The statisticians at OPTA have released all of the facts and figures for the upcoming weekend and we’ve picked out a few of those pertinent to Liverpool vs Arsenal, a fixture that almost guarantees goals. 

The only two sides with a 100% record in the Premier League this season so far come toe to toe here where something has to give. Liverpool vs Arsenal is, more often than not, a classic Premier League encounter and we can see goals at both ends here, considering that Liverpool has yet to keep a clean sheet in 2019/2020. Liverpool has had a strong upper hand in clashes between these giants at Anfield though in recent years and it’s them who should prevail here. 

OPTA stats

• Liverpool is unbeaten in their last eight matches against Arsenal in all competitions (W4 D4) – they last enjoyed a longer such run in February 2000 (14 games). 
  
  
• Arsenal is without a win in their last six Premier League visits to Anfield (W0 D2 L4), conceding two or more goals in each match (22 in total). 
  
  
• No Premier League fixture has seen more goals than matches between Liverpool and Arsenal (155 goals in 54 games).
  
  
• The fixture has also seen the most hat-tricks in the competition (6) – Robbie Fowler (2), Thierry Henry, Peter Crouch, Andrey Arshavin & and Roberto Firmino). 
  
  
• Arsenal has lost 13 Premier League away games versus Liverpool at Anfield – only versus Manchester United at Old Trafford (16) have they lost more in the competition. 
  
  
• Liverpool has won 11 consecutive Premier League matches, equalling their best-ever winning streak in the competition, previously set between February and April 2014 under Brendan Rodgers. 
  
  
• Arsenal will be looking to win their first three games of a top-flight season for the ninth time in their history and for the first time since 2004-05 when they finished second behind Chelsea. 
  
  
• Liverpool has gone 41 Premier League games without defeat at Anfield (W31 D10 L0), since a 1-2 defeat to Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace – a run lasting two years and 123 days. 
  
  
• Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino has scored more Premier League goals versus Arsenal than he has against any other side (8 goals in 8 games). The Brazilian has netted in all four of his Premier League appearances versus Arsenal at Anfield, scoring seven goals and assisting two more. 
  
  
• Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored three goals in 13 Premier League games against fellow ‘big six’ sides, averaging a goal every 356 minutes – in games against non-big-six sides, he has scored 31 times in 38 games, averaging a goal every 94 minutes. 
  
  
• Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino is one goal away from becoming the first Brazilian player to score 50 Premier League goals.