Liverpool vs Arsenal
Many are looking forward to this big match, and Liverpool should have a better chance of winning. Arsenal are currently dealing with injuries to several key players such as Saka, Odegaard, and Kai Havertz. It looks like these players will be absent in the upcoming match, which gives Liverpool, as the home team, a good opportunity to win.
What do you think? Is Arsenal still confident enough to hold Liverpool to a draw or even try to beat them?"
Liverpool ought to be favorites, but I would not dismiss Arsenal as "done" just because Saka/Odegaard/Havertz are out. Liverpool have scored 7 goals with an expected goal value of 2.9. That does not last forever. If you were to cool that streak, Liverpool's profile is a team that concedes 2 goals per game and generates approximately 1.45 xG/game. This seems fragile to me. Arsenal, despite their loss, retain Martinelli, a £60m player capable of playing through pressure, and Gyokeres, who literally scored a brace on 1.3 xG last time out. That is transitional weaponry that will be very much at home in Anfield, where Liverpool's improvised right-back (Szoboszlai/Bradley, Frimpong out) will be put to the test. Arsenal is not in control of the game as they are with Odegaard/Saka. However, ironically, they are pushed into a pattern (a compact 4-4-2 and fast verticals) that directly strikes Slot in the weak areas (the transition coverage lag in that new double pivot)
I do not see a draw as ridiculous. I actually think Arsenal's best chance in years at Anfield is exactly in this "injury crisis" moment