Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 4 March 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal: match report

Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 March 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Roberto Firmino opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (9'), Sadio Mané (40') and Georginio Wijnaldum (90+1'). Arsenal scored through Danny Welbeck (57').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 5th on 49 points from 26 and Arsenal 4th on 50 points from 25. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Arsenal 5th with 75.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadio Mané of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Roberto Firmino (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Arsenal's W-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Francis CoquelinArsenal
  • 40'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 2-0
  • 57'Goal · Danny WelbeckArsenal · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Emre CanLiverpool
  • 78'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 90+1'Goal · Georginio WijnaldumLiverpool · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 2, draws 3, Arsenal 5.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Ragnar Klavan, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Emre Can, Adam Lallana, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Francis Coquelin, Granit Xhaka, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi, Danny Welbeck, Olivier Giroud