cup match on Wednesday (West Ham 5–1), while Arsenal has been allowed to rest and focus on this game since Sunday.
From a betting point of view, both Arsenal’s successes and abundant goals can be tasted here. Until the coupon, Arsenal+0 with a coefficient of 2.10 and over 2.5 goals in the whole game with a coefficient of 1.70 are valid.
Liverpool–Arsenal starts at 19:30.
The best betting tip of the day
Along with Arsenal, Leeds, Watford and the high-scoring Sunderland-Coventry match are eligible for the games from the Championship side. Leeds–Ipswich starts at 14:30 and the other two games at 17:00.
Today’s games: Liverpool-Arsenal+0 2 (odds 2.10), Liverpool-Arsenal over 2.5 goals (odds 1.70), Leeds-0.75-Ipswich 1 (odds 1.96), Blackburn-Watford+ 0 2 (coefficient 2.14) and Sunderland–Coventry over 2.5 goals (coefficient 1.79).
Total balance of the day’s games for the year: 139/252/97%
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