High flying Arsenal will host Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium tonight in a top four cracker.
Coach Unai Emery is desperate for Arsenal to turn around their poor form against top-six clubs, starting against Liverpool today.
Last season, the Gunners won just once against Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham.
Here are the opta statistics between the two English giants ahead of the battle tonight:
* Arsenal are winless in their last six Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D3 L3), their longest of such run against them since a run of 12 between 1994 and 2000.
* Liverpool have won just two of their last 18 away league games against Arsenal (D8 L8), though these victories have come in their last six such visits.
* Liverpool have scored at least three goals in each of their last five league games against Arsenal (17 in total). Liverpool have never done this in six consecutive top-flight games against an opponent, while no side has ever done so in six against the Gunners.
* The last five Premier League meetings between Arsenal and Liverpool have produced a total of 27 goals (5.4 per game).
* Arsenal haven’t been ahead at half-time in any of their 10 Premier League matches this season. Indeed, if games finished at the 45 minute mark, the Gunners would be 17th in the Premier League table.
* Roberto Firmino has both scored and assisted in each of his last three Premier League games against Arsenal – no player has ever done this in four consecutive games against an opponent in the competition (Steven Gerrard vs Newcastle and Theo Walcott vs West Ham also three).
* Mohamed Salah has scored in all three of his Premier League games against Arsenal (one for Chelsea, two for Liverpool). Only Charlie Austin has a better 100% strike rate against the Gunners in the competition (4).
* Klopp is unbeaten in all five of his Premier League games against Arsenal – only Jose Mourinho (12), Gerry Francis (8) and Alex Ferguson (6) have waited longer for their first defeat against them in the competition.
* The only previous meeting between Emery and Klopp was the 2016 Europa League final – Emery’s Sevilla beat Liverpool 3-1.
