Arsenal vs Liverpool Prediction & Betting Tips (8 January)

In search of an English championship title since the Invincibles season in 2004, Arsenal finished in 2nd place in the three previous years. The team seems mature enough to end its long drought this season. The Gunners are now at the top of the Premier League with a 6-point lead over their closest pursuer. After a setback suffered in the lair of Aston Villa at the beginning of December 2-1, they perfectly resumed their march forward. Arsenal won in turn against Wolverhampton 2-1, Everton 0-1, Brighton 2-1, Aston Villa 4-1 and Bournemouth last weekend 2-3. Author of a faultless record in the Champions League with 6 victories, Arsenal are almost guaranteed to advance directly to the round of 16. Having made an excellent start to the championship, Liverpool then experienced a major slump, which took them out of the title race.

The Mersey club is currently 4th in the Premier League and concedes 14 spending points on its opponent of the day. The priority objective is now to qualify for the next Champions League 3 points ahead of 5th. The Reds have found some color in recent weeks, as evidenced by their current series of 8 games without defeat in the league, 4 wins and 4 draws. After winning against Brighton 2-0, Tottenham 1-2 and Wolverhampton 2-1, they were held to a draw by Leeds 0-0 and Fulham last weekend 2-2. 9th in the Champions League, Liverpool is in the fight to advance directly to the 8th finals with the same number of points as the 8th. 

For this meeting, Arsenal cannot count on the starting full-back Calafiori, the defender usually replacing Mosquera and the very young midfielder Dowman (16 years old), injured. Otherwise, everyone is available. This is particularly the case for midfielder Rice (4 goals and 3 assists in the PL), who stood out with a double last weekend. Defensive rock Gabriel (3 goals and 2 assists in PL) also scored against Bournemouth and should form the central hinge with Saliba. Both replacements on the last day, wingers Saka (4 goals and 3 assists in PL) and Trossard (5 goals and 4 assists in PL) apply. Unconvincing since his arrival, striker Gyokeres (5 goals in PL) is now in competition with the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus (1 goal in 5 PL matches). The latter recently returned to the field just like captain Odegaard (1 goal and 3 assists in PL).

 On the Liverpool side, the offensive sector is weakened by the withdrawals of the French international Ekitike and the disappointing Isak. In addition, winger Salah is currently playing in the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt. Finally, replacements Leoni (defender) and Endo (midfielder) are in the infirmary. Decisive 3 times in the last 4 days, Florian Wirtz (2 goals and 1 assist in the PL) is starting to find his feet after a poor start. He scored against Fulham as did striker Cody Gakpo (5 goals and 3 assists in the PL). Behind, we find the executives Van Dijk and Konaté who protect the Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson. 

• Summary: Arsenal is going head to head with Liverpool starting on 8 Jan 2026 at 20:00 UTC at Emirates Stadium stadium, London city, England. The match is a part of the Premier League .
• Referee: Anthony Taylor
• Arsenal Feedinco Rating: 6.96
• Liverpool Feedinco Rating: 6.85