Arsenal vs Liverpool - All you need to know

Arsenal and Liverpool are billed to lock horns at the Emirate Stadium on Friday evening as they kick start the Premier League festive programme.

Both teams have endured somewhat mixed results in recent weeks, drawing games against Everton and West Ham respectively.

Liverpool currently sit fourth in the table, one place and one point above the Gunners in fifth who will want to reclaim their spot in the top four.

All you need to know about the games;

-Arsenal have lost their last three Premier League games against Liverpool and haven’t lost four in a row against them since May 1998.

-Liverpool have scored at least three goals in each of their four Premier League matches against Arsenal under Jurgen Klopp, scoring 14 goals in total (W3 D1).

-This is just the third post-war league match between these sides on a Friday – in April 2004, Arsenal won 4-2 at Highbury with Thierry Henry scoring a hat-trick; the other was the title decider in May 1989 at Anfield with Michael Thomas scoring a last-minute goal to clinch the title for Arsenal on goals scored in a 2-0 win.

-There have been 17 goals scored in the 90th minute or later in this match in Premier League history; more than in any other fixture in the competition.

-Liverpool are the first team in top-flight history to have won four consecutive away games by a margin of at least three goals.

-Arsenal have won 13 of their last 14 Premier League games at the Emirates, losing the other against Manchester United (1-3) at the start of the month.

-Arsene Wenger’s side have also found the net in each of their last 23 Premier League home games, last failing to score in a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough in October 2016.

-Petr Cech (199 clean sheets) is one clean sheet away from becoming the first ever goalkeeper to record 200 shutouts in the Premier League – however, he’s conceded 14 goals in his five games against Liverpool for Arsenal; at least six more than he has against any other side.

Who wins today's contest?