Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018

Result

Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: match report

Liverpool won against Arsenal 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2018. The half-time score was 4-1.

A. Maitland-Niles opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Roberto Firmino (14'), Roberto Firmino (16'), Sadio Mané (32'), Mohamed Salah (45+2', penalty) and Roberto Firmino (65', penalty). Arsenal scored through A. Maitland-Niles (11').

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

Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 51 points from 19 and Arsenal 5th on 38 points from 19. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Arsenal 5th with 70.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (9.8), ahead of Mohamed Salah (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 1 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · A. Maitland-NilesArsenal · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 1-1
  • 16'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 2-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Andrew RobertsonLiverpool
  • 32'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 3-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 4-1
  • 65'Penalty goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 5-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sokratis PapastathopoulosArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 5, Arsenal 1.

Team news

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

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah

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

Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Sead Kolasinac, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang