Liverpool v Arsenal: Barcola starts, still waiting for his first Premier League goal

The teamsheet is in and Bradley Barcola is on it. Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday (4.30pm kick-off) with the former Parisian from the start, six Premier League appearances into his Liverpool career and still without a goal in the competition. The summer bill was 140 million euros.

In the Champions League the winger has a first career hat-trick, away at LASK (6-3); in the Premier League he has completed only 43 per cent of his dribbles across six matches. Since that night in Austria: two assists, at Brentford and against Brighton, and a nerveless penalty against Chelsea in the League Cup. “I create chances for myself, now I have to finish them,” he said last winter, quoted by So Foot.

An away favourite at Anfield

In the main markets Arsenal, the defending champions, trade at 2.60 with Bwin ES and Liverpool at 2.92 with 1xbet (prices recorded at 14:30 UTC), favourite’s odds for a visiting team. I read Barcola’s English silence in that hierarchy too: the chances keep coming, the man signed to finish them is still waiting. On the other side, Arsenal have not won any of their last 13 Premier League trips to Anfield.

Andoni Iraola makes one change from the 2-0 win over Brighton, Nyoni in for Gravenberch. Mikel Arteta changes five: Tzolis returns from injury, Guimaraes and Havertz start, Gyokeres begins on the bench, and Bukayo Saka is still missing.

What it means for the bet

The preview backs the Liverpool or draw double chance, taken at 1.62 with 1xbet: the full reading is in our match page. Tonight that bet lives on the same question as Barcola’s season, whether the chances finally get converted. Arsenal’s 13 winless trips to Anfield point to the draw, and the winger’s finishing decides the rest. 18+. Only bet what you can afford to lose.