Liverpool welcome Arsenal to Anfield for the second time in the space of four days with a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals up for grabs tonight.The Premier League champions ran out 3-1 winners after goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and debutant Diogo Jota cancelled out Alexandre Lacazette’s early goal. Watch LIVE

Match Info

Start date: 02 Oct 2020 00:45

Location: Liverpool Venue: Anfield

Referee: Kevin Friend, England

But with a congested fixture schedule approaching for both sides heading into the autumn and winter months, both sides are expected to make several changes.Liverpool and Arsenal meet for the second time in four days at Anfield on Thursday night, this time in the EFL Cup fourth round.The Reds comfortably beat the Gunners 3-1 in the Premier League earlier in the week, though the lineups are likely to be different this time around.

Jurgen Klopp’s side beat Lincoln City 7-2 in the third round, while Arsenal beat Leicester 2-0.Both teams are likely to heavily rotate, though both managers have also ensured their teams have a clearly defined style and as such the pattern of the game may be similar to the start of the week.We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content.

The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event. Subscribers can also stream the game via the Sky Go app.If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.What is the team news?Liverpool are without the injured Joel Matip, Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while Thiago Alcantara has been returned a positive coronavirus test and will miss out.

Arsenal have the likes of Gabriel Martinelli, Calum Chambers, Pablo Mari and Shkodran Mustafi injured. Sead Kolasinac is unlikely to play as he negotiates a transfer away and Cedric Soares is a doubt.Liverpool: Adrian; N Williams, Gomez, Van Dijk, Milner; Grujic, Jones, Wijnaldum; Shaqiri, Minamino, Jota.

Arsenal: Runarsson; Holding, Gabriel, Tierney; Maitland-Niles, Willock, Ceballos, Saka; Pepe, Nketiah, Nelson.

Somewhat less utter dominance from the home side compared to the league match, and potentially more defensive lapses from both teams. There are usually goals when Reds and Gunners clash and last year in the cup they drew 5-5. Perhaps not quite as dramatic, but still an eventful game which Liverpool just edge. Liverpool 3-2 Arsenal

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