Liverpool will welcome Arsenal for a rescheduled first-leg League Cup encounter on Thursday in what is the 13th different tie between them in the competition.
This is the third consecutive season the Gunners and the Reds have met in the League Cup, with both sides progressing once each via penalties (Liverpool in 2019-20, Arsenal in 2020-21).
It's also the first time two top-flight clubs have met in three consecutive campaigns in the competition since Coventry vs Nottingham Forest between 1988-89 and 1990-91.
Liverpool have lost just one of their eight home games against Arsenal in the League Cup (W4 D3) and a further win is valued at (1.78) with BlackBet.
A win for Arsenal at Anfield has been considered to occur at (4.30).
A draw at full-time between the Premier League rivals has been tipped to happen at (3.90).
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alisson Becker are set to feature for Liverpool after returning to training after recovering from Covid-19. However, Thiago Alcantara and Divock Origi are sidelined by hip and knee problems respectively.
Senegalese star Sadio Mane, Guinea captain Naby Keita and Egypt skipper Mohamed Salah will be absent as they are with their international teammates taking part in the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
For Arsenal, Granit Xhaka is ruled out after a positive Covid-19 result while Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiyasu are out because of groin and calf injuries.
Arsenal will also miss African stars Nicolas Pepe, Mohamed Elneny, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Thomas Partey who are also in Afcon.
Under Jurgen Klopp, the Reds have scored more goals against Arsenal in all competitions (43) than they have against any other opponent.
Arsenal have progressed from three of their past four League Cup semi-final ties. However, no side has been eliminated at this stage of the competition more often than the Gunners (seven, level with Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United).
Liverpool have only been eliminated from five of their 17 League Cup semi-final ties. However, two of those have been in their last three appearances at this stage, falling to Chelsea in 2014-15 and Southampton in 2016-17.
Diogo Jota has scored five goals in his last seven appearances against Arsenal in all competitions, with four of those strikes coming in his four games against them for Liverpool.
Excluding penalties against Leicester City on December 22 last year, Liverpool have scored 11 goals in the last five games where they conceded nine and kept no clean sheet.
Arsenal have found the back of the net on 15 occasions and have conceded five times with one clean sheet in the same number of games. Punters can take an offer of over 2.5 goals at (1.65) with BlackBet.
Over 2.5 goals at (1.65) with BlackBet.
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