Liverpool will look to consolidate their position on top of the Premier League table when they welcome Arsenal to Anfield on December 29.
When is the match and how to watch it live
The match between the two sides will start at 5:30 pm local time and 11 pm IST on Saturday.
Star Sports Select 1 & HD 1 will provide live television coverage of the match in India. The live streaming will be available on Hotstar.
Liverpool vs Arsenal preview
Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been full of praise for his opponents saying that Liverpool could go through the season unbeaten.
"At the moment they are doing it and they can do it," Emery said. "They can do that because they are doing it at the moment. We played against Liverpool three years ago with Sevilla in the final of the Europa League and I look at this progress and they are a very good example."
The team from Merseyside has been in scintillating form this season and will start as firm favourites to win the game. But Jurgen Klopp believes that Emery's men will hand them a tough fight. "It will be really tough game, really tough because they are good," said the Liverpool boss.
Klopp is expected to stick to his forward-thinking philosophy and might even start the game with all his attacking ammunition. In that case, Xherdan Shaqiri will take the right wing and Sadio Mane will operate from the left, leaving the central space to the duo of Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah.
James Milner will miss the tie and so will central defenders Joel Matip and Joe Gomez.
For Arsenal, the midfield three of Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, and Matteo Guendouzi will have to play very well in order to prevent their back four from getting overworked.
Heading into the clash, Liverpool is leading the race to win the Premier League as they sit six points clear of Tottenham Hotspur.
Probable XIs
Liverpool: Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson; Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita; Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Mo Salah
Arsenal: Bernd Leno; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Laurent Koscielny, Sead Kolasinac; Lucas Torreira, Matteo Guendouzi, Granit Xhaka; Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Aaron Ramsey
Global TV Listings:
- UK: BT Sport
- Germany: DAZN
- Italy: Sky Sport
- Spain: Movistar+
- US: NBC Sport
- Canada: TSN
- Australia: Optus Sport
- Bangladesh: Star Sports
