Premier League betting preview: Arsenal welcome Liverpool to the Emirates

The Gunners are narrow odds-on favourites at 3/4 with Coral to beat Liverpool on Monday Night Football, who visit the Emirates with an unblemished record in the Premier League this season.

While the Reds have been humbled by Arsenal’s hospitality over the last three years, failing to record a win there in either the Premier League or the FA Cup, Brendan Rodgers has a secret weapon he will hope can change all that.

New striker signing Christian Benteke, who opened his Liverpool account last time out with a somewhat controversial goal in the club’s 1-0 win over Bournemouth, virtually single-handedly disposed of the Gunners, almost two seasons ago to the day. Then in Aston Villa colours, he bagged a brace and that makes the Belgian’s 15/8 anytime scorer odds tempting.

Arsenal appeared to eradicate any mistakes made in the 2-0 defeat to West Ham United at home on the opening day of this season with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace last time out at Selhurst Park. Olivier Giroud opened the scoring, with a superbly improvised effort, while livewire Alexis Sanchez forced an own-goal from Damien Delaney.

The duo are 9/2 and 11/2 respectively to break the deadlock, with both dispatching in this fixture last season, which emphatically ended in a 4-1 win to the Gunners. Hector Bellerin’s sensational solo strike put a further dent in the away side’s floodgates on that occasion, before Mesut Ozil followed up with a second. Both are 12/1 and 11/4 respectively in the anytime market.

However, Rodgers’ recruitment in this transfer window, seems to have solidified previously gaping holes adding steel to Liverpool’s soft centre. Unsung hero James Milner, working in tandem with Jordan Henderson, has made a huge difference, which showed in the 1-0 win away at Stoke City, though they will face their biggest test, containing Sanchez and co.