Arsenal will play Liverpool today at Emirates 14:00
(GMT) in the fifth round of FA Cup. Howard Webb will referee the game.
Arsenal will probably going to give their star players
a rest ahead of Champions League fixture against Bayern Munich next week. While
this will be an advantage for LFC players, they can repeat last
weekend’s victory once again but this time at Emirates.
Team
news for both teams:
Santi Cazorla is a doubt for this clash but Arsenal defensive
midfielder Mathieu Flamini returns from a three game ban. Olivier Giroud and Wojciech
Szczesny might be rested today ahead of the CPL fixture. While Arsenal star
player Aaron Ramsey, defender Thomas Vermaelen and Kim Kallstrom are still
unfit.
On the other side, Liverpool Vice-captain Daniel Agger
returned last weekend from his calf injury and probably he will be replacing
Kolo Toure today. Right back Glen Johnson has started training after recovering
from his injury but he might be benched tonight. Yesterday, Henderson underwent
a surgery on his broken list, so he could be replace by Joe Allen.
Probable
lineups:
Arsenal
last five games (all competitions)
BPL: Arsenal 0 – 0 Man United
BPL: Liverpool
5 – 1 Arsenal
BPL: Arsenal
2 – 0 Crystal Palace
BPL: Southampton 2 – 2 Arsenal
FA Cup: Arsenal
4 – 0 Coventry
Liverpool
last five games (all competitions)
BPL: Fulham 2 – 3 Liverpool
BPL: Liverpool
5 – 1 Arsenal
BPL: West Brom 1 – 1 Liverpool
BPL: Liverpool
4 – 0 Everton
FA Cup: Bournemouth 0 – 2 Liverpool
Arsenal
vs Liverpool (Head to Head)
Fa Cup (Last three):
Liverpool 1 – 3 Arsenal
Arsenal 1 – 0 Liverpool
Arsenal 1
– 2 Liverpool
BPL (last three):
Liverpool 5 – 1 Arsenal
Arsenal 2 – 0 Liverpool
Arsenal 2
– 2 Liverpool
Stat: “Between them these teams have appeared in 31 FA Cup
finals, With Arsenal boasting 17 finals and Liverpool 14.”
Prediction:
Last weekend LFC won 5-1 against Arsenal at Anfield
but this time it won’t be happened again, it will be a tough game tonight.
Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool
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