The 3rd round of the FA Cup is where the big boys always first enter, and Sunday brings a mouth-watering tie as Liverpool FC travel to Arsenal. The Gunners come into this match with three new availability concerns: Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Mohamed Elneny.
Tomiyasu is off to play for Japan in the Asian Cup while Elneny will be on international duty with Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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As for Zinchenko, he is a doubt for this match due to a calf injury. Finally, Fabio Viera, Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber remain out of commission as long-term injury absentees.
This will mark the second meeting between these two sides in the past 15 days. The first one, a league clash on Festivus, ended in a score draw. All-time, Liverpool have won 94 times in this series to Arsenal’s 82. There have been 64 draws, all-time, between these two clubs.
So let’s have at it!
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