Happy Easter everyone! When it comes to the Easter weekend of Premier League fixtures, the headliner is obvious- Arsenal at Liverpool FC.
For the Gunners, Leandro Trossard may have been a fall back option during the January transfer window, with Mykhailo Mudryk being the first option, but looked at how that has worked out so far! Trossard has been stellar while Mudryk has been an utter flop.
Arsenal at Liverpool FC FYIs
Kick Off: Sun. Apr 9, 2023, at 4.30 pm UK time at Anfield, Liverpool
Starting XI Predictions: Arsenal Liverpool
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Google Result Probability: Arsenal 38% Draw 24% Liverpool 21%
PL Position, Form Guide: Arsenal 1st, 72 pts WWWWW Liverpool 8th, 43 pts DLLWW
In looking at how Arteta might shape his team here, Trossard should take the final starting spot in attack, over Gabriel Jesus, and that means Gabriel Martinelli slides over to the center of the final third.
Elsewwhere Rob Holding continues to hold it down (sorry, really, we’re sorry) in the spine of the defense for the injured William Saliba. Here’s how the rest of it looks.
Arsenal Starting XI Prediction at Liverpool FC
Ramsdale; White, Holding, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Partey, Xhaka, Odegaard; Saka, Martinelli, Trossard.
Prediction: Arsenal 2, Liverpool FC 1
Not going with anything really outside the box here.
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