Liverpool and Arsenal have confirmed their starting lineups for Sunday's blockbuster Premier League clash at Anfield.
Last season's top two are both putting their 100% records on the line on Merseyside, where Liverpool have made just the one change from their 3-2 win over Newcastle United.
Alexis Mac Allister has returned to full fitness and partners Ryan Gravenberch in midfield for the first time this season, forcing Curtis Jones down to the bench in the process.
However, Dominik Szoboszlai still keeps his place in the squad as a makeshift right-back, with Conor Bradley only among the substitutes yet again, joining the likes of Joe Gomez and Rio Ngumoha on the bench.
Fresh from signing a new contract, Cody Gakpo continues in an unchanged attacking quartet alongside Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, the former of whom is aiming to build on a stellar record of 11 Premier League goals against the Gunners.
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard pictured on August 23, 2025
Meanwhile, all eyes would have been on whether Eberechi Eze and/or Martin Odegaard started the clash for the Gunners, but Mikel Arteta has named both players on the bench for the top-flight battle.
Odegaard suffered a shoulder injury in last weekend's 5-0 victory over Leeds Unitedand has only been deemed fit enough for substitute minutes, having not trained before Friday's pre-game press conference.
New signing Eze would have been a natural replacement for the Gunners captain, but Arteta is also keeping his new £67.5m signing in reserve, instead siding with a safer option in Mikel Merino to join Martin Zubimendi and Declan Rice in midfield.
As expected, Noni Madueke will operate on the right-hand side in the absence of hamstring victim Bukayo Saka, while Gabriel Martinelli comes back in on the left flank to support Viktor Gyokeres.
Leandro Trossard has been deemed fit enough for a place among the substitutes despite a knock, but Ben White and Christian Norgaard miss out again alongside Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.
Fifteen-year-old Max Dowman makes the bench for the second week running following his debut against Leeds, while 17-year-old striker Andre Harriman-Annous has made a Premier League matchday squad for the first time.
Liverpool XI: Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike
Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Bradley, Chiesa, Jones, Elliott, Robertson, Ngumoha
Arsenal XI: Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Merino, Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli
Subs: Kepa, Lewis-Skelly, Mosquera, Odegaard, Nwaneri, Dowman, Eze, Trossard, Harriman-Annous
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